Shake 'em Dice vs Dice Classic
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!
Dice Classic
This app offers a realistic digital dice experience for board games. It allows users to roll, lock, and shake up to ten dice, with customizable sound and gyro effects. Premium features are available through in-app purchases.
- Up to 10 dice support
- Drag and lock dice
- Shake to roll
- Display sum of dice
- Multiple finger touch
- Sound and gyro control
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We aim to provide the best digital dice in the world. Created to appear as close to a real world set of dice as possible. The perfect companion app for all your dice and board games. • Add up to 10 dice • Roll, drag and lock dice • Shake to roll dice • Display sum of dice • Multiple finger touch control • Turn sound and gyro on/off • In App Purchase to unlock premium features
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shake 'em Dice at 3.6 against Dice Classic's 3.0. Shake 'em Dice also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (292 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Shake 'em Dice sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Dice Classic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shake 'em Dice holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shake 'em Dice has 292 ratings behind it against 2, 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 50% of Dice Classic's.
Shake 'em Dice ships an update weekly, Dice Classic every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shake 'em Dice | Dice Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (292 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 292 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 327 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Seber | Erik Sterner |
Customer experience
Shake 'em Dice
Dice Classic
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 Classic
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
- 6 sided dice numbered$0.99
- All dice$1.99
Dice Classic
- Premium features$0.99
Questions
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