Comparison

Dicebound Alchemy vs Brook Side

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

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About

Dicebound Alchemy

Engage in a single-player strategy roguelite where elemental dice rolls dictate your path. Discover powerful formulas by combining dice elements, navigate a shifting tower, and brew various effects to overcome creatures. Unlock new recipes and alchemists as you experiment with imperfect outcomes.

Highlights
  • Elemental dice rolling
  • Recipe discovery and crafting
  • Shifting tower exploration
  • Creature encounters with readable intents
  • Brewing attacks, barriers, and healing
  • Recruiting distinct Alchemists
  • Unlocking recipes and catalysts
Features
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Enter a luminous tower where every roll becomes a new reaction. Dicebound Alchemy is a single-player strategy roguelite about elemental dice, clever recipes, and making the most of imperfect outcomes. Roll five elemental dice, hold the faces that matter, and reroll the rest before your next reaction. Combine Ember, Tide, Gale, Stone, Bloom, and Aether to discover powerful formulas. Special Prism and Echo dice add new layers of planning for experienced alchemists. Every ascent is a new experiment: • Choose your route through a shifting tower • Face creatures with readable intents and changing defenses • Brew attacks, barriers, healing drafts, and status reactions • Recruit distinct Alchemists with different starting strengths • Unlock recipes, catalysts, and collectible dice finishes • Complete Trials to earn Mastery and reveal new milestones • Review your discoveries in the Codex • Track victories, scores, floors, and past ascents • Challenge higher Ascension levels when you are ready Dicebound Alchemy is built around thoughtful decisions, short strategic turns, and long-term discovery. A poor roll is never the end of the experiment; it is simply another ingredient.

About

Brook Side

Rotate pipes to guide water streams to their outlets, collecting flowers and reviving gardens. Solve puzzles with increasing complexity, including managing two separate streams and earning three stars for optimal solutions. Enjoy daily challenges and a cast of charming characters.

Highlights
  • Pipe rotation puzzles
  • Water stream guidance
  • Flower collection
  • Three-star rating system
  • Dual stream management
  • Daily puzzles
  • Character interaction
Features
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Brookside is a garden where the water has stopped flowing. Rotate the pipes, guide each stream to its outlet, collect flowers along the way, and bring the gardens back to life. Garden Pipes Explore five gardens with fifteen levels each. Turn bends, junctions and crossings to build the right route and reach every outlet. Flowers and Three Stars The shortest path is not always the best. Guide water to healthy flowers while keeping wilted ones dry to earn a perfect three-star result. Repair Run Water starts flowing after five seconds, and each pipe locks once the stream passes through. Plan ahead and react quickly. Two Streams Guide two separate streams to their own outlets without letting them touch. Endless and Daily Play continuously generated puzzles or complete one fresh Daily Puzzle each day. The Plumbers Meet Fen the Frog, Muffin the Bunny, Pip the Otter, Wren the Swift and Dusty the Mole as you complete each garden.

Screenshots

Dicebound Alchemy4 screens
Brook Side4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Brook Side at 5.0 against Dicebound Alchemy's 1.0. Dicebound Alchemy's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Brook Side holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Dicebound Alchemy versus Brook Side: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDicebound AlchemyBrook Side
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB37 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAll Thrive CollectiveJamya Fultcher

In-app purchases

None

Dicebound Alchemy

No in-app purchases

None

Brook Side

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dicebound Alchemy free?
Dicebound Alchemy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brook Side free?
Brook Side is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dicebound Alchemy or Brook Side?
Brook Side is rated higher. Dicebound Alchemy averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Brook Side averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Dicebound Alchemy or Brook Side have ads?
Neither Dicebound Alchemy nor Brook Side shows ads.

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