Comparison

CardWarden vs Ashes Dice Roller

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

Head to head
About

CardWarden

Create, import, and play custom card games digitally on your device. Organize cards into boxes and decks, then play solo or online with friends. Features include a card importer, deck editor, and a game table with multiplayer support.

Highlights
  • Create and import custom card images
  • Organize cards into 10 boxes
  • Create up to 120 decks per box
  • Play solo or online with voice chat
  • Game table with drag-and-drop functionality
  • Built-in randomizer and dice simulator
Features
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"CardWarden really is amazing, every budding game designer should be using it." - Chris Darden : Board Game Designer (Dungeon Roll). - Pocket Tactics' Games of the Month: September 2013 - ** iPad 1 users, if you are experiencing problems launching the app, please see CardWarden.com for assistance. The CardWarden allows you to create, import and play card games on your iPad! Now you can take entire boxes of cards with you wherever you go. Features Include: Card importer to quickly and easily import any card image. Supports pinch to zoom, rotate and pan gestures. Manual controls for fine tuning scale and rotation of card images. Access images from the iPad Photo Album or built-in camera. Organize cards across 10 boxes for storage. Store up to 1000 card images per box. Adjustable back images supports multi-back and double sided cards. Copy and paste entire contents of boxes including card images, decks and save games. Unique Deck Editor requires that any card image be imported only once even if a game uses multiple copies. Create decks by simply tapping card images. Create up to 120 decks per box with 120 cards per deck. Name and save decks. Press and hold in the Deck Editor to preview card images. Easily clear/remove cards from decks. Built in Randomizer companion for playing physical card games. Fully featured Game Table for playing games. Play Online with Voice Chat. Programmed with OpenGL for fast and smooth gameplay. Easily add decks created in the Deck Editor. Swipe across a deck to deal cards. Touch and drag a single card or overlapping cards. Touch and hold a deck to move it. Cards can be dealt face up or face down. Six sliding trays for storing cards offscreen for more space or multiplayer pass and play. Multiple card scales for added real estate. Tap cards to see a zoomed in image of the card. Tap cards and decks for instant options to all major card playing functions including: Flip (flip card/deck over) Top To Bottom (move a single card to the bottom of a deck) Shuffle (instantly shuffle a deck of cards) Make Deck (turn one or several cards into a deck) Destroy (remove a card/deck from play) Rotate (turn a card/deck 90 degrees) Add/Remove Tokens (add/remove white and red token values from cards) Browse/Search decks for specific cards and simply drag them to the Game Table. Double Tap to rotate cards/decks. Drag cards to decks to add them to it. Random Number Generator to simulate dice from min 2 (coin toss) to max 20 (d20). Import custom images for new table surfaces. Load music for a looping soundtrack. Save and load games. Auto-Save and more…

About

Ashes Dice Roller

Features
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Dice roller and life tracker for the tabletop game Ashes: Ascendancy. All dice types featured. No need for physical dice with the help of this app. Supports up to two characters, including Phoenixborn, Dragonborn, and Chimera!

Screenshots

Ashes Dice Roller4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ashes Dice Roller at Free against CardWarden's $1.99. Ashes Dice Roller also leads on device support (3 vs 1). CardWarden's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 14.0). On 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

Ashes Dice Roller is free to download; CardWarden costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CardWarden ships an update every 3 weeks, Ashes Dice Roller every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CardWarden versus Ashes Dice Roller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardWardenAshes Dice Roller
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.3 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael AzzaraPlaid Hat Games LLC

In-app purchases

None

CardWarden

No in-app purchases

None

Ashes Dice Roller

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CardWarden free?
CardWarden costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ashes Dice Roller free?
Ashes Dice Roller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CardWarden or Ashes Dice Roller have ads?
Neither CardWarden nor Ashes Dice Roller shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CardWarden or Ashes Dice Roller?
CardWarden ships an update every 3 weeks, and Ashes Dice Roller every 6 months. Most recently, CardWarden was updated on October 26, 2026 and Ashes Dice Roller on October 7, 2026.

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