Comparison

Roulette vs Tricky Mean

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

Head to head
About

Roulette

This app allows you to create and spin custom roulette wheels for making decisions. It offers extensive customization options for items, sounds, and visual effects, all completely free to use. Share your roulette creations and track past decisions.

Highlights
  • Unlimited roulette and items
  • Item customization (bulk add, weight, color)
  • Sound and BGM options
  • Read decisions aloud
  • Decision history
  • Customizable appearance (background, fonts, colors)
  • Rotation speed adjustment
Features
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Best roulette app. Hundreds of sounds, BGM, voices, effects, image display. All features are completely free to use. - Unlimited roulette and items - Bulk add/weight/change color of items - Sort/shuffle items - Hundreds of BGM/sound effects - Selection of start sound/BGM/decision sound - Read decisions aloud - History of decisions - Deduplication of decisions - Background image/background color - Font size/Text color - Rotation speed adjustment - Decision fake/blackout/re-rotate effects - Image the roulette screen and share it - Dark mode URL scheme: roulette://

About

Tricky Mean

Engage your mind with a creative puzzle game where you manipulate objects to alter scenes and solve unique challenges. Each level presents a fun scenario requiring wit and imagination to find the correct solution. It's a satisfying brain-training experience.

Highlights
  • Move items to transform scenes
  • Creative stage variety
  • Tricky yet satisfying puzzles
  • Brain training and creativity boost
  • Unique challenges per level
Features
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Move the items and transform the scenes! A tricky puzzle game full of surprises! Shift items around to change the illustrations and find the correct answer! Cover a sick girl with a blanket to warm her up, clean up a crowded restroom to clear the chaos — each stage offers a unique challenge and fun scenes to explore! ・ A variety of creative stages with different scenarios ・ Slightly tricky puzzles that are super satisfying to solve ・ Feel the thrill when you crack each stage! ・ Great for brain training and boosting creativity Use your instincts and imagination to clear all the puzzles! Ready to test your wit? Download now and give it a try! EU / California users can opt-out under GDPR / CCPA. Please respond from the pop-up displayed when starting in the app or within the settings in the app.

Screenshots

Roulette4 screens
Tricky Mean4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Roulette at none against Tricky Mean's 7. Roulette also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (50% vs 38%). Tricky Mean's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, 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. Tricky Mean sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Roulette asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Roulette holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tricky Mean has 11K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Roulette's written reviews are positive against 38% of Tricky Mean's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roulette ships an update every 3 months, Tricky Mean every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Roulette versus Tricky Mean: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRouletteTricky Mean
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.7 (11K ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings311K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size212 MB486 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFugaPiyo Inc.FTY LLC.

Customer experience

Roulette

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Tricky Mean

All ratings11,062 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.2%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral15.6%
Negative46.9%

Bugs and requests

Roulette

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Tricky Mean

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Restarting game progress after using hints
  • Ads not removed despite paid purchase

Requested features

2 requests
  • Reduce ads or provide ad-free option
  • Improve hint system accuracy

In-app purchases

None

Roulette

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Tricky Mean

One-time7
  • Hint item5$1.99
  • Hint item10$2.99
  • VIP PACK$5.99
Show 4 more
  • Hint item20$5.99
  • SUPER VIP PACK$9.99
  • Hint item50$14.99
  • Hint item100$29.99

Questions

Is Roulette free?
Roulette is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tricky Mean free?
Tricky Mean is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Roulette or Tricky Mean?
Roulette is rated higher. Roulette averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Tricky Mean averages 4.7 from 11K ratings.
Do Roulette or Tricky Mean have ads?
Both Roulette and Tricky Mean show ads.
Which is updated more often, Roulette or Tricky Mean?
Roulette ships an update every 3 months, and Tricky Mean every 3 weeks. Most recently, Roulette was updated on September 6, 2026 and Tricky Mean on September 24, 2026.

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