Comparison

Dice Dice Incremental vs Coreshatter

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

Head to head
About

Dice Dice Incremental

Tap to roll dice, collect coins, and progress through an extensive upgrade system. Enjoy offline earnings and discover unique dice mechanics like combos and special fate dice. This incremental game offers a challenging Brutal Mode for risk-takers.

Highlights
  • Roll up to 12 dice
  • Combo system for pairs and more
  • Prestige system with major unlocks
  • Offline earnings
  • Brutal Mode with negative dice
  • Custom symbol dice
  • Companion phone app
Features
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DDI is an incremental game for your wrist. Tap to roll, collect coins, and build your way through a deep upgrade system, all from your wrist. Features: - Roll up to 12 dice per throw - Combos: pairs, triples, up to eight-of-a-kind - Prestige system with 7 major unlocks - Offline earnings while the app is closed - Brutal Mode: negative dice faces for higher risk - Custom symbol dice with tiered bonus rewards - Lucky Sprout fate die for roll multipliers - Phone companion app with live stats

About

Coreshatter

Build defenses, draft powerful upgrades, and bank your progress in this idle tower defense roguelite. The game continues to play and earn rewards while you're away, allowing for both quick check-ins and deep strategy sessions.

Highlights
  • Idle gameplay with offline progress
  • Roguelite drafting and build synergies
  • Deep progression systems
  • Ranked competitive ladders
  • In-run agency and clutch decisions
  • Accessibility options
Features
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Defend the Core. Draft Glyphs. Shatter to bank, Converge to begin again. Coreshatter is a chill idle tower defense roguelite built for the long game. Lay out a defense, read the waves crashing against your Core, and tune a build with genuine depth. Then prestige and push deeper. It keeps playing while you are away and pays out when you return, so a quick check-in and a long strategy session both feel good. THE CORE LOOP - DEFEND: Enemies stream across the Grid toward your Core. Your Glyphs fire on their own while you read the fight and steer the run. - DRAFT: Every run deals a fresh roguelite hand. Choose Glyphs and Chips, chase synergies, and adapt to each wave. - SHATTER: Bank the run's spoils and lock in your gains. - CONVERGE: Prestige to reset with permanent power and open deeper systems each time. DRAFT AND BUILD - Socket Glyphs and Chips into a board loadout where placement changes everything. - Find synergies across offense, defense, and economy pieces. - Answer wave modifiers that reward a flexible, adaptable build. - Auto-arrange your board, or hand-place every piece for full control. WAVES THAT TEST YOUR BUILD - Face a roster of distinct foes, from swarming Motes and splitting Splitters to shielded bruisers and Corruption bosses that demand an answer. - Each wave can shift the rules, so the run that beats one seed may stumble on the next. - Endless escalation rewards builds that scale. DEEP PROGRESSION - Invest Scrap, Data, and Flux across the Foundry, Mainframe, and Lattice upgrade trees. - Build a network of up to 8 linked Cores, each with its own feel and bonuses. - Collect and master Glyphs in the Codex and chart your growth in the Constellation. - Convergence prestige compounds your power run after run. THE ENDGAME OPENS UP - Complete the Axiom tree to open Vestiges: hunt, forge, and equip collectible relics, each with a passive that reshapes a run. - Deep Hunts: push a run past wave 100 to recover a Vestige's Fragments and forge it toward Apex. - Research: a permanent Core upgrade tree. - Gambit: stake earned Axioms on a live run, hold past the floor and Shatter for a bigger payout, or lose the run and the stake. RANKED LADDERS - Take it online with a new competitive endgame: climb a daily rating ladder from Bronze to Grandmaster. - Aegis Trials hands every player the same curated daily kit, so your rank comes down to pure skill. - The Ascendant Ladder pits the build you have forged against the whole field. - A fresh shared challenge every day, six-week Ladder Seasons, and a live Standings board you can climb. Rewards are cosmetic. IN-RUN AGENCY - When the pressure spikes, tap REPAIR to patch your Core or HOLD THE LINE to dig in. - Make the clutch draft pick that turns a losing run around. - Light, deliberate decisions you make in a tap. IDLE AND OFFLINE - Offline progress that matches live play, so time away is never wasted. - Auto-Run keeps earning in the background while you plan your next build. - Made for a few minutes a day or a long tuning session, your call. BUILT TO PLAY YOUR WAY - Colorblind-safe coding that reads by shape and label as well as hue. - Reduced-motion support, scalable text, and a high-contrast interface. - A calm, flat interface with the light and motion saved for the arena where the action lives. Free to play. Set up your defense, Shatter, Converge, and see how deep the Core goes. Mainframe is an auto-renewable monthly subscription. Pricing is shown in the app and varies by region. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://idleflowgames.com/privacy/coreshatter/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://idleflowgames.com/terms/coreshatter/

Screenshots

Dice Dice Incremental1 screens
Coreshatter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dice Dice Incremental at none against Coreshatter's 8. Dice Dice Incremental also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Coreshatter's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price 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

Both are free to download. Coreshatter sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Dice Dice Incremental asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Coreshatter holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Dice Dice Incremental's written reviews are positive against 75% of Coreshatter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dice Dice Incremental ships an update every 6 weeks, Coreshatter every 6 days. Both last shipped on September 19, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Dice Dice Incremental versus Coreshatter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDice Dice IncrementalCoreshatter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)4.7 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB48 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEloi MaranonIdle Flow Games

Customer experience

Dice Dice Incremental

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Coreshatter

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dice Dice Incremental

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Coreshatter

Subscriptions1
  • Mainframe Subscription$4.991 Month
One-time7
  • Starter Cache$2.99
  • Flux: Charge$4.99
  • Remove Ads + 50% Boost$9.99
Show 4 more
  • Grid Season: Premium$9.99
  • Flux: Surge$19.99
  • Flux: Apex$49.99
  • Flux: Mega$99.99

Questions

Is Dice Dice Incremental free?
Dice Dice Incremental is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coreshatter free?
Coreshatter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dice Dice Incremental or Coreshatter?
Coreshatter is rated higher. Dice Dice Incremental averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Coreshatter averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Dice Dice Incremental or Coreshatter have ads?
Coreshatter shows ads; Dice Dice Incremental does not.
Which is updated more often, Dice Dice Incremental or Coreshatter?
Dice Dice Incremental ships an update every 6 weeks, and Coreshatter every 6 days. Most recently, Dice Dice Incremental was updated on September 19, 2026 and Coreshatter on September 19, 2026.

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