Comparison

Tools For MTG vs Roll

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

Head to head
About

Tools For MTG

This app provides essential tools for Magic: The Gathering players, including life and poison counters, match timers, a terminology glossary, and direct links to official news and video content.

Highlights
  • Life and poison counter tracking
  • Match timer
  • MTG terminology glossary
  • Wizards of the Coast news feed
  • Wizards of the Coast YouTube videos
Features
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A suit of tools to assist the MTG player of any skill level. • Encounters allows you to keep track of the necessities of doing battle. Track life with conveniently incremented life modifiers as well as a poison counter. There is also a timer to track how long matches have played out. • A glossary allows for quick look-up for obscure terminology or for a quick reference. • A direct link to Wizards of the Coast’s news feed ensures you're always up to date with the latest from their news department and tournament results. • A listing of the latest videos from Wizards of the Coast YouTube channel

About

Roll

Engage in a relaxing dice-rolling experience where you aim to collect points by rolling dice and strategically upgrading them. This game blends elements of strategy, clicker, and roguelike deckbuilders for a unique dice-building system with deep strategic choices. Enjoy a meditative escape with its minimalistic design and peaceful atmosphere.

Highlights
  • Dice rolling for points
  • Dice upgrading system
  • Strategy and critical thinking
  • Relaxing and meditative experience
  • Unique dicebuilding synergies
  • Highscore chasing
Features
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In Roll, you have 2500 rolls to collect as many points as possible. Roll your dice to gain points, spend your points to upgrade your dice, and repeat. Borrowing gameplay elements from strategy, clicker, and roguelike deckbuilder genres, Roll creates a perfect balance of relaxation with critical thinking. While the "Clicker"/"Incremental" genre is not known for its variety or depth of game mechanics, Roll offers a unique dicebuilding system which allows you to explore different strategies and synergies between upgrades. Each run will present you with new and interesting decisions creating a huge depth of strategy and keeping the game feeling always fresh. Roll is designed to be a relaxing and meditative experience. Get lost in the satisfying sounds and effects as all your worries melt away. From the minimalistic UI to the slow peaceful music, everything was designed to create the perfect zen environment. If you enjoy building an engine and watching it grow, chasing down highscores, or just need to escape from your own thoughts, then I really hope you'll enjoy my game, Roll. :)

Screenshots

Tools For MTG4 screens
Roll4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tools For MTG at none against Roll's 1. Tools For MTG also leads on iOS requirement (9.1 vs 11.0). Roll's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (78% vs 54%). On price, rating, ads 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. Roll sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tools For MTG asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Tools For MTG against 4.6 for Roll. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roll has 439 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Tools For MTG's written reviews are positive against 78% of Roll's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tools For MTG ships an update every 3 months, Roll weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tools For MTG versus Roll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTools For MTGRoll
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (16 ratings)4.6 (439 ratings)
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews78.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16439 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.1 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB370 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMichael DresserJoseph Anthony Distler

Customer experience

Tools For MTG

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral15.4%
Negative30.8%

Roll

All ratings439 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews119 reviews
Positive78.2%
Neutral8.4%
Negative13.4%

Bugs and requests

Tools For MTG

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Roll

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Upgrade shop issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Swiping/tapping issues
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline mode
  • More dice skins and customization
  • Sandbox mode with unlimited rolls
  • Improved dice management UI
  • More detailed stats and analytics

In-app purchases

None

Tools For MTG

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Roll

One-time1
  • Roll Premium$3.99

Questions

Is Tools For MTG free?
Tools For MTG is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Roll free?
Roll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tools For MTG or Roll?
Tools For MTG and Roll are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 16 and 439 ratings respectively.
Do Tools For MTG or Roll have ads?
Neither Tools For MTG nor Roll shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tools For MTG or Roll?
Tools For MTG ships an update every 3 months, and Roll weekly. Most recently, Tools For MTG was updated on October 1, 2026 and Roll on October 14, 2026.

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