Five Minute Dungeon Timer vs RPG Sounds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Five Minute Dungeon Timer
This app acts as a timer for the 5-Minute Dungeon board game. It visually displays the remaining time and provides audio cues at key intervals, allowing players to fully immerse themselves in gameplay without needing to constantly check a separate timer.
- Displays time remaining
- Announces timer milestones
- Focuses gameplay
- Audio cues
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The 5-Minute Dungeon Timer App is designed to be used with the 5-Minute Dungeon board game. It displays the time remaining in the round and announces when the timer hits certain milestones, leaving players free to focus on playing the game.
RPG Sounds
Enhance your tabletop RPG sessions with immersive audio. This soundboard allows simultaneous playback of atmospheric sounds, effects, and music, with over 400 sounds available. Create custom playlists and import your own audio for a truly personalized experience.
- Multiple audio players
- Over 400 sounds
- Favourites playlist
- Custom playlists (Pro)
- Import custom audio files
- Quick access buttons
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RPG Sounds: Cthulhu provides a free and easy way to add more immersion into your RPG games. RPG Sounds is a sound board designed to let the user play multiple audio files at the same time. Creating full immersion in your RPG games. Over 400 different sounds to choose from! Features: *Multiple Audio players: Play atmospheric sounds, sound effects, music and your own custom tracks all at the same time for full immersion! *Favourites Playlist: Add sounds to a favourites playlist for easy and quick access to your most needed sounds. *Custom Playlists (Pro Only): Make multiple play lists for you different campaigns! *Import your own custom files: Through iTunes file sharing the user is able to import their own MP3s to use within the app. *Quick Access Buttons: Three buttons that can have sound effects assigned to them for quick access to sounds. If you like the app please leave us a review!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RPG Sounds at 4.7 against Five Minute Dungeon Timer's 3.3. RPG Sounds also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (63% vs 38%). Five Minute Dungeon Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. RPG Sounds sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Five Minute Dungeon Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
RPG Sounds holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 135 and 199 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Five Minute Dungeon Timer's written reviews are positive against 63% of RPG Sounds's.
Five Minute Dungeon Timer ships an update every 5 months, RPG Sounds fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Five Minute Dungeon Timer | RPG Sounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (135 ratings) | 4.7 (199 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.3% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 135 | 199 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 224 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Wiggles 3D | SuperFly Games Ltd |
Customer experience
Five Minute Dungeon Timer
RPG Sounds
User reviews
Five Minute Dungeon Timer
From 135 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎭 Multiple entertaining narrator voices
- 🎵 Atmospheric background music enhances gameplay
- ⏱️ Functional timer mechanism
- 👍 Simple and easy-to-use interface
- 🎮 Adds excitement and tension to board game
Room to improve
- 🔊 Audio/sound not working on iPhone (most critical issue)
- 📱 Inconsistent audio across different iOS devices
- 🔇 Sound only works when device mute switch is OFF (poorly documented)
- 🔋 High battery consumption during use
- 📐 Poor iPhone X/XS/XR display support and optimization
RPG Sounds
From 199 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Intuitive interface
- 👍 Great for tabletop gaming
- 👍 Good basic sound package
- 👍 Fair pricing
- 👍 Handy and fun apps
Room to improve
- 🐛 Custom sounds sort randomly
- 🐛 App doesn't adjust to landscape on iPad
- 🐛 Expensive premium version
- 🐛 Default loops are too short
- 🐛 Play/Pause buttons too small
Bugs and requests
Five Minute Dungeon Timer
Reported bugs
10 issues- No audio output on iPhone devices (widespread and persistent)
- Audio stops working after first game or extended inactivity
- Sound incompatible with iPhone silent/mute switch (design flaw)
- Audio only functions with Bluetooth speakers on some iPhones
- App doesn't appear in phone settings on some devices
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- Timer acts sporadic and unreliable after recent updates
- Incompatibility with iPhone 6, 6s, 7, 7 Plus, 8, 11, 13 Pro, 14, XR
- Audio works on iPad but not on iPhone (device-specific issue)
- Audio broken after iOS updates (iOS 17.4.1, iOS 18)
- No sound on Android version despite working on other platforms
Requested features
12 requests- Allow sound to play in silent/mute mode like other apps
- Add more narrator voices and character variety
- Multiple different lines per narrator instead of repetitive phrases
- Dynamic music that intensifies as time runs out
- Background music during pauses or between rounds
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- Different narration for different game bosses/stages
- Personal best time tracking and win/loss ratio statistics
- Custom recording feature for personalized narration
- Full screen support for iPhone X and newer models
- Landscape mode optimization
- French, German, and Spanish narrator options
- Apple TV app version
RPG Sounds
Reported bugs
8 issues- Sounds not working after iOS update
- Cannot Apple play to any source
- Folder doesn't show up in files
- App doesn't show mp3s in custom section
- No sounds play
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- Dynamic weapon sounds do not work in playlist
- Doesn't play audio
- Sound effect selection bug
Requested features
8 requests- Add more music repertoire
- Introduce categories for custom sounds
- Allow app use in landscape and multitasking on iPad
- Add D100, 3D6, and 4D6 dice
- Make playlists easier to create on the spot
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- Allow mixing more sounds together
- Add new content with payment
- Implement sorting by category or drag & drop for playlists
In-app purchases
Five Minute Dungeon Timer
No in-app purchases
RPG Sounds
- Tip Tier 1$0.99
- Tip Tier 2$2.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
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- Tip Tier 3$5.99
Questions
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