Comparison

Payroll Dice vs Chess Mayhem

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
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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

Chess Mayhem

Experience classic chess with a unique twist, featuring a variety of new pieces like the dragon and camel. Enjoy strategic gameplay against AI opponents or challenge friends online. The core rules remain, but the new pieces introduce exciting strategic possibilities.

Highlights
  • New unique chess pieces
  • Classic chess rules
  • Play against AI
  • Online multiplayer via Game Center
  • Multiple AI difficulty levels
Features
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Classic chess with a twist... a whole new suite of pieces! Meet the dragon, camel, scout, and more. The rules of the game are the same. But the pieces behave completely differently. Its chess... with a touch of mayhem. Play against AI (easy, medium, hard) or online against your friends via Game Center!

Screenshots

Payroll Dice4 screens
Chess Mayhem3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chess Mayhem at Free against Payroll Dice's $4.99. Payroll Dice's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1) and chart position (#166 vs unranked). On rating, 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

Chess Mayhem is free to download; Payroll Dice costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Payroll Dice against 5.0 for Chess Mayhem. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Payroll Dice has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Payroll Dice versus Chess Mayhem: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPayroll DiceChess Mayhem
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#166 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorge TimmsNathan Anthony

Customer experience

Payroll Dice

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Chess Mayhem

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Payroll Dice

No in-app purchases

None

Chess Mayhem

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Payroll Dice free?
Payroll Dice costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chess Mayhem free?
Chess Mayhem is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Payroll Dice or Chess Mayhem?
Payroll Dice and Chess Mayhem are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 11 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Payroll Dice or Chess Mayhem have ads?
Neither Payroll Dice nor Chess Mayhem shows ads.

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