Comparison

Pathbound vs Dice & Roller

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

Head to head
About

Pathbound

This RPG uses your real-world runs to power your in-game hero. Explore a fantasy world, battle monsters, and collect loot by covering distance. It offers roguelite expeditions and a customizable camp.

Highlights
  • Real runs power in-game stamina
  • Explore a fantasy world
  • Battle monsters and collect loot
  • Roguelite expeditions
  • Customizable camp
  • Syncs with Apple Health
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Pathbound is an RPG where your real runs power everything. Every mile you cover in the real world becomes stamina for your hero. Spend it to explore a fantasy world, battle monsters, and bring home loot. Your first week of play is free, with the whole game open. If Pathbound makes your runs better, a subscription keeps the adventure going. Pathbound is not a step counter. Record runs right in the app, or sync finished workouts from Apple Health: outdoor runs and treadmill sessions all count. HOW IT WORKS Run anywhere: record right in Pathbound, or use any app or watch that saves to Apple Health. Claim your workout in Pathbound to earn stamina. Spend stamina on expeditions: choose your route node by node, fight monsters, trigger strange events, and decide when to push deeper or retreat with your spoils. WHAT'S WAITING • A world of seven regions, from quiet forests to obsidian peaks. • Hundreds of monsters to hunt, each with its own drops. • Roguelite expeditions with treasure, campfires, merchants, and boss fights. • Loot with rarities and elemental modifiers, plus a Forge to improve your favorites. • A camp to grow: garden, cauldron, workbench. • Daily and weekly quests you clear with real distance. • Towns full of characters who need your help, with shops and services that open as you pitch in. • Leaderboards and guilds full of other runners, with a shared guild goal every week. MADE FOR EVERY RUNNER A twenty-minute jog is real progress. Consistency beats speed, and the game never punishes a rest day. Whether you are on your first couch-to-5K or training for a marathon, your effort moves your hero forward. Pathbound syncs with Apple Health (HealthKit). It reads your finished workouts to power the game. If you record a run in Pathbound, you can choose to save it to Apple Health too. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pathbound.app/privacy

About

Dice & Roller

This app provides a versatile digital dice tray for tabletop games, RPGs, and everyday decisions. It supports various dice types, allows multiple rolls with modifiers, and offers customizable presets and themes for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Roll D4, D6, D8, D10, D12, D20, D100, coins, and decision dice
  • Roll up to 16 dice simultaneously
  • Apply modifiers to dice totals
  • Save and reuse custom dice presets
  • Utilize built-in presets for popular games
  • View roll history
  • Customize dice skins and themes
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Dice Roller is built for game nights, tabletop RPGs, board games, and quick everyday decisions. Roll classic dice including D4, D6, D8, D10, D12, D20, and D100. Add up to 16 dice at once, apply modifiers, save your favorite setups as presets, and keep track of your recent rolls with roll history. Use built-in presets for popular tabletop and board game situations, including setups commonly used for Backgammon, Catan, Risk, Warhammer, D&D, Yahtzee and more. Quickly switch between attack rolls, defense rolls, advantage rolls, damage rolls, coin flips, and decision dice. Customize the app with dice skins and themes, from clean classic styles to more premium tabletop-inspired looks. Features: • Roll D4, D6, D8, D10, D12, D20, D100, coins and decision dice • Roll up to 16 dice at once • Add modifiers to your total • Save and reuse custom presets • Use built-in presets for RPGs and board games • View roll history • Customize dice skins and themes • Customize display options such as D6 pips and Roman numerals • Enable optional traditional backgammon dice callouts • Clean, ad-free experience • No account required Perfect for: • Tabletop role-playing games • Board games • Strategy games • Party games • Classroom activities • Quick random decisions Dice Roller gives you a complete dice tray in your pocket. It is simple, polished, and ready whenever you need to roll.

Screenshots

Pathbound4 screens
Dice & Roller4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dice & Roller at none against Pathbound's 2. Dice & Roller also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Pathbound's advantage is ratings volume (49 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pathbound sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Dice & Roller asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dice & Roller holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pathbound has 49 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Pathbound's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dice & Roller's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pathbound ships an update every 3 days, Dice & Roller every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pathbound versus Dice & Roller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPathboundDice & Roller
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (49 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings49 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB40 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPyreal Software IncHakan Sami Ugur

Customer experience

Pathbound

All ratings49 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive65.4%
Neutral11.5%
Negative23.1%

Dice & Roller

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pathbound

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Annual$69.991 Year
None

Dice & Roller

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pathbound free?
Pathbound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dice & Roller free?
Dice & Roller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pathbound or Dice & Roller?
Dice & Roller is rated higher. Pathbound averages 4.7 out of 5 from 49 ratings, while Dice & Roller averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pathbound or Dice & Roller have ads?
Neither Pathbound nor Dice & Roller shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pathbound or Dice & Roller?
Pathbound ships an update every 3 days, and Dice & Roller every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pathbound was updated on October 3, 2026 and Dice & Roller on September 25, 2026.

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