Star Wars™ Dice vs War Council
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Star Wars™ Dice
This app is the ultimate accessory for Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars tabletop games. It allows you to quickly and conveniently select and roll custom dice for various Star Wars titles, create custom presets, and personalize your experience with different backgrounds and interface styles.
- Physics-based dice roller
- Supports multiple Star Wars games
- Custom dice presets
- Over 20 background images
- Adjustable shake sensitivity
- 1.0 and 2.0 interface styles
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Launch your Star Wars (TM) gaming experience into hyperdrive! The Star Wars Dice app is the ultimate accessory for Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars games, supporting Star Wars: Armada, Star Wars: Imperial Assault, Star Wars: Legion, Star Wars: Rebellion, the X-Wing (TM) Miniatures Game, and all iterations of the Star Wars Roleplaying Game. This comprehensive application allows you to quickly and conveniently select and roll custom dice for FFG’s Star Wars games, create custom presets, and more. Includes: •Physics-based dice roller for each of FFG's Star Wars game lines. •Over 20 custom background images •Choose between 1.0 and 2.0 interface styles •Adjustable shake sensitivity •Trace-selection
War Council
This app helps players of a popular tabletop miniatures game manage their unit collections and build armies. It allows for easy army assembly, strategy visualization, and sharing of army lists with friends. It serves as a digital reference for all available game units.
- Track unit collection
- Build armies and point costs
- Manage Tactics cards and NCUs
- Visualize strategies
- Share armies with friends
- Unit reference guide
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The official Song of Ice & Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game companion app! Take your War Council with you wherever you go, to track your collection and build your armies in your smartphone / tablet! Easily assemble new armies and visualize the viability of new strategies for this amazing wargame set in Westeros. Features: - Tracks your collection of units with ease. - Build your armies and track their point costs, deck of Tactics cards, NCUs and Units. - Share your armies with friends! - Easy reference for every unit available for the game. Attention: This app is meant to be used as a companion for the Song of Ice & Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game. Requires physical copies of the game for full enjoyment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: War Council at Free against Star Wars™ Dice's $4.99. War Council also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). Star Wars™ Dice's advantage is review sentiment (56% vs 43%) and chart position (#185 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
War Council is free to download; Star Wars™ Dice costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
War Council holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 63 and 114 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Star Wars™ Dice's written reviews are positive against 43% of War Council's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Star Wars™ Dice ships an update monthly, War Council every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Star Wars™ Dice | War Council |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (63 ratings) | 4.4 (114 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.4% of reviews — better | 43.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 63 | 114 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #185 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 164 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fantasy Flight Games | CMON |
Customer experience
Star Wars™ Dice
War Council
User reviews
Star Wars™ Dice
From 63 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-use interface
- 🎲 Accurate dice physics and animations
- 💰 Cost-effective alternative to buying multiple physical dice sets
- 🎮 Support for multiple FFG Star Wars games
- 💾 Ability to save preset dice configurations
Room to improve
- 💸 High price point ($4.99) for functionality offered
- 📱 Poor optimization for iPhone X/11 notch display
- 🔄 Removal of standard polyhedral dice in recent updates
- 🎮 Limited landscape mode support
- 🔀 Difficult dice pool management and editing
War Council
From 114 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great app for army building
- 👍 Essential free resource
- 👍 Helpful for referring to unit rules
- 👍 Makes army building easy
- 👍 Great companion to the game
Room to improve
- 🐛 App needs frequent updates
- 🐛 Lacks latest units and expansions
- 🐛 Outdated unit costs
- 🐛 Poor UI/UX
- 🐛 Printing issues
Bugs and requests
Star Wars™ Dice
Reported bugs
10 issues- Red Armada dice change from double hits to blanks after rolling
- Red dice get stuck showing two sides simultaneously
- Force dice symbols display inverted (dark/light reversed)
- App crashes after device sleep mode
- App crashes when loading stored dice presets
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- Boost dice showing incorrect calculated totals (3 for 1 boost, 6 for 2)
- Menu icons and titles obscured by iPhone X/11 notch
- App won't download or install properly
- Cannot update app (app no longer exists error)
- Dice vibration behavior not controllable
Requested features
23 requests- Add Star Wars Outer Rim dice
- Add Star Wars Shatterpoint dice
- Add Star Wars Legion dice
- Add Star Wars Rebellion Rise of the Empire expansion dice
- Landscape mode support
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- Split View/multitasking support on iPad
- Ability to add custom background images from camera roll
- Symbol labels/tooltips for new players
- Automatic result calculation with symbol cancellation display
- Ability to add fixed/automatic success/failure results
- Drag-and-drop dice management
- Dice color customization for distinguishing multiple rolls
- Increase maximum dice pool limit beyond 20
- Soundboard with ambient effects and quotes
- Chance Cube for Star Wars RPG
- Fate/Fudge dice support
- Movement dials for X-Wing
- Ability to manually set specific die faces
- Real-time multiplayer/connection between users
- Symbol legend/glossary in app
- Roll history tracking
- Theme selection for music and ambiance
- Language localization options
War Council
Reported bugs
10 issues- Documents will not download
- Commander units not appearing
- Attachments not appearing
- App crashes when printing
- Create button greyed out after update
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- Commander cards show unit abilities instead of commander abilities
- Dragon mechanics missing for Targaryens
- Formatting issues on Pixel2 phone
- Cannot add commander to army list
- Cannot define area for attachments
Requested features
9 requests- Add direct feedback button
- Implement swipe gestures for navigation
- Add Windows version for printing
- Include 'What's New' section
- Divide FAQ by factions
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- Add historical battle scenarios
- Allow uniting factions
- Increase max army size limit
- Add Rich Text export option
In-app purchases
Star Wars™ Dice
No in-app purchases
War Council
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Star Wars™ Dice free?
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Which has better reviews, Star Wars™ Dice or War Council?
Do Star Wars™ Dice or War Council have ads?
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