Comparison

Dungeon Roller vs Summon Worlds

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

Head to head
About

Dungeon Roller

This app is a powerful random generator for tabletop RPGs and creative writing. It quickly produces unique worlds, characters, creatures, and story elements, eliminating writer's block and enhancing game sessions. Save and share your creations for free.

Highlights
  • Random world generation
  • Character and creature creation
  • Story element generation
  • Save and share creations
  • Sci-fi, fantasy, and western themes
  • Detailed lore and stats
Features
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Dungeon Roller: Your Ultimate RPG Random Generator Calling all Game Masters, Dungeon Masters, and RPG enthusiasts! DungeonRoller is your secret weapon for instant creativity, generating vast worlds, characters, and story elements at the tap of a button. Dive into endless possibilities with quadrillions of unique characters, creatures, encounters, and locations. Whether you're running a sci-fi odyssey, a fantasy epic, or a gritty Western, Dungeon Roller has you covered. With every tap, watch a new world unfold—no more writer's block, no more stale sessions! Limitless World Building - No one builds worlds faster or bigger. From sprawling galaxies to tiny halfling villages, Dungeon Roller instantly generates fully equipped settings, ready to play. Stats, skills, and lore included! Complex Creations Made Simple - Every character, creature, and world is brought to life with rich details: names, skills, solar system data, army unit types, and more. Need a new monster or culture? Just tap. It's that easy. Expand Your Universe - Start by creating planets and solar systems for free. Want even more options? Unlock bundles to generate legendary supervillains, elves, dwarves, orcs, and more iconic characters. Save & Share Your Masterpieces - Instantly save your favorite creations for later or share them with friends—no extra cost. Perfect for All RPG Creators - Whether you’re preparing for a tabletop adventure, crafting a novel, or designing your own game, Dungeon Roller gives you the tools to create unforgettable stories. Unleash your imagination with Dungeon Roller—try it FREE today! And don’t forget to check out Characterize and Genesis, our other generator apps, also available on the App Store. http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

About

Summon Worlds

Build, visualize, and explore your own fantasy worlds. Create interconnected characters, locations, and lore, then bring them to life through AI-powered chat and interactive adventures. Collaborate with others or develop your universe solo.

Highlights
  • Connected worldbuilding
  • Interactive map editor
  • Detailed character development
  • AI art and lore generation
  • AI-guided RPG adventures
  • Solo and collaborative building
  • Community world exploration
Features
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Build a fantasy world you can organize, visualize, and actually explore. Summon Worlds brings worldbuilding, character creation, and AI roleplaying together for writers, worldbuilders, game masters, and tabletop RPG players. Create connected characters, Creatures, locations, maps, and lore, then explore your setting through character chat and interactive adventures. Free to start, with optional in-app purchases. No ads, ever. BUILD A CONNECTED WORLD Create characters, Creatures, locations, factions, weapons, items, spells, and lore. Connect the people, places, and ideas behind your stories so you can keep building without scattering everything across separate notes. Use custom categories to organize your creations your way, and customize how your world is presented. MAP THE PLACES YOU IMAGINE Create and edit maps with the World Map editor. Give your fantasy setting a visual home alongside its characters, locations, and history. DEVELOP CHARACTERS AND RELATIONSHIPS Build character profiles with backstories, personalities, classes, alignments, stats, and artwork. Define friendships, rivalries, romances, family bonds, and alliances. Keep these connections alongside the lore that gives them meaning. Chat with your characters to explore their voices, personalities, relationships, and story possibilities. CREATE WITH AI Generate artwork and visual references for your characters, locations, and worlds. Develop names, descriptions, backstories, and lore when you want help moving an idea forward. Choose from AI models for image generation, character chat, and adventures while shaping the results around your creative vision. STEP INSIDE WITH ADVENTURE MODE Play as one of your characters in an interactive, AI-guided RPG adventure. An AI game master narrates the story, responds to your decisions, and draws from your world's characters, locations, relationships, and lore. Explore an open-ended adventure or begin with a structured quest, premise, and goal. Adjust story pacing, response length, and suggested actions to suit the experience you want. BUILD SOLO OR COLLABORATE Develop your world privately, publish creations when you're ready, or invite collaborators into a Shared World to build together. Explore worlds and creations from the community for inspiration. MADE FOR YOUR NEXT STORY Plan a fantasy novel, prepare a tabletop campaign, develop an original character, or explore a world of your own creation. Keep your ideas connected as your universe grows. Download Summon Worlds and start building your next world. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/XXseerhc2u TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@summonworlds YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@summonworlds Questions or feedback? support@summonworlds.com Terms of Use: https://terms.summonworlds.com/ Privacy Policy: https://privacy.summonworlds.com/

Screenshots

Dungeon Roller4 screens
Summon Worlds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Summon Worlds at 365 against Dungeon Roller's 111. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Dungeon Roller sells 19 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Summon Worlds sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Dungeon Roller against 4.5 for Summon Worlds. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 111 and 365 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Dungeon Roller's written reviews are positive against 73% of Summon Worlds's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Dungeon Roller versus Summon Worlds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDungeon RollerSummon Worlds
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (111 ratings)4.5 (365 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.3% of reviews73.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings111365 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size295 MB137 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAlexander WinnOPENFORGE LLC

Customer experience

Dungeon Roller

All ratings110 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral3.6%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral16.2%
Negative13.5%

Summon Worlds

All ratings365 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive73.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative20.7%

User reviews

Dungeon Roller

From 111 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for storytelling prompts
  • 💡 Useful for game content creation
  • 🚀 Quick scenario/character generation
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💡 Inspires creativity and fixes writer's block

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive add-ons
  • 🐛 Purchases not restoring after phone upgrade
  • 🐛 Accidental purchases difficult to reverse
  • 🐛 Content not accessible after purchase
  • 🐛 Voiceover accessibility issues

Summon Worlds

From 365 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great for character creation
  • 👍 Engaging community
  • 👍 Constant feature scaling
  • 👍 Supports creativity
  • 👍 Detailed character and world generation

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 💰 Paywalling of previously free features
  • 🔒 Strict account creation requirements
  • 🔒 Difficulty accessing daily mana
  • 🔒 Limitations on free usage

Bugs and requests

Dungeon Roller

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Purchases not restoring after phone upgrade
  • Purchased add-ons disappeared after phone upgrade
  • Purchased packages not received
  • App making users buy items again on new phone
  • No longer accessible for voiceover users
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  • Editing saved stories overwrites other saved stories
  • Modern encounters name is 'n/a'

Requested features

10 requests
  • More diverse starter content (fantasy, sci-fi, modern mix)
  • Horizontal mode support
  • Ability to delete existing randomizers
  • PC version (downloadable, offline usable)
  • More fantasy races (humans, Tieflings, Dragonborn)
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  • Language generators
  • Fantasy settings to be free
  • Generator for 5e or Pathfinder D&D characters
  • Fix modern encounters showing 'n/a'
  • More generators for the free version

Summon Worlds

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to create new characters
  • Login and account creation issues
  • Inconsistent AI responses and behavior
  • Incorrect item/weapon generation for characters

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to edit and delete existing characters
  • Increase in free daily mana or message limits
  • Option to create group chats or campaigns
  • Expand world and event generation capabilities
  • Add more anime/manga character references
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  • Improve AI memory and consistency
  • Provide desktop/web version

In-app purchases

19 purchases

Dungeon Roller

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Subscription (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Pro Subscription (Monthly)$5.991 Month
One-time17
  • Aliens Generator$0.99
  • Elves Generator$0.99
  • Fantasy Encounters Generator$0.99
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  • Fantasy Missions Generator$0.99
  • Fantasy Settings Generator$0.99
  • Superpower Heroes$0.99
  • SciFi Planets$0.99
  • SciFi Encounters Generator$0.99
  • Hobbits & Halflings Generator$0.99
  • SciFi Missions Generator$0.99
  • Infinite Custom Generators$1.99
  • Superpower Bundle$3.99
  • Western Bundle$3.99
  • SciFi Bundle$4.99
  • Fantasy Bundle$6.99
  • All Dungeon Roller Generators$9.99
  • All Generators$17.99
9 purchases

Summon Worlds

Subscriptions5
  • Summon Worlds Pro (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Summon Worlds Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Summon Worlds Pro$9.991 Month
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  • Summon Worlds Ultra$19.991 Month
  • Summon Worlds Pro (Annual)$59.991 Year
One-time4
  • Mana Refill 300$2.99
  • Mana Refill$4.99
  • Mana Refill 1200$9.99
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  • Mana Refill 2600$19.99

Questions

Is Dungeon Roller free?
Dungeon Roller is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Summon Worlds free?
Summon Worlds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dungeon Roller or Summon Worlds?
Summon Worlds is rated higher. Dungeon Roller averages 4.4 out of 5 from 111 ratings, while Summon Worlds averages 4.5 from 365 ratings.
Do Dungeon Roller or Summon Worlds have ads?
Neither Dungeon Roller nor Summon Worlds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dungeon Roller or Summon Worlds?
Dungeon Roller ships an update every 3 weeks, and Summon Worlds every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dungeon Roller was updated on October 21, 2026 and Summon Worlds on October 30, 2026.

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