Shake 'em Dice vs Virtual
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shake 'em Dice
Simulate realistic dice rolls with 3D physics. Perfect for board games, entertaining children, or studying probability. Customize your dice and roll them with intuitive gestures.
- Realistic 3D dice physics
- Shake, tilt, or twist phone to roll
- Add and remove dice
- Pinch to zoom
- Tap for options
- Double tap to auto-shake
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Fantastic if you need dice for a board game, for entertaining a young child or for studying probability in maths. Tilt, twist and shake your phone to make the dice roll and tumble using realistic 3D physics. It's as if you have real dice inside your phone. Red dice are free. Green dice, gold coins, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12 and 20 sided dice are available as an in-app purchase. Pinch to zoom, tap to show options, shake or double tap to automatically shake the dice. Add and remove dice and watch them tumble!
Virtual
Experience stunning 3D dice visualizations with cinema-quality rendering. This app offers a beautiful selection of dice, crafted with passion for an immersive experience.
- Beautiful 3D dice selection
- Cinema-quality rendering
- Revolutionary visualization technology
- Immersive user experience
- Designed with passion
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Virtual-Dice is a selection of beautiful 3D dices realized with care and passions for you. Based on a revolutionary new technology you will be able to visualize 3D scenes with rendering usually reserved to the special effects of the cinema industry. We hope you'll have as much fun using this app as we had to design it for you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Shake 'em Dice at weekly against Virtual's every 53 months. Shake 'em Dice also leads on ratings volume (289 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). Virtual's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.6) and review sentiment (75% vs 63%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Shake 'em Dice sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Virtual sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Virtual holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shake 'em Dice has 289 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Shake 'em Dice's written reviews are positive against 75% of Virtual's.
Shake 'em Dice ships an update weekly, Virtual every 53 months. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.
| Parameter | Shake 'em Dice | Virtual |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (289 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 289 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 53 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 327 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Seber | Goldgewicht Consulting |
Customer experience
Shake 'em Dice
Virtual
Bugs and requests
Shake 'em Dice
Reported bugs
2 issues- App flashing on and off on some devices
- Dice vibrating rapidly when at rest
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to set aside certain dice
- Option to change dice size
- Support for more dice types (e.g. D20)
Virtual
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shake 'em Dice
- Green Dice$0.99
- Gold coin$0.99
- 12 Sided Dice$0.99
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- 4 Sided Dice$0.99
- 5 Sided Dice$0.99
- 10 Sided Dice$0.99
- 8 Sided Dice$0.99
- 20 Sided Dice$0.99
- 10 sided dice marked in tens$0.99
- 6 sided dice numbered$0.99
- All dice$1.99
Virtual
- Unlimited Monthly$1.991 Month
- Unlimited Annual$8.991 Year
- Unlock Premium Dices$0.99
Questions
Is Shake 'em Dice free?
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