Comparison

Michigan Liar's Dice vs Webshots

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

Head to head
About

Michigan Liar's Dice

Play a challenging game of Liar's Dice against a sophisticated AI opponent. This app offers a simple interface for strategic bidding and supports up to three AI opponents. It's a free way to enjoy this classic game of deception.

Highlights
  • Play against AI opponent
  • Supports 1-3 AI opponents
  • Simple bidding interface
  • Complete set of bids
  • Special rules for one die
Features
Read full description

Liar's dice is an easy-to-learn game requiring the ability to deceive and detect an opponent's deception. Michigan Liar's Dice provides you the chance to play this fun and challenging (and free) game of Liars Dice against a top artificial intelligence (AI) opponent. Designed for both casual and serious players, Michigan Liar's Dice can be played against one to three opponents, and provides a simple interface that helps you make your best bid. The game has the complete set of bids including pushing, exact (spot on), pass, and special rules when a player gets to one die. This game was developed by the Soar research group at the University of Michigan, and uses Soar as the underlying engine for the game AI. Soar is a general cognitive architecture and has been used for developing a wide range of intelligent agents for training, computer games, and robotics. The game AI uses probabilities, heuristics, and even a model of the opponent to determine its bids (but does not include any learning, yet!). Michigan Liars Dice is the first iPhone app powered by Soar. Learn more about Soar at sitemaker.umich.edu/soar.

About

Webshots

Discover and organize beautiful photography from around the world. Create custom playlists, explore images by location, and set them as your dynamic Home Screen wallpaper. Enjoy a new photo every hour with customizable widgets and shortcuts.

Highlights
  • Create custom photo playlists
  • Explore photos by place
  • Dynamic Home Screen widgets
  • Hourly wallpaper updates
  • Full-screen slideshows
  • Save and share photos
Features
Read full description

Beautiful photography, curated by you. Webshots is home to a collection of stunning photos from around the world. Build your own playlists, explore by place, and bring a new photo to your Home Screen every hour. YOUR PLAYLISTS Create playlists around the places and subjects you love. Your playlists are part of your Webshots account, so the ones you made on your computer are ready on your phone. EXPLORE BY PLACE Travel the collection by country, region and destination, from Banff and the Dolomites to Paris and Yosemite. WIDGETS Add Webshots to your Home Screen in small, medium or large, or to your Lock Screen. You'll see a new photo from your wallpaper playlists every hour. WALLPAPER Use the Next Webshots Photo action in the Shortcuts app with Set Wallpaper to change your wallpaper with one tap, or on a schedule. Choose which playlist it uses. MORE TO ENJOY • Search the whole Webshots collection • Double-tap any photo to add it to your favorites • Play any category, place or playlist as a full-screen slideshow • Save photos to your library • Share the photos you love WEBSHOTS PREMIUM Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://webshots.com/privacy

Screenshots

Michigan Liar's Dice4 screens
Webshots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Michigan Liar's Dice at 3.7 against Webshots's 3.0. Michigan Liar's Dice also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (21 vs 2). Webshots's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 16 months). On price, review sentiment, 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. Webshots sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per year. Michigan Liar's Dice asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Michigan Liar's Dice holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Michigan Liar's Dice has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Michigan Liar's Dice's written reviews are positive against 38% of Webshots's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Michigan Liar's Dice ships an update every 16 months, Webshots monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Michigan Liar's Dice versus Webshots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMichigan Liar's DiceWebshots
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (21 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews44.8% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings21 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.3 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperThe University of MichiganThreefold Photos, Inc.

Customer experience

Michigan Liar's Dice

All ratings21 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative23.8%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral13.8%
Negative41.4%

Webshots

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%

In-app purchases

None

Michigan Liar's Dice

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Webshots

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited Wallpapers Access$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Membership$24.99

Questions

Is Michigan Liar's Dice free?
Michigan Liar's Dice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Webshots free?
Webshots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Michigan Liar's Dice or Webshots?
Michigan Liar's Dice is rated higher. Michigan Liar's Dice averages 3.7 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Webshots averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Michigan Liar's Dice or Webshots have ads?
Neither Michigan Liar's Dice nor Webshots shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Michigan Liar's Dice or Webshots?
Michigan Liar's Dice ships an update every 16 months, and Webshots monthly. Most recently, Michigan Liar's Dice was updated on November 4, 2026 and Webshots on November 6, 2026.

Other comparisons