Comparison

Shake 'em Dice vs Dice

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

Dice

This app provides a simple and beautiful dice rolling experience for iPhone and iPad. It's perfect for playing board games like Monopoly, Backgammon, Yatzy, or Yahtzee anywhere you go.

Highlights
  • Simple and beautiful design
  • Usable interface
  • Dice rolling for board games
  • Supports Monopoly, Backgammon, Yatzy, Yahtzee
  • iPhone and iPad compatibility
Features
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Designed for iPhone and iPad with simplicity, usability and beauty in mind! With Dice you can play anywhere your favorite board game like Monopoly, Backgammon, Yatzy or Yahtzee! Download, roll and enjoy :)

Screenshots

Shake 'em Dice2 screens
Dice2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dice at 4.6 against Shake 'em Dice's 3.6. Dice also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11) and review sentiment (80% vs 63%). Shake 'em Dice's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, 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. Shake 'em Dice sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Dice asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dice holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 289 and 278 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Shake 'em Dice's written reviews are positive against 80% of Dice's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shake 'em Dice ships an update weekly, Dice monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Shake 'em Dice versus Dice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShake 'em DiceDice
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (289 ratings)4.6 (278 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings289 — better278
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size327 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert SeberxNeat.com

Customer experience

Shake 'em Dice

All ratings289 ratings
Positive65.1%
Neutral5.2%
Negative29.8%
Written reviews146 reviews
Positive63.0%
Neutral5.5%
Negative31.5%

Dice

All ratings278 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

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)

Dice

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Shake 'em Dice

One-time11
  • Green Dice$0.99
  • Gold coin$0.99
  • 12 Sided Dice$0.99
Show 8 more
  • 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
None

Dice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shake 'em Dice free?
Shake 'em Dice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dice free?
Dice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Shake 'em Dice or Dice?
Dice is rated higher. Shake 'em Dice averages 3.6 out of 5 from 289 ratings, while Dice averages 4.6 from 278 ratings.
Do Shake 'em Dice or Dice have ads?
Neither Shake 'em Dice nor Dice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shake 'em Dice or Dice?
Shake 'em Dice ships an update weekly, and Dice monthly. Most recently, Shake 'em Dice was updated on September 29, 2026 and Dice on October 12, 2026.

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