Comparison

GBKeeper vs War Council

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

Head to head
About

GBKeeper

Build and manage your Guild Ball teams, track game progress, and access rules and player information. This unofficial app helps you strategize, play, and store match data.

Highlights
  • Browse player library by guild and position
  • Construct teams with captains, mascots, and players
  • Track VPs, Goals, Momentum, and player health
  • Manage rosters for organized play
  • Share team lists with friends
  • Connect device-to-device for local multiplayer
  • Access rulebook, guild cards, and errata
Features
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GBKeeper is an unofficial Guild Ball app for building teams and tracking damage during games. LIBRARY The Library allows you to browse through all the players in every guild. View each card and see what Union players will work for that guild. You can also search by player name and position. TEAMS Team is where Guild Ball teams are constructed. Create a team by selecting a guild and then choosing the captain, mascot and any number of players. Both in-guild and Union options are presented in one table. You can also build your team by flipping through the card views. When you're heading to an Organized Play event, build a Roster and select your team from that Roster each time you start a game. Once you’ve built your team use the share button to text a friend with your latest creation. PLAY Take your team onto the pitch with the Play screen. Track your VPs, Goals and Momentum while also tracking individual player health. As you activate players you can mark each as activated so you know who still needs to go. Once a player hits 0 health, they are automatically Taken Out. The Next Turn button quickly de-activates each player and assigns any Taken Out players an Icy Sponge token (if they can receive them). Use the Return to Pitch option to bring a player back out and automatically apply their Icy Sponges to update their health. Optionally track the opponent's team alongside your own, offering quick access to your opponent's cards. CONNECT Connect to nearby opponents: share team lists, health and activation status of players, victory points, goals, take outs and current momentum. You don't need an internet connection, you can connect device-to-device directly with WiFi, even without a network. REFERENCE Have a rules question? Head to the Reference screen. Access to the full Season 4 PDF rulebook right within the app, along with the Organized Play document, guild cards and errata. Still have a question? Jump to the rules forum or search the rules forum right from the app. MATCH TRACKING Store matches for your teams including Victory Points, Goals, Take Outs and players for both teams, opponent, match date, location and notes about the match.

About

War Council

This app helps players of a popular tabletop miniatures game manage their unit collections and build armies. It allows for easy army assembly, strategy visualization, and sharing of army lists with friends. It serves as a digital reference for all available game units.

Highlights
  • Track unit collection
  • Build armies and point costs
  • Manage Tactics cards and NCUs
  • Visualize strategies
  • Share armies with friends
  • Unit reference guide
Features
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The official Song of Ice & Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game companion app! Take your War Council with you wherever you go, to track your collection and build your armies in your smartphone / tablet! Easily assemble new armies and visualize the viability of new strategies for this amazing wargame set in Westeros. Features: - Tracks your collection of units with ease. - Build your armies and track their point costs, deck of Tactics cards, NCUs and Units. - Share your armies with friends! - Easy reference for every unit available for the game. Attention: This app is meant to be used as a companion for the Song of Ice & Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game. Requires physical copies of the game for full enjoyment.

Screenshots

GBKeeper4 screens
War Council4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GBKeeper at 100% against War Council's 43%. GBKeeper also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). War Council's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 weeks) and ratings volume (114 vs 32). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

GBKeeper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 114 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of GBKeeper's written reviews are positive against 43% of War Council's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GBKeeper ships an update every 4 weeks, War Council every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
GBKeeper versus War Council: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGBKeeperWar Council
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (32 ratings) — better4.4 (114 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better43.5% of reviews
Number of ratings32114 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB118 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMickey RobersonCMON

Customer experience

GBKeeper

All ratings31 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

War Council

All ratings114 ratings
Positive82.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive43.5%
Neutral23.9%
Negative32.6%

Bugs and requests

GBKeeper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

War Council

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Documents will not download
  • Commander units not appearing
  • Attachments not appearing
  • App crashes when printing
  • Create button greyed out after update
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  • Commander cards show unit abilities instead of commander abilities
  • Dragon mechanics missing for Targaryens
  • Formatting issues on Pixel2 phone
  • Cannot add commander to army list
  • Cannot define area for attachments

Requested features

9 requests
  • Add direct feedback button
  • Implement swipe gestures for navigation
  • Add Windows version for printing
  • Include 'What's New' section
  • Divide FAQ by factions
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  • Add historical battle scenarios
  • Allow uniting factions
  • Increase max army size limit
  • Add Rich Text export option

In-app purchases

None

GBKeeper

No in-app purchases

None

War Council

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GBKeeper free?
GBKeeper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is War Council free?
War Council is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GBKeeper or War Council?
GBKeeper is rated higher. GBKeeper averages 5.0 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while War Council averages 4.4 from 114 ratings.
Do GBKeeper or War Council have ads?
Neither GBKeeper nor War Council shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GBKeeper or War Council?
GBKeeper ships an update every 4 weeks, and War Council every 10 days. Most recently, GBKeeper was updated on November 2, 2026 and War Council on November 6, 2026.

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