Tull's Life Count vs Game Beacon Tabletop System
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tull's Life Count
This utility helps track life points for various games, including tabletop RPGs and card games. It features a verified random dice roller with saved setups and seamless synchronization with Apple Watch for on-the-go updates.
- Life point tracking for games
- Verified random dice roller
- Saved dice rolling setups
- Apple Watch synchronization
- Instant status updates between devices
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Tull's Life Count is a simple utility to track hit points or life points during a game. For some, this can be the 20 life points from Magic the Gathering. For others, tracking character hit points during a role playing session. For still others, tracking character hit points during a True Dungeon adventure. When used for role playing games, Tull's Life Count provides an easy dice rolling feature. The random generator for each die has been verified to be random and evenly distributed between all possibilities. For a 20 sided die, all 20 numbers will occur with equal probability. The utility allows for 4 saved dice rolling setups per character. For those with an Apple Watch, Tull's Life Count will allow the user to update their status on either the watch or the iPhone, with updates automatically moving between both devices almost instantly. Point adjustment is done using the crown/stem of the watch. Dice rolling is only available on the iPhone.
Game Beacon Tabletop System
This companion app enhances control of a tabletop system, offering a cleaner interface for complex game settings. It features a Game Library for advanced, automated games and allows users to create and submit their own games. Presets can be stored for hardware use without the app.
- Enhanced hardware control
- Cleaner interface for game settings
- Game Library for advanced games
- Automated game stage progression
- Create and submit custom games
- Store hardware presets
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This companion app allows additional control of the Game Beacon Tabletop System. While all functionality can be handled from the hardware alone, the app can sometimes provide a cleaner interface to navigate more intricate game settings and modes. Also within the app we have a Game Library that can be used to play advanced games that have configured stages and advance automatically with different settings for each to follow specific game flows. You can even create and submit games to our library as well as control and store presets for your Game Beacon hardware to use without needing the app later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Game Beacon Tabletop System at every 10 days against Tull's Life Count's every 11 months. Tull's Life Count's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tull's Life Count against 5.0 for Game Beacon Tabletop System. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Tull's Life Count ships an update every 11 months, Game Beacon Tabletop System every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tull's Life Count | Game Beacon Tabletop System |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Charles Jennings | SAMUEL PHILLIP KOKAJKO |
Customer experience
Tull's Life Count
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In-app purchases
Tull's Life Count
No in-app purchases
Game Beacon Tabletop System
No in-app purchases
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