Dicefolk vs Phantom Tower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Phantom Tower
Embark on a challenging roguelike adventure within a mysterious tower. Battle creatures, collect resources to craft gear, and unlock powerful abilities to ascend 100 floors. Every playthrough offers a new experience as you strive to conquer the unknown.
- Action roguelike gameplay
- RPG elements
- Elemental combat system
- Crafting weapons and armor
- Unlockable glyphs
- 100-floor tower ascent
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An ancient Tower shrouded in mystery and forgotten knowledge. Whatever you're looking for, the tower promises to offer: Wealth, Fame or Power. Many ventured the Tower in seach of treasures, but only few were able to return to tell the tale. Prepare to face the unknown, battle mysterious creatures and to forge your destiny. The Phantom Tower is calling, will you answer? Phantom Tower is a fast-paced action roguelike game that combines roguelike and RPG elements. Your ultimate goal is to be able to climb all 100 floors of the Tower, what awaits you at the top? No one knows. Along the way you'll unlock Tower Blessings to aid you in battle, harvest materials from fallen monster to forge new gear and grow stronger with each attempt. Every run is a fresh challenge. Will you conquer the Tower, or become one of its many phantoms? Key Features and tips: - Elemental Dominion: Each class have access to different elements, combine them to trigger powerful reactions, in the early stage of the game reactions will be decisive for defeating your foes, try to use reactions whenever you can! - Glyphs: Unlock mysterious glyphs to enhance your character and unleash hidden powers. - Craft weapons, armors and artifacts to boost your character stats, each piece has its own ability. You can see all the available gear from the Blacksmith.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Dicefolk at none against Phantom Tower's shown. Dicefolk also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Phantom Tower's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Dicefolk sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Phantom Tower sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Phantom Tower holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 123 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Dicefolk's written reviews are positive against 71% of Phantom Tower's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dicefolk ships an update fortnightly, Phantom Tower every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dicefolk | Phantom Tower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (53 ratings) | 4.6 (123 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.1% of reviews — better | 71.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 | 123 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 10 days — better |
| 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 | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 400 MB | 664 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Good Shepherd Entertainment | Horien Studio |
Customer experience
Dicefolk
Phantom Tower
User reviews
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
Phantom Tower
From 123 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Unique and engaging gameplay
- 🚀 Responsive controls
- 💎 Satisfying combat and progression
- 🎨 Clean and polished visuals
Room to improve
- 💰 Paid content required to access full game
- 🐛 Occasional performance issues and bugs
Bugs and requests
Dicefolk
Reported bugs
1 issue- Crashes on launch after update
Requested features
1 request- Dark mode option
Phantom Tower
Reported bugs
2 issues- Enemies spawning outside of room
- UI text readability issues
Requested features
4 requests- Controller support
- Ability to choose starting class
- Teleport to boss room option
- Gear unequip functionality
In-app purchases
Dicefolk
- Full Game Unlock$4.99
- Full Game$4.99
Phantom Tower
- Standard Bag$0.99
- Archer Starter Pack$1.99
- Warrior Starter Pack$1.99
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- Mage Starter Pack$1.99
- Advanced Bag$1.99
- Premium Bag$2.99
- Full Game Unlock$9.99
