Don't Bug Me! vs Dicefolk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Don't Bug Me!
Engage in a sci-fi survival experience on Mars, blending tower defense with first-person shooter action. Strategically build and upgrade your base, manage resources, and uncover a compelling story to escape the planet.
- Tower defense with FPS combat
- Build and upgrade base defenses
- Resource management
- Story-driven survival
- Fast-paced arcade missions
- Controller and touch optimized
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The Orion III is down and Commander Abigail Blackwell is stranded. Build a sci-fi tower defense grid, swap to light FPS to thin out swarms, and manage scarce solar energy to keep your base defense online. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Tower Defense, evolved: Place, upgrade, and synergize turrets to counter Martian types. • Swap to FPS on demand: Step in to snipe priority targets when the line falters. • Smart resource strategy: Time solar recharges, repair systems, and choose upgrades under pressure. • Story-driven survival: Uncover Blackwell’s log entries and the mystery behind the crash. • Arcade pacing: Fast missions, quick retries, satisfying progression. CORE FEATURES: • Tactical tower defense + FPS hybrid on Mars. • Build, upgrade, and customize your base defense. • Multiple enemy factions and boss encounters. • Progression, gear unlocks, and challenge modes. • Controller + touch optimized. Can you protect the crash site and get home?
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 ads: Dicefolk at none against Don't Bug Me!'s shown. Dicefolk also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Don't Bug Me!'s advantage is ratings volume (141 vs 47). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Don't Bug Me! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dicefolk sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Don't Bug Me! holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 141 and 47 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Don't Bug Me!'s written reviews are positive against 84% of Dicefolk's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Don't Bug Me! ships an update every 3 weeks, Dicefolk fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Don't Bug Me! | Dicefolk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (141 ratings) — better | 4.4 (47 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 84.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 141 — better | 47 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 191 MB | 400 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Frosty Pop | Good Shepherd Entertainment |
Customer experience
Don't Bug Me!
Dicefolk
Bugs and requests
Don't Bug Me!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Dicefolk
Reported bugs
1 issue- Crashes on launch after update
Requested features
1 request- Dark mode option
In-app purchases
Don't Bug Me!
- Remove Ads$1.99
Dicefolk
- Full Game Unlock$4.99
- Full Game$4.99
