Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Tull's Life Count3 screens
Game Beacon Tabletop System4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tull's Life Count versus Game Beacon Tabletop System: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTull's Life CountGame Beacon Tabletop System
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCharles JenningsSAMUEL PHILLIP KOKAJKO

Customer experience

Tull's Life Count

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Game Beacon Tabletop System

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tull's Life Count

No in-app purchases

None

Game Beacon Tabletop System

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tull's Life Count free?
Tull's Life Count is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Game Beacon Tabletop System free?
Game Beacon Tabletop System is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tull's Life Count or Game Beacon Tabletop System?
Tull's Life Count and Game Beacon Tabletop System are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Tull's Life Count or Game Beacon Tabletop System have ads?
Neither Tull's Life Count nor Game Beacon Tabletop System shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tull's Life Count or Game Beacon Tabletop System?
Tull's Life Count ships an update every 11 months, and Game Beacon Tabletop System every 10 days. Most recently, Tull's Life Count was updated on November 2, 2026 and Game Beacon Tabletop System on October 31, 2026.

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