Comparison

My Buttons vs CastOfTheDice

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

Head to head
About

My Buttons

Create custom buttons for your home screen with unique icons and actions like making calls, sending texts, or opening apps. Store and share your button creations easily.

Highlights
  • Create custom buttons
  • Assign icons and actions
  • Offline icon creation
  • Edit actions without recreating
  • Store and manage button collections
  • Share buttons via email
  • Launch custom schemes/apps
Features
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“My Buttons” will let you create your own buttons with an icon for the home screen and an action to perform. The action can be to make a call or any of the other types listed below. There are other apps that do similar things but here are a some unique features only found in “My Buttons”: -Internet connection is only needed on the first launch of “My Buttons”. Nothing will be sent on the internet. All other icon creation apps send the icon-image to a server. -The action can be changed without recreating the icon. -You can have a collection of buttons stored in the app and create them on the home screen at any time. -You can share your buttons via email. Your friends can use them after installing “My Buttons”. -You can configure custom schemes that will let you launch other apps like skype for example. List of Action types: Call FaceTime Email Text message (sms) Show contact (you choose an action every time) Safari (open web page) YouTube (open a video) Copy to clipboard (any text that you can later paste) Custom

About

CastOfTheDice

Features
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Cast of the Dice is your voice-activated solution for fast, easy rolling! Just speak your command and let the app do the rest.

Screenshots

My Buttons4 screens
CastOfTheDice3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: My Buttons at every 6 months against CastOfTheDice's every 12 months. My Buttons also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Buttons ships an update every 6 months, CastOfTheDice every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
My Buttons versus CastOfTheDice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy ButtonsCastOfTheDice
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews29.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS6.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThrow LabRenato Ferrara

In-app purchases

None

My Buttons

No in-app purchases

None

CastOfTheDice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Buttons free?
My Buttons is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CastOfTheDice free?
CastOfTheDice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do My Buttons or CastOfTheDice have ads?
Neither My Buttons nor CastOfTheDice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Buttons or CastOfTheDice?
My Buttons ships an update every 6 months, and CastOfTheDice every 12 months. Most recently, My Buttons was updated on October 15, 2026 and CastOfTheDice on September 26, 2026.

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