Comparison

Make Dice vs Koyomi

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Make Dice

This app helps you make decisions by rolling virtual dice. Customize dice with text or photos, choose from various colors and table backgrounds, and even use your own pictures. It supports all languages and can be used for any occasion.

Highlights
  • Customizable dice with text
  • Add photos to dice
  • Shake to roll
  • Multiple dice colors
  • Photo album integration for tables
  • Supports all languages
Features
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You can make dice anywhere anytime on the iPhone & iPad. Where should we go? Who should it be? What do we eat? We all come across a situation where decisions are hard to make. How about having a dice make the decision for you? We support all languages. Let's enjoy it anywhere and on any occasions: with your friends, office members, roommates, partners, family, at parties, and so on. Enjoyable all over the world! Features - Write a text on dice. - Add photo on dice. - Dice rolls when the device is shaken. - 6 colors of dice. (White, Black, Pink, Blue, Wood, Stone) - Up to 6 dice. - 5 color tables. (Green, Red, White, Black, Gray) - also possible to use favorite photograph a table from the photo album. - All the languages and signs can be input. - A favorite language can be expanded with the keyboard in setting > General > Keyboard > International Keyboards. - Sounds ON/OFF - Accelerometer ON/OFF YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKE-HwE7ZPc

About

Koyomi

This app displays traditional Japanese calendars, including lunar phases, zodiac signs, and auspicious days. It integrates with your existing iOS calendar and offers features like printing and PDF sharing. Perfect for those who appreciate traditional calendrical information.

Highlights
  • Standard calendar import and display
  • Detailed Japanese calendar view (zodiac, lunar, etc.)
  • Moon phase and age display
  • Calendar printing and PDF sharing
  • Widget support
  • Monthly/yearly/list calendar views
  • Sunrise and sunset times
Features
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機能  ・標準カレンダー読込、表示  ・暦を表示   ・日付・曜日・干支・九星・旧暦・潮名・歴日・終日・二十八宿・中段・下段  ・月相、月齢表示  ・カレンダーの印刷  ・「ロルト」でカレンダーの印刷  ・年齢早見表  ・カレンダーをPDFとして共有(Open in…/アクティビティーで他のアプリにPDFを渡せます)  ・ウィジェットに対応(通知センターの「今日」に表示します)  ・月間/年間/一覧カレンダー表示  ・暦日の検索機能(二十四節気・七十二候・雑節・選日・干支・祝日)  ・日の出、日の入り時刻  ・横表示機能 日本人が古くから利用してきた暦には干支・九星・六曜・二十四節気などの歴日があります。 大安は婚礼、旅行、引越、開店などに吉の日 仏滅は全てのことに悪い凶とされる日 先勝は急ぐことや、訴訟などに吉の日、ただし午後からは凶 先負は静かにするのが吉の日 勝負ごとや急用はさけた方がよい日、ただし午後は吉 友引は朝晩は吉の日、正午だけが凶の日、葬式をつつしむ日 赤口は何事をするのにも凶とされる日 ただし正午頃は吉の日 干支は十干と十二支の組み合わせからなる六十干支から成り立ち六十年周期で、日取りや方位などを判断する基になります。 二十四節気は太陽の通り道を24等分した分割点の日を節気とし、陰暦では季節にずれが生じるため季節の指標として用いられました。 そんな日本人が利用している暦をiPhoneで簡単に表示できるのが「こよみ」アプリです。暦なんて気にしないよ、 と言うひとでも、結婚式の日がふさわしい日かどうか知っていた方が知らないよりは良いですよね? 効率や成果を重要視する現代ですが、「はじまり」の日を縁起の良い日からはじめてみませんか? 使い方は簡単!アプリを起動するだけで、月の全ての干支、九星、六曜、二十四節気、その他の雑節が簡単に見られます。 それに、iOSの標準カレンダーも読み込めるので、予定と暦が一度に確認出来ます。 カレンダーの印刷や共有ができます。 watchOSに対応しています。

Screenshots

Make Dice4 screens
Koyomi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Koyomi at 5.0 against Make Dice's 3.3. Koyomi also leads on device support (5 vs 3) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Make Dice's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 58%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Make Dice costs $2.99 and Koyomi $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Koyomi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Make Dice's written reviews are positive against 58% of Koyomi's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make Dice ships an update every 6 weeks, Koyomi every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Make Dice versus Koyomi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake DiceKoyomi
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating3.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews — better58.3% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better9.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperH.I.C. Co.,Ltd.iWare Inc.

Customer experience

Make Dice

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%

Koyomi

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral19.4%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

None

Make Dice

No in-app purchases

None

Koyomi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Make Dice free?
Make Dice costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Koyomi free?
Koyomi costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Make Dice or Koyomi?
Koyomi is rated higher. Make Dice averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Koyomi averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Make Dice or Koyomi have ads?
Neither Make Dice nor Koyomi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Make Dice or Koyomi?
Make Dice ships an update every 6 weeks, and Koyomi every 5 weeks. Most recently, Make Dice was updated on October 15, 2026 and Koyomi on October 16, 2026.

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