Forgestone vs RPGViewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Forgestone
Easily design and share custom Hearthstone cards using intuitive gestures and built-in fonts. Import images directly from your camera roll and instantly share your creations on social media or with friends.
- Custom card design
- Shareable creations
- Intuitive gesture controls
- Custom fonts and text rendering
- Direct camera roll import
- Social media sharing
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Forgestone lets you design and share your own Hearthstone cards. The hard work is done for you, just bring your imagination and create. No need for heavy digital editors and sifting through layers or manipulating Bezier curves to produce perfect look and feel. Forgestone even features custom fonts and unique text rendering capabilities. The interface accepts direct imports off your camera roll and uses the native gestures you’re already familiar with. These gestures include pinch-to-zoom, pan-rotations, and drag-into-position. Working off your phone, the center of your life, means your creations can instantly interact with your other App Activities. Share to Twitter and Facebook, even send your work to your friends via WhatsApp. Get Forging today.
RPGViewer
Run RPG Maker MV/MZ and Flash projects with this runtime environment. It supports Ogg audio and includes a virtual keyboard for an optimized experience. Quickly test and verify your game projects.
- Runtime environment for RPG Maker MV/MZ
- Flash project support
- Ogg audio format compatibility
- Virtual keyboard included
- Quick project testing
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RPGViewer provides a runtime environment for RPGMV/RPGMZ and Flash projects. It also includes the following optimizations: * Compatible with the ogg audio format. No need to re-encode audio to m4a for playback. * Adds a virtual keyboard. Supports common button functions, with customizable button layouts planned for future updates. * Supports remote loading of Flash files via URL. What you can do with RPGViewer: * Run your existing RPGMV projects, or work-in-progress demos, to quickly preview and verify them on the go. * Quickly try out swf Flash files. Notes: * This app provides a runtime environment only and does not include any runnable content. Please make sure the projects you run are obtained through legitimate channels. * The runtime environment provided by this app uses generic technology. It does not modify the source code of RPGMV/Flash projects, nor does it emulate RPGMV/Flash.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Forgestone at Free against RPGViewer's $4.99. Forgestone also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.5) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). RPGViewer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (45 vs 10). On review sentiment, 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
Forgestone is free to download; RPGViewer costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Forgestone holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 45 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Forgestone's written reviews are positive against 56% of RPGViewer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Forgestone ships an update every 2 months, RPGViewer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Forgestone | RPGViewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) — better | 3.5 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 55.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Foolsinc | Ludan Cui |
Customer experience
Forgestone
RPGViewer
Bugs and requests
Forgestone
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
RPGViewer
Reported bugs
56 issues- CG errors
- Black screen on video playback
- Button presses also register as touches
- Black screen after changing positions
- Movie folder glitches
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- Save file import/export not working
- Cannot import/export saves
- SyntaxError: JSON Parse error: Unrecognized token '<'
- Games with foreign language filenames fail to run
- Audio files not playing
- Mouse issues (holding left button)
- Virtual pad input lag/ghosting
- Game crashes randomly
- Cannot save game
- Corrupted app requiring re-download
- Infinite loading screens
- Loss of progress on re-download
- Sound disappears after switching apps
- Virtual mouse not working for some games
- Touch not working in certain sections
- Game files disappear after update
- Games not showing up after re-opening app
- Error when adding games (folder already exists)
- Material loss in H5 games
- iPad cannot play in landscape, buttons incomplete
- No sound in certain games on iPad
- App thinks RPG Maker is HTML5
- Cannot load OGG audio with OGG compatibility enabled
- No sound for RPGMVO audio format
- Cannot load save files
- Stuck on save screen
- Cannot click/interact in some games
- Screen clipping on iPad
- Games not loading (stuck on loading screen)
- Cannot add games (stuck on loading screen)
- Display bugs (games not showing up)
- PNG images not opening
- Black screen on launch
- Cannot load image effects
- Cannot import files (no www folder)
- Cannot interact with elements
- Game not running after removing folder
- No sound after update
- Audio issues after switching apps
- Laggy performance
- Games larger than 1GB don't run
- Cannot play games requiring specific keyboard keys
- Cannot save/load games
- Project initialization displayed every time
- Cannot load save data from cheat menu
- Games not responding to clicks
- Cannot use mouse function
- Cannot click or use
- Games not running, showing black screen
- Cannot import games
- No sound in games
Requested features
25 requests- Customizable button layout
- Portrait mode button customization
- Game folder organization
- Rename games
- Game exit button
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- Script auto-translation
- Dark mode
- RPG Maker XP/VX Ace support
- Wolf RPG Editor support
- Keyboard support/virtual keyboard
- Adjustable screen panning
- Option to disable screen panning
- Full-screen game registration
- More control buttons
- Editable control buttons
- Custom gamepad inputs
- Adjustable game performance
- Edit game icons
- ONS simulator support
- Cheat menu integration
- File management within app
- Flash side-scroller support
- More engine support
- APK or Windows emulator option
- Better resolution scaling
In-app purchases
Forgestone
No in-app purchases
RPGViewer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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