Comparison

Payroll Dice vs BARDA

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

Head to head
About

Payroll Dice

Strategically manipulate dice rolls to score points and pay off debts. Build unique dice combinations with new faces and synergies to overcome challenges. Face a loan shark in boss rounds with random modifiers and test your skills in an endless mode.

Highlights
  • Strategic dice manipulation
  • Dice face customization
  • Synergy crafting
  • Boss rounds with modifiers
  • Unlockable dice sets
  • Endless mode
  • Bite-sized runs
Features
Currently charting
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CONTROL THE CHAOS This isn't a luck simulator. This is strategic dice manipulation. Throw your dice. Rotate each die to any visible face. Score to pay your debts. BUILD YOUR PERFECT DICE Spend pips in the shop after each roll. Add new faces, craft synergies, and build something that probably shouldn't work — until it does. Every decision compounds. Every run feels different. Grow to 6 dice and upgrade them into d12s. FACE THE LOAN SHARK Clear your debts and the shark himself shows up. He doesn't play fair. Boss rounds twist the rules with random modifiers. 8 DICE SETS TO UNLOCK Different starting faces, unique passive abilities, and entirely new combo potential — every unlocked die opens a fresh tactical rabbit hole. Over 100 Unique Dice Faces Rotate Dice to Control Your Luck 7 Unlockable Dice — each transforms how you play Boss Rounds with Random Modifiers Endless Mode — difficulty scales infinitely 15–30 Minute Runs — perfect bite-sized sessions True Roguelike — no permanent upgrades, pure skill Strategic Combo Crafting High Replayability NO SAFETY NETS. NO EXCUSES. No meta-progression. No permanent upgrades. Every run starts from zero. Build from blank dice to devastating combos in 10 rounds. Think you've figured it out? Endless Mode is waiting. Simple to learn. Impossible to master. Throw. Rotate. Score. Shop. Survive. Can you pay off the loan shark before he cashes in?

About

BARDA

Features
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In our innovative inventory system, every problem directly affects your backpack. Hunger, fatigue, madness. These are just some of the things that can happen during a run. How can you keep your bag tidy in those conditions? Simply drag and drop the best object you have on a challenge to complete it and move on to the next zone. If you don't have anything suitable, you can always use your own two hands and a dash of courage! Will you be able to scatter your grandfather’s ashes at the summit of the Mountain? Complete missions to unlock options in the Explorer's Tree and keep trying to reach the summit of the Mountain until you manage to scatter your deceased grandfather's ashes there.

Screenshots

Payroll Dice4 screens
BARDA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Payroll Dice at every 5 days against BARDA's every 3 weeks. Payroll Dice also leads on chart position (#70 vs unranked). BARDA's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Payroll Dice costs $4.99 and BARDA $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Payroll Dice ships an update every 5 days, BARDA every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Payroll Dice versus BARDA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPayroll DiceBARDA
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#70 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB515 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGeorge TimmsJerome Bodin

In-app purchases

None

Payroll Dice

No in-app purchases

None

BARDA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Payroll Dice free?
Payroll Dice costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BARDA free?
BARDA costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Payroll Dice or BARDA have ads?
Neither Payroll Dice nor BARDA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Payroll Dice or BARDA?
Payroll Dice ships an update every 5 days, and BARDA every 3 weeks. Most recently, Payroll Dice was updated on October 19, 2026 and BARDA on October 13, 2026.

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