Comparison

Dungeons & Diamonds vs Widget Baseball

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

Head to head
About

Dungeons & Diamonds

Manage a fantasy baseball team in a world of orcs and dragons. Draft players, develop their skills, and lead them to championship glory through a full season. Upgrade your stadium, equip legendary gear, and raid dungeons for magical items.

Highlights
  • Fantasy baseball league simulation
  • Player drafting and development
  • Contract and free agency management
  • Stadium upgrades and sponsorships
  • Legendary player traits
  • Dungeon raids for magical items
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Dungeons & Diamonds Build your guild. Scout your roster. Win the championship. Dungeons & Diamonds is a fantasy baseball management game set in a world of orcs, elves, dragons, and gold. Draft raw prospects from the academy, develop them through the farm system, and lead your team to glory across a full 120-game season. Manage contracts, navigate free agency, and negotiate with players who have their own demands. Upgrade your stadium, equip legendary gear, raid dungeons for magical items, and discover rare players with abilities no mortal should possess — Dragonfire Swing, Lich's Curse, Titan's Endurance. Every season brings retirements, breakout stars, and the pressure of a league that never sleeps. Features: Full league simulation with 16 teams Draft, develop, sign and release players Stadium upgrades, sponsorships & equipment Legendary traits on rare generational prospects Dungeon runs & trait infusion Career stats, awards & championship history Multiple fantasy races with unique aging curves Free to play for 5 seasons. Unlock the full game for $.99 — a one-time purchase, no subscriptions, no ads.

About

Widget Baseball

Simulate a baseball player's career from youth leagues to the pros. Track progress, games, and achievements through an interactive widget and in-app details. Offers two distinct career paths with deep statistical tracking.

Highlights
  • Player career simulation
  • Home screen widget integration
  • Youth and professional career paths
  • Automatic game progression
  • Detailed statistics and awards
  • Dual language support (English/Japanese)
  • iCloud backup
Features
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Your player’s baseball career keeps moving, even when the app is closed. Widget Baseball is a single-player career simulation built around your Home Screen. Create a fictional player, choose how they train and compete, then follow every game, promotion, award, and turning point from the app or widget. TWO WAYS TO BEGIN • Start as a Pro Create a hitter or pitcher, complete five initial training sessions, enter the draft, and begin your first 143-game season the next morning. • Start in Youth Baseball Begin in first grade and progress through 12 in-game days. Choose training priorities, schools, and career paths; face rivals and injuries; chase regional titles and Koshien; then carry the same history and abilities into the pro draft. A CAREER THAT MOVES WITH THE CLOCK Games progress automatically from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. One real day is one pro season—or one school year in the youth career. Open the app whenever you like to review every result and decision. FOLLOW THE ACTION FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN The medium widget shows your player, club, current level, season progress, recent results, key stats, goals, and major career events. With two player slots unlocked, place two widgets and choose a different player for each. BUILD A COMPLETE BASEBALL STORY • Hitters, starters, relievers, and closers • Fictional Japanese and North American clubs • First Team, Farm Team, Major, and Minor careers • Trades, free agency, contract decisions, promotions, and demotions • Postseason series and the World Series • Detailed season and career statistics • Awards, records, milestones, rivals, and retirement stories • Optional Game Center rankings for season, career, amateur, and individual-stat records • iCloud backup through Game Center Saved Games, plus manual save export and import LANGUAGE SUPPORT Switch between Japanese and English on the title screen or at any time in Settings. The selected language is also used by the widget. FULL ACCESS — ONE-TIME PURCHASE The free version includes one professional player and the youth career through elementary school. The non-consumable Full Access purchase permanently unlocks junior-high and high-school play, a second simultaneous player, and overseas free agency for all current and future players. Full Access is not an ad-removal product. Optional special-training sessions require one rewarded video each for both free and paid players. Regular games, statistics, widgets, and normal career progress do not show ads. No account is required. All teams and players are fictional.

Screenshots

Dungeons & Diamonds4 screens
Widget Baseball4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dungeons & Diamonds at none against Widget Baseball's shown. Dungeons & Diamonds also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Widget Baseball's advantage is review sentiment (84% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Dungeons & Diamonds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Widget Baseball sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dungeons & Diamonds ships an update every 3 months, Widget Baseball every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dungeons & Diamonds versus Widget Baseball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDungeons & DiamondsWidget Baseball
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews84.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB32 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperKase Fowlern11

Customer experience

Dungeons & Diamonds

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Widget Baseball

Written reviews38 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dungeons & Diamonds

One-time1
  • Full Game Unlock$0.99
1 purchases

Widget Baseball

One-time1
  • Full Access$1.99

Questions

Is Dungeons & Diamonds free?
Dungeons & Diamonds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Widget Baseball free?
Widget Baseball is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dungeons & Diamonds or Widget Baseball have ads?
Widget Baseball shows ads; Dungeons & Diamonds does not.
Which is updated more often, Dungeons & Diamonds or Widget Baseball?
Dungeons & Diamonds ships an update every 3 months, and Widget Baseball every 3 days. Most recently, Dungeons & Diamonds was updated on October 31, 2026 and Widget Baseball on November 1, 2026.

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