Dice Pouch RPG vs Dice by PCalc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dice Pouch RPG
This app is a digital dice roller designed for tabletop and role-playing gamers. It allows for quick and easy dice rolls of various sides, custom roll creation, and automatic totaling of multiple dice. Save favorite rolls and sync across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
- Rolls dice of 2-100 sides
- Create custom dice rolls
- Automatically total multiple rolls
- Save favorite complex dice rolls
- Syncs with Apple Watch
- History of latest rolls
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Dice Pouch RPG is built with the Role Playing or Tabletop Gamer in mind. It's all designed around quick and easy operation so you can focus on the game and not have to mess around with the technology. • A single tap rolls dice of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, or 100 sides. • Create custom rolls of any size die. • Automatically total multiple rolls (so you can quickly calculate just how much 37 6-sided rolls is.) • Save your favorite complex dice rolls with their own custom name. (No more trying to remember that your Battle Axe does 3d10-2 damage.) • Preferences enable you to only show the type of dice you care about. • Quickly see a history of your latest rolls. • Supports iPad and Multitasking on iOS 9 and higher And we saved the best for last! You can do all this on your Apple Watch as well! Everything you do on your iPhone is kept in sync on the Apple Watch and visa-versa. As a bonus, your Apple Watch, iPhone, or iPad shows you a history of your last 25 rolls.
Dice by PCalc
This app simulates polyhedral dice with realistic 3D graphics for tabletop role-playing games. It allows for custom dice creation, saving presets, and supports various game mechanics like advantage/disadvantage and modifiers. It also offers companion apps and AR functionality.
- Physics-based dice simulation
- Near-photorealistic 3D graphics
- Custom dice creation with text, emoji, or images
- Save named presets for quick rolls
- Support for advantage/disadvantage and modifiers
- Companion Apple Watch app
- Augmented Reality (AR) support
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Dice by PCalc, is a physics-based simulation of polyhedral dice for use in tabletop role-playing games with dungeons and/or dragons. Featuring near-photorealistic 3D graphics, it comes with a variety of gorgeous dice sets. Throw multiple dice with advantage or disadvantage, and any given modifier, and the app will automatically calculate the correct total. You can save named presets to quickly roll the attack of your favorite sword, or figure out exactly how much damage your bard took from those seventeen giant rats. Flick dice to fire them across the screen when the numbers don’t go your way. Create custom dice with any text or emoji on the faces, or import your own images, and easily share your dice with friends. Supports split screen and slide-over on the iPad, so you can put it alongside your other RPG apps, and speech synthesis that can read out the list of dice and the results. Also comes with a companion Apple Watch app, so you'll never be without a D20 again. Even supports AR! The ideal app for every member of your party!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dice by PCalc at 91% against Dice Pouch RPG's 0%. Dice by PCalc also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 21 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). Dice Pouch RPG's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ads 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
Dice Pouch RPG costs $0.99 and Dice by PCalc $1.99 up front. Dice by PCalc sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Dice Pouch RPG asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dice by PCalc holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dice by PCalc has 338 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Dice Pouch RPG's written reviews are positive against 91% of Dice by PCalc's.
Dice Pouch RPG ships an update every 21 months, Dice by PCalc every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dice Pouch RPG | Dice by PCalc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (338 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 90.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 338 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #78 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 306 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EWONDERZ LLC | TLA Systems Ltd. |
Customer experience
Dice Pouch RPG
Dice by PCalc
Bugs and requests
Dice Pouch RPG
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Dice by PCalc
Reported bugs
4 issues- Apple Watch app crashes on launch (watchOS)
- Apple Watch app glitches and stutters after initial rolls
- Apple Watch app no longer functions on Apple Watch Ultra 2
- Physics-based rolling doesn't always appear realistic
Requested features
12 requests- Apple Watch app stability and functionality
- Reroll options with drop settings for Warhammer 40k
- Multiplayer/shared dice rolling mechanic
- Additional polyhedral dice (3, 5, 7, 14, 16, 24, 30-sided)
- More color options, especially green and purple
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- Default D10 as 1-10 instead of 0-9
- Drop lowest dice feature for stat rolling
- Themed environments (forest, dungeon, cave, pub)
- Better support for non-D&D game mechanics
- Ability to control dice list options from side panel
- Better camera control and angles
- Auto-remove dice on new roll option
In-app purchases
Dice Pouch RPG
No in-app purchases
Dice by PCalc
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$1.99
- Large Tip$4.99
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- Enormous Tip$9.99
Questions
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