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From today on, and effective for at least a couple of months, both our password app DotPass (iOS and macOS) and the dice roller app Dice Bag (iOS) will be available for free on the app store.

The reason for this is simply that they've both been around for a while now, ad we're hoping this will let new users find them and try them out. Depending on how the interest for the apps develops during the period they may then become paid apps again, or they might remain free. There are no plans in either case to make them freemium in any sense with additional in-app purchases or add ads or information collecting in them to generate revenue.

So, if you're looking for a new way to deal with your passwords (you know you should) or you sometimes want to roll dice, this is good news!

The Dice Bag 3d dice rolling app has been updated to version 1.0.9, with a couple of changes to make it more useful for remote dice rolling in these times of self isolation:

• Experimental iPad split-screen support. So you can run the app next to another app. (Works best if you launch Dice Bag first and then move it into the split screen mode)
• New option to add a roll number and timestamp to the interface, if you want to share rolls during remote sessions and show you're not cheating.

The Dice Bag 3d dice rolling app has been updated again, this time to v 1.0.8, adding support of landscape/portrait auto rotation on iPad along with some other changes to fit the interface better on different devices.

The Dice Bag 3d dice rolling app has been updated to v 1.0.7, adding some nice refractive glass materials that a lot of users have been requesting along with a couple of new and improved glowing ones and two new tile pattern backgrounds.

The Dice Bag 3d dice rolling app has been updated to v 1.0.6 today with some more changes and improvements:

• Added a new simulation speed setting to let you change how quickly the dice roll.
• Added a new dice size setting letting you change the size of the dice.
• Added a new toggle to turn the default centering pull on/off.
• New dice collision sounds for metal dice materials.

The Dice Bag 3d dice rolling app has been updated to v 1.0.5 today with a couple of changes and improvements:

• Moved re-roll and remove selected buttons down to make them easier to reach
• When selecting dice the total result of the selected dice is now shown
• Percent dice pairs now get counted correctly when detected and a % symbol in the result display
• Added new Metal Chrome dice material
• Made shake re-roll a little less sensitive
• Fixed UI not fitting on iPad Mini

The Dice Bag 3d dice rolling app has been updated to v 1.0.3 today. The new version fixes a bug that could mess up things if you started rolling new dice while the sequence of a previous roll wasn't finished yet, and it also tweaks the physics and performance a little to make the rolling feel snappier and hopefully more realistic.

After the initial release the iOS dice rolling app Dice Bag has now been been updated twice, to 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 with a bunch of little tweaks and improvements based on your feedback:

• Percentile dice added (D10 with 10,20,30 etc sides) so you can roll a D100
• Better mixing roll animation and dice come to rest quicker
• Dice rolling sounds are now louder
• The app no longer pauses background audio on launch
• Dice are now a little smaller on iPad
• Added buttons in Settings for sending feedback and rating/reviews

With these updates the new Dice Bag app is no longer free, for now it'll be $0.99 and the old Nice Dice app will now be removed from the App Store.

The new iOS dice rolling app Dice Bag has now been released on the AppStore. Dice Bag is a utility app that basically works like your own set of customizable digital dice. It's not a game in itself, but supports basic functionality like removing or re-rolling individual dice so you can use it to play many dice games if you like. The app simply to provides dice you can use in whatever game you want to play, with the focus being on making these look as good as possible and letting you style them to suit your game or personal taste.

This app replaces our old app Nice Dice and offers the same general functionality but with a more flexible system of rolling dice and combining different materials. To ease the transition for existing users the new app will be free for a period of time and there will be a notification in the old Nice Dice app. After that Nice Dice will no longer be sold on the AppStore and Dice Bag will not be free any more.