Once Upon a Galaxy vs Dicefolk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Once Upon a Galaxy
Engage in a fantasy drafting card battler with unique characters and their quests. Build your team and strategize to complete objectives. Enjoy a game free of AI art and ads, with optional in-app purchases.
- Fantasy drafting card battles
- Unique character captains
- Quest completion
- Team strategy
- No AI artwork
- No ads
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Galaxy is FREE to play, has NO ADS, uses NO AI artwork. Will you choose Dorothy as your captain and help her and friends on their journey to complete their quests? Or Dragonmother and discover what will hatch from her dragon egg? Or maybe Indiana Clones, who will "clone" your best three treasures? It's all up to you!
Dicefolk
Assemble a team of mythical beasts and lead them to victory using a unique dice-based combat system. Recruit and evolve your creatures to create the ultimate Chimera Summoner.
- Recruit mythical beasts
- Create custom teams
- Unique dice mechanics
- Command creatures to victory
- Evolve your team
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As a Chimera Summoner, recruit and create your perfect team of mythical beasts and command them to victory using unique dice mechanics.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Once Upon a Galaxy at 4.8 against Dicefolk's 4.2. Once Upon a Galaxy also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 53). Dicefolk's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Once Upon a Galaxy sells 44 one-off in-app purchases and Dicefolk sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Once Upon a Galaxy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Once Upon a Galaxy has 1.4K ratings behind it against 53, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Once Upon a Galaxy's written reviews are positive against 77% of Dicefolk's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Once Upon a Galaxy | Dicefolk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.4K ratings) — better | 4.2 (53 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 77.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 53 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 400 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Million Dreams Games | Good Shepherd Entertainment |
Customer experience
Once Upon a Galaxy
Dicefolk
User reviews
Once Upon a Galaxy
From 1.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Intuitive and streamlined
- 🎨 Charming art style
- 🕹️ Engaging strategy
- ⏱️ Asynchronous play
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
- 🔁 Repetitive gameplay
- 🔒 Locked content behind paywall
- 🤖 Imbalanced heroes/abilities
- 🕰️ Slow progression
Dicefolk
From 53 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Improves on the pick up and play aspect
- 👍 Lots of depth and the right amount of meta progression
- 👍 Reasonably priced
- 👍 Intuitive gameplay
- 👍 Strategic and fun
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes on launch after update
- 👎 Not the full game, must purchase separately
Bugs and requests
Once Upon a Galaxy
Reported bugs
3 issues- Black screen on startup
- Infinite loading issues
- Progression loss after updates
Requested features
5 requests- More hero/card variety
- Improved tutorial and learning tools
- Offline/save progress mode
- Cosmetic/non-gameplay monetization
- Competitive/ranked modes
Dicefolk
Reported bugs
1 issue- Crashes on launch after update
Requested features
1 request- Dark mode option
In-app purchases
Once Upon a Galaxy
- 600 Gems (September deal)$4.99
- 600 Gems (July deal)$4.99
- Welcome Bundle3 variants$4.99
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- 500 Gems2 variants$4.99
- October 2026 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- September 2026 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- 1300 Gems (August deal)$9.99
- August 2026 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- July 2026 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- June 2026 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- March 2026 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- May 2026 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- April 2026 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- February 2026 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- December Galaxy Pass$9.99
- January 2026 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- November 2025 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- October 2025 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- September 2025 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- July 2025 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- August 2025 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- June 2025 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- May 2025 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- 1,100 Gems2 variants$9.99
- April 2025 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- March 2025 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- February 2025 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- Galaxy Pass$9.99
- Swishbuckler Chromaria Bundle$14.99
- Chromarian Chromaria Bundle$14.99
- Remi Chromaria Bundle$14.99
- Galaxy Reroll$14.99
- Candylar Reroll$14.99
- Mythbound Reroll$14.99
- Thanatos Mythbound Bundle$14.99
- Baldr Mythbound Bundle$14.99
- Hecate Mythbound Bundle$14.99
- Candylar Goat T Preorder$14.99
- Candylar Beanstalk Preorder$14.99
- Candylar Candy Pandy Preorder$14.99
- 2,300 Gems2 variants$19.99
- Winter Bundle$29.99
- 6,000 Gems$49.99
- 14,000 Gems2 variants$99.99
Dicefolk
- Full Game Unlock$4.99
- Full Game$4.99
Questions
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