Comparison

Dicecrawl vs Pool, But Wrong

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

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About

Dicecrawl

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Dicecrawl is a dice-rolling roguelike deckbuilder. Roll your dice, keep the best, and score Yahtzee-style combos — but here your dice are also your steps on a runed board, where every tile you land on chains into bonuses, gold, relics, and traps. Each run is a quick, tense build: spend gold in the shop, draft synergistic dice and relics, upgrade your faces, and push your score curve to clear each floor before your turns run out. BUILD AROUND YOUR OWN ENGINE • Face scorers — stack bonuses for sixes, primes, odds, and more • Chains — detonate neighboring tiles for explosive combo turns • Go-wide / copy — duplicate your dice to chase six-, seven-, eight-, even nine-of-a-kind • Multipliers — double and triple your way past the target FEATURES • Dual-purpose dice: the same roll is your score AND your movement • Draft a deck from 20 special dice and 20 relics (3 dice and 4 relics are part of the optional premium pack) • 12 floors to win — then dive into the Abyss, up to floor 18 • 3 difficulty tiers: Normal, Hard, and Nightmare • Daily Challenge with a shared seed + a Game Center leaderboard and achievements • Runs last just a few minutes — easy to pick up, hard to put down • Free to play. One optional purchase removes ads and unlocks the premium dice and relics. No real-money gambling — just dice, clever combos, and deckbuilding depth.

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Pool, But Wrong

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I made Pool, but Wrong to see how many bad ideas I could add to a perfectly normal game of pool. It's a small indie game with 100 levels, zero ads, and the whole game is completely free to play. It starts simply. Pull back. Take your shot. Sink the colored balls. Black goes last. Easy. Then every five levels, I change the rules. The holes move. The table tilts. The cue stick stops behaving like a cue stick. Gravity bends your shots. The table freezes over. Balls merge. Magnets appear. Balls get chained together. And eventually, yes, there is a sword. There are 100 little pool puzzles to make your way through, with a different twist every five levels. Learn the new rule. Get comfortable. Watch me change it again. FEATURES • 100 puzzle levels • A different mechanic every 5 levels • Crisp pixel-art visuals • Physics-based shots and strange interactions • Ice, gravity, moving holes, magnets and chains • Quick levels made for experimenting • One deeply questionable sword This is a small indie game I made for people who enjoy figuring things out, weird mechanics, pixel art and pool games that have gone slightly off the rails. If you're looking for a serious pool simulator, something has gone terribly wrong. Pool, but Wrong Pool was fine. I fixed it.

Screenshots

Dicecrawl4 screens
Pool, But Wrong4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pool, But Wrong at none against Dicecrawl's shown. Pool, But Wrong also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Dicecrawl sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pool, But Wrong sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Dicecrawl versus Pool, But Wrong: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDicecrawlPool, But Wrong
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHAO HSIANG LIAOStefanos Katsaros

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dicecrawl

One-time1
  • Remove Ads + Full Dice Pack$4.99
5 purchases

Pool, But Wrong

One-time5
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Supporter Tip$4.99
  • Generous Tip$9.99
Show 2 more
  • Big Supporter Tip$19.99
  • Superfan Tip$29.99

Questions

Is Dicecrawl free?
Dicecrawl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pool, But Wrong free?
Pool, But Wrong is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dicecrawl or Pool, But Wrong have ads?
Dicecrawl shows ads; Pool, But Wrong does not.

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