Comparison

Chess Camelot vs DICO

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

Head to head
About

Chess Camelot

Features
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Chess Camelot turns chess into a game for the whole table. From 2 to 99 players share one phone or tablet, take turns in pairs and score points for every piece they capture. HOW IT WORKS • Players sit around the table. One plays White, the player opposite plays Black. • After both have moved, the phone goes to the next pair, so everyone plays both colours. • Every capture scores for the player who made it: pawn 1, knight 3, bishop 3, rook 5, queen 9. Points for captured White and Black pieces are kept separately. • Checkmate ends the game: only the pieces of the losing side count, and the player who delivered mate gets 5 bonus points. In a draw, every capture counts. • The highest total wins, so grabbing the queen is not always the smart move! FEATURES • 2 to 99 players (4 to 6 is the sweet spot) • Player names, a clear "Your move" marker and live points under each name • Move hints: tap a piece to see where it can go • Statistics: who captured what, at any moment • Results screen with places and the points that count • Built-in rules with examples • Full chess rules: castling, en passant, promotion, stalemate and draws • No ads, no accounts, no data collection. Works offline. PERFECT FOR Family game nights, parties, classrooms and chess clubs looking for a fresh challenge. Gather your friends, pass the phone and find out who really wins.

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DICO

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Turn a fistful of dice into impossible scores. DICO is a hand-made dice roguelike about matching, multiplying and pushing your luck one throw too far. Every score is counted! Line up groups and straights, chain relics in the right order, and watch a modest handful of dice erupt into a blaze of numbers. HOW IT PLAYS - Tap the dice you want to keep, reroll the rest, then score your read. - Matching faces multiply: a pair of 6s is x6, three 6s is x36. High faces are everything. - Three throws per trial. Beat the target before you run out. - Spend a Bend charge to nudge a single die up or down when you are one face short. BUILD AN ENGINE, NOT A HAND Between trials a market sells Relics, die materials and one-shot Rituals. Relics resolve LEFT TO RIGHT and you drag them into order yourself - sequencing them is the real decision, the same way it is in a deck-builder. Forge a die into Iron for flat points, Gold for coins, Silver for a safe multiplier, Glass for a bigger one that might shatter, or Obsidian that cannot break. SEVEN MODES, FIVE STAKES From a two-die mode where every die spawns its twin, to a seven-die mode that banishes your highest unmatched die on every read. Each mode breaks one rule and asks for a different plan. Five difficulty stakes on top, from the gentle Seer to the merciless Voidseer. RULE-BREAKING BOSSES Every third trial is a boss that suspends one law of the game - one hides half your dice until you score, one taxes your winnings, one feeds slowly on groups that grow too large. Beating them is a puzzle, not a coin flip. SAME SEED, SAME DICE Runs are seeded. Share a seed and a friend gets the exact dice you got, in the same order - so a better score is a better plan, never luckier rolls. ALSO INSIDE - Over 70 relics, companions, materials and bosses to discover, with a gallery that fills in as you find them. - A living mascot who laughs, sulks and schemes while you play. - Midnight-indigo art and a hand-made lo-fi soundtrack. - Ten languages. Plays offline, in one hand, in five-minute sessions. Ads are optional and always opt-in - you tap a button to watch one, or you never do. Purchases are cosmetics and convenience; scoring power is never for sale. The dice are waiting.

Screenshots

Chess Camelot4 screens
DICO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess Camelot at none against DICO's 11. Chess Camelot also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). DICO's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 18 months). On price 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. DICO sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Chess Camelot asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess Camelot ships an update every 18 months, DICO daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Chess Camelot versus DICO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess CamelotDICO
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladimir ShirokunYasin Trk

In-app purchases

None

Chess Camelot

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

DICO

One-time11
  • Starter Bundle$1.49
  • Ruby Dice$1.49
  • The Abyss$1.49
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  • Sapphire Dice$1.49
  • Aurora$1.49
  • Prismatic DICO$2.49
  • Obsidian Gold DICO$2.49
  • Celestial DICO$2.49
  • Gilded Card Frame$2.49
  • The Parlour Set$3.49
  • Golden Rain$4.49

Questions

Is Chess Camelot free?
Chess Camelot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DICO free?
DICO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chess Camelot or DICO have ads?
DICO shows ads; Chess Camelot does not.
Which is updated more often, Chess Camelot or DICO?
Chess Camelot ships an update every 18 months, and DICO daily. Most recently, Chess Camelot was updated on October 30, 2026 and DICO on October 29, 2026.

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