Comparison

Unlock! vs D&D Beyond

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

Head to head
About

Unlock!

This companion app enhances the Unlock! board game experience by providing clues, secret codes, and atmospheric music. It helps manage game progression, tracks scores, and adds to the escape room feel.

Highlights
  • Provides game clues
  • Enters secret codes
  • Atmospheric music
  • Manages countdown timer
  • Calculates game score
  • Enhances escape room feel
Features
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YOU NEED THE BOARDGAME UNLOCK! TO USE THIS APP. This companion app will allow you to experience the amazing adventures of the Unlock! board game based on the escape rooms model. Escape from a laboratory with a precious formula, save the world and overcome the archaeological traps of a lost island! ***/*** This application will allow you to experience the extraordinary adventures of Unlock! - an adventure cooperative board game - based on the escape rooms model. Infiltrate a Cold War laboratory and recover the serum that will save mankind! Thwart the plans of the despicable Professor Noside in this crazy cartoon-style adventure! Escape from the island of an eccentric antique collector and overcome its traps! ... Unlock! is a board game based on the escape rooms model. Search the rooms, find hidden objects, combine them, solve riddles, avoid traps ... and exit before the end of the countdown! The Unlock! application is a free “companion app”: you must use the Unlock! board game to enjoy it. This application will allow you to get valuable clues and enter secret codes you deciphered. It will also contribute to the atmosphere around the table with its music tailored to each adventure, awful penalties ... and fatal countdown! At the end of the game, it will give you your score calculated on the time you spent to complete the adventure, the number of penalties you collected, the number of clues you requested, etc. Unlock! is a game created by Cyril Demaegd, published by Space Cowboys and distributed by Asmodee (Game’s POS list available at www.asmodee.com .) Try the Unlock! game for free: Download “Elite” cards; game rules and tutorial available at www.spacecowboys.fr Unlock! Escape Adventures game (Release: February 2017) 2 to 6 players 60 minutes Ages 10 and up

About

D&D Beyond

Manage your Dungeons & Dragons characters, access your digital library of adventures and sourcebooks, and roll dice with a built-in dice roller. This app provides offline access to your content and tools to make gameplay faster and more convenient for players and Dungeon Masters alike.

Highlights
  • Digital character sheets
  • Built-in dice roller
  • Offline library access
  • Guided character creator
  • Monster stat lookup
  • Spell and item management
Features
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Make your Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition games faster, easier, and more fun wherever your fantasy role-playing adventures lead with the free D&D Beyond app! Never enter a D&D campaign without your character sheet - access all your characters online or offline, roll using the built-in dice roller and be ready for skill checks, attack rolls, saving throws, or whatever twists & monsters your DM throws at you. Manage health and spell slots, access your equipment, and know your proficiencies from the palm of your hand. Access all your Dungeons & Dragons content anywhere you go-adventures, sourcebooks, and more are at your fingertips. Forgot your favorite 20-sided die? Roll directly in the app and crit in style with themed digital dice sets. * Start playing D&D fast with premade characters from Baldur's Gate 3 and Lost Mine of Phandelver or use our Guided Character Creator * Use your D&D character sheets, spells, and stats on the go * Save time with the built-in dice roller to roll any D20, D100, D12, D10, D8, D6 & D4s - we do the math! * Pull up monster stats like owlbears, dragons, or mimics or others seen in movies such as Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves * Offline access to your library--never miss your books, even in areas without wifi * Bookmarks and Search so you can find the rules, spells, items, and monsters when you need them! * Great for beginners, regular players, and seasoned Dungeon Masters * Easy to use digital tools used on shows like Critical Role More features coming soon! Check back for updates. Find us on Discord, X, Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest: @dndbeyond or @wizards_dnd Watch us: https://www.twitch.tv/dndbeyond or https://www.youtube.com/c/dndbeyond D&D Beyond is the official digital toolset and tabletop game companion for Dungeons & Dragons from Wizards of the Coast. Learn more at http://www.dndbeyond.com https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Unlock!4 screens
D&D Beyond4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: D&D Beyond at 4.7 against Unlock!'s 3.3. D&D Beyond also leads on ratings volume (91K vs 241) and review sentiment (54% vs 37%). Unlock!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 28) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. D&D Beyond sells 27 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Unlock! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

D&D Beyond holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: D&D Beyond has 91K ratings behind it against 241, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of Unlock!'s written reviews are positive against 54% of D&D Beyond's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Unlock! versus D&D Beyond: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnlock!D&D Beyond
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (241 ratings)4.7 (91K ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews53.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24191K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#64 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size816 MB333 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJD EditionsWizards of the Coast

Customer experience

Unlock!

All ratings241 ratings
Positive53.1%
Neutral10.4%
Negative36.5%
Written reviews387 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral14.7%
Negative47.8%

D&D Beyond

All ratings90,992 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews996 reviews
Positive53.9%
Neutral13.6%
Negative32.5%

User reviews

Unlock!

From 241 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Enjoyable game
  • 🤖 Cool and hard ideas
  • 🎉 Amazing and fun

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Audio doesn't work
  • 🐛 App crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Buggy and dysfunctional
  • 🤯 Instructions not clear
  • 🤔 Confusing and frustrating

D&D Beyond

From 91K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful resource
  • 👍 Best fit for purpose
  • 🚀 Brilliant idea
  • 👍 Crazy useful
  • 👍 Great app to help keep track of things

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Slow online, barely usable offline
  • 🔒 Can't play the game
  • 🔒 Poor UI for perusing books
  • 🐛 Styling broken on iPad
  • 🔒 Paywall

Bugs and requests

Unlock!

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Ticket to Ride final puzzle broken
  • Birmingham Murder app bug at game end
  • Enchanted Adventures AR/voice detection issues
  • Tonipal's Treasure app glitch
  • The Formula sound bug
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  • Nautilus sound not working
  • Unlock games not available in app

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add built-in calculator
  • Include play history and total score
  • Add accessibility features for hearing-impaired
  • Support landscape mode on iPad
  • Provide option to skip puzzles
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  • Add 'check steps' in hints before showing solution

D&D Beyond

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Artificial character creation issues
  • Inconsistent character sheet data
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Incompatibility with older devices
  • Login issues
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  • Incorrect spell/ability scaling
  • Unreliable offline functionality

Requested features

11 requests
  • Ability to scan physical books
  • More customization options
  • Game log tracker
  • Integrate ApplePay for subscription
  • Ability to manage experience, levels, items, etc. within the app
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  • Ability to create/edit campaigns, encounters, items, spells, etc. within the app
  • Ability to view custom modifications, backgrounds, frames, etc. within the app
  • Integrate dice rolling feature
  • Integrate character preparation features
  • Add dark mode option
  • Improve accessibility for visually impaired users

In-app purchases

None

Unlock!

No in-app purchases

27 purchases

D&D Beyond

Subscriptions4
  • Hero Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Master Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Hero Annual$25.991 Year
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  • Master Annual$54.991 Year
One-time23
  • Valda’s Spire of Secrets:...$14.99
  • The Pugilist Class (2024)$14.99
  • Valda’s Spire of Secrets$14.99
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  • The Illrigger Revised$14.99
  • Grim Hollow: Player Pack$14.99
  • Eberron: Forge of the...$19.99
  • Monster Manual$29.99
  • The Book of Many Things$29.99
  • Arcana Unleashed$29.99
  • Dungeon Master's Guide$29.99
  • Xanathar's Guide to Everything$29.99
  • Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything$29.99
  • Player's Handbook$29.99
  • Monsters of the Multiverse$29.99
  • Player’s Handbook (2024)$29.99
  • Heliana’s Guide to Monster...2 variants$29.99
  • Obojima: Tales from the...$29.99
  • Monster Manual (2024)$29.99
  • The Griffon’s Saddlebag:...$29.99
  • Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)$29.99
  • Ravenloft: The Horrors Within$39.99
  • Lord of the Rings Roleplaying$39.99
  • Book of Ebon Tides$39.99

Questions

Is Unlock! free?
Unlock! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is D&D Beyond free?
D&D Beyond is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Unlock! or D&D Beyond?
D&D Beyond is rated higher. Unlock! averages 3.3 out of 5 from 241 ratings, while D&D Beyond averages 4.7 from 91K ratings.
Do Unlock! or D&D Beyond have ads?
D&D Beyond shows ads; Unlock! does not.
Which is updated more often, Unlock! or D&D Beyond?
Unlock! ships an update every 3 weeks, and D&D Beyond every 3 weeks. Most recently, Unlock! was updated on September 23, 2026 and D&D Beyond on September 25, 2026.

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