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Finally all of it in a small space
Having Hero Lab on my iPad is great for when I’m a player. Keep all my stuff in one neat organized little spot so I don’t look like a dm without a screen. Although it confuses me that I cannot have both the 5th edition and Pathfinder at the same time. Is that something that isn’t supported yet? It really bums me out cause I frequently switch from one to the other and really enjoy both games.Show lessHahahasofunny
Much better UI than the Mac/PC versions, but....
When are we going to get landscape view. I use a keyboard with my iPad and it is ALWAYS used in landscape. I never use it in portrait. This makes it so I DO NOT use the hero lab app for anything since my keyboard is always attached to my iPad. Please make it landscape compatible. It really is a superior product to your mac/pc versions. Please help us out here.
Also, give us some GM tools in here. That would make it immensely more useable for me.Show lessRedfowu
Good for players, bad for GMs
The lack of support for the encounter builder or even combining portfolios is disheartening as someone who mostly GMs. A dark theme as well as landscape support would also be nice (most stands and cases are made for landscape, good for longer games). For players, this is great.krshgr
Unable to connect to license server after latest upgrade
Installed latest upgrade, and now the app won’t start on my iPad. It requires me to connect to the license server to verify my license (why?..) but fails to do so. Worked after each previous upgrade. Need a fix ASAP!Crmarkie
It’s the best.
And it does have a dice roller built in... For weapons if not spells, some other reviewers seem not to have noticed that.Philosopher Rogue
Pretty good, but not as feature rich as the desktop app
If you already own Hero Lab for the desktop, the iPad app is free so it's a no-brainer to at least try it out. But there's no way I'd pay the desktop price just for this app.
Hero Lab on the desktop has some problems: no way to seize the font, misleading menu options, confusing output format options, and more. But for all of its problems, it's easily the best character management tool for Pathfinder games.
The iPad version has similar nagging issues: no way to see the total value of all gear, no dice roller (!), no automatic flagging of critical hits or fumbles and no support for automatically rolling confirmation rolls when a critical threat occurs, and more. But for all of the issues, it's very nice that the full desktop source support is available in the iPad app.
The dev team tries to stay on top of bugs and features, but with Hero Lab Online coming out soon, they are stretched thin. I'm hoping the iPad app doesn't become the red-headed stepchild while they focus everything on HLO; time will tell.
I use this app all of the time to plan out my leveling up strategies or to play with character builds (the desktop version isn't very standards compliant when it comes to the user interface, so much so that I find it hard to use; for example, none of the text can be copy/pasted!?). Unfortunately, the iPads are relatively low-memory devices and desktop apps tend to be memory hungry (since desktop gaming apps generally don't have to worry about memory usage), but this doesn't translate well to the mobile platforms.Show lessAzhrei_FJE
Good but little content
I like the computer hero lab and use it a lot but the app doesn’t support 3.5 very disappointingHahahshahhh
Very decent, but no dice roller?
The computer program has a dice roller attached to it, for all the rolls that don’t fit neatly into the Play tabs. Why doesn’t the iPad version have this?J_Miley
Good but has UI bugs
None of the help links in the help menu do anything. Additionally, it’s impossible to delete a portrait image after adding it.rexrexrex
Import button does nothing; upgrade wiped out my character
I bet it's this old version of iOS, but import was working like a champ years prior. Urged to update after some errors and warnings... The upgrade caused my character to disappear from the usable options. And with once working Import capability it's unclear to proceed. Hopefully a fix is inbound.Orionnoir
