Dice Roller is a physics-based dice simulation app for tabletop role-playing games on iOS and Android.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Entertainment
Sentiment
4.4
9k reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the app to replicate the tactile experience of physical dice in a portable format, removing the need to carry physical sets while maintaining the satisfying randomness of a physics engine.
For Tabletop role-playing game players and board game enthusiasts who require a portable, physics-based dice simulation.
What does it look like?
Key features
Simulates realistic dice movement and collisions using device accelerometer or screen taps.
Includes themed dice variants like Cthulhu and Star Wars sets.
Allows users to store and retrieve custom dice setups for future sessions.
How much does it cost?
Freemium model relies on IAP for specialized dice sets while maintaining a free base utility to drive install volume.
Velocity
Dormant developmentnew contentperformanceShow more...
The development history shows a complete lack of activity, with the last recorded release dating back to 2018. The most recent update in late 2025 appears to be an isolated patch rather than a sign of ongoing development. Given the multi-year gap between releases, the app is classified as a zombie project with no evidence of a sustained roadmap or operational support.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads excited. Users appreciate ad-free experience provides a clean and distraction-free environment for daily dice rolling sessions, but report unintuitive interface design makes adding or modifying custom dice configurations difficult for new users.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Ad-free experience provides a clean and distraction-free environment for daily dice rolling sessions
- Unintuitive interface design makes adding or modifying custom dice configurations difficult for new users
54 of 54 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Excited overall
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Competitive landscape for Dice Roller - Polyhedral Dice
How's the Entertainment market?
The app maintains a 4.38 rating on Android, signaling strong product-market fit for its physics-based simulation niche despite UI friction. The lack of recent feature expansion beyond hunter dice suggests a maintenance-mode posture that risks losing ground to rivals with active multiplayer development.
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Key takeaways for Dice Roller - Polyhedral Dice
Where is it heading?
The tabletop utility market is shifting toward integrated social features and automated game math, leaving pure simulation tools like Dice Roller exposed. Without a roadmap for multiplayer or advanced dice types, the app risks becoming a legacy tool that users abandon for more feature-rich, modern alternatives.
- The lack of multiplayer functionality forces users to seek alternatives like Dice Master for distributed gaming, which accelerates churn.
- The ad-free experience remains a primary driver of positive sentiment, shielding the app from the monetization backlash seen in casual-utility competitors.
The SWOT
- Physics-based tactile feedback creates a high-fidelity simulation that standard random-number generators cannot replicate
- Ad-free model drives organic retention in a category saturated with intrusive banner ads
- Develop a simplified UI for custom dice presets to reduce onboarding friction
- Expand the dice library to include d5, d7, and d100 for specialized RPG systems
Next best moves
Rebuild custom dice configuration UI because it is the top complaint theme → reduce new-user churn
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's lack of multiplayer is a strategic advantage…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Multiplayer mode (available in Dice Master but absent here)
Since the last report: The analysis reflects a pivot toward UI usability improvements following a decline in review volume and the emergence of configuration-related user friction.
Bottom line
Dice Roller holds its category lead through satisfying physics-based feedback but bleeds power users to rivals with better multiplayer and niche support, so revenue growth hinges on simplifying the custom-dice workflow to retain casual players.
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