Comparison

Complete Reference for D&D 5 vs RPGen

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

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About

Complete Reference for D&D 5

This app serves as a comprehensive guide for playing tabletop role-playing games, offering quick access to spells, items, and monsters without needing internet. It includes tools for Dungeon Masters and a character sheet manager, with the option to add custom content and print cards.

Highlights
  • Offline access to spells, items, and monsters
  • Searchable SRD 5 content
  • Online Content Creator for custom content
  • Printable spell, monster, and equipment cards
  • DM tools: map, name, loot, encounter generators
  • Character Sheet Manager with export and print
  • Initiative tracker
Features
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This app is your guide while playing your favorite pen and paper RPG, for both players and DM's. *NOTE: While this app is mainly meant to be used with pen and paper role playing game DnD 5th Edition, it can also be used with different versions. All your spells, items and monsters at hand without Internet or heavy books! Includes all material from the SRD 5, in a searchable handy way. You can add your own content and share content easily by using our Online Content Creator system, check out our forum to find out more details. New! You can also print cards such as spell cards, monster cards and equipment cards directly from the app. Print a complete list at once and customize the card color and icons to your liking. What is in the app: - Over 200 Spells - Over 800 Deities - All base classes - Many monsters completely linked with their spells and skills -1 feat (check our forum) - More than 200 items and even more! The DM section contains a Random dungeon map generator, fantasy name generators, loot and encounter generators, an initiative tracker and much more. If you unlock this section you also remove the adds. The new Character Sheet Manager can be used to manager all your characters. Share and export characters and print characters for a nice overview. Bookmark items, spells, monsters and more to quickly access your favourite items. Internet is not needed to use this application! The internet permission is only used to display some ads in the app. Disclaimer: Deity information is from DnDwiki (homebrew) and wikipedia. All the information provided by the application are bound by the terms of the Open game License v1.1 of Wizards of the Coast. A copy of this license can be downloaded here: http://media.wizards.com/2016/downloads/SRD-OGL_V1.1.pdf We are not affiliated by any way to Wizards of the Coast.

About

RPGen

Instantly generate diverse content for tabletop role-playing games. Create character backstories, unique location names, detailed inventories, and more with just a few taps, keeping your game flowing without interruption.

Highlights
  • Character details generation
  • Location name and description generation
  • Shop and inventory generation
  • Food and item generation
  • Story element generation
  • Dice roller and ability stats utility
Features
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Quick! What's this NPC's backstory? In just a few taps, you can generate character details, location names, inventories, and much more without needing to pause the game. Ever-growing list of generators includes: - Normal names (Dwarf, Elf, Human, Half-elf, Halfling, Half-orc, Tiefling) - Unusual names (Dragonborn, Gnome, Kenku, Murloc, Aasimar) - Full NPC backgrounds, complete with age, profession, reputation, and personality - Location names and descriptions (Large, small, Dwarvish/Elvish, Landmarks, Buildings) - Shop names, owners, and inventory of various disciplines - Food (drinks, meals, desserts) and items (weapons, armor, jewelry, magical weapons, magical armor, magical jewelry, mundane items, book titles, heraldry) - Story elements (rumours, bounties) - NPC inventories - A variety of Utilities (robust dice roller, ability stats, and coin conversion) Want to see something else? Send us a message! lyzzibrooks+rpgen@gmail.com

Screenshots

Complete Reference for D&D 54 screens
RPGen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RPGen at 95% against Complete Reference for D&D 5's 50%. RPGen also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Complete Reference for D&D 5's advantage is ratings volume (273 vs 51). On price, 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. Complete Reference for D&D 5 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. RPGen asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RPGen holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Complete Reference for D&D 5 has 273 ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Complete Reference for D&D 5's written reviews are positive against 95% of RPGen's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Complete Reference for D&D 5 versus RPGen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComplete Reference for D&D 5RPGen
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (273 ratings)4.9 (51 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.5% of reviews94.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings273 — better51
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.211.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB67 MB
Age rating9+9+
Developervan Stein en GroentjesElizabeth Brooks

Customer experience

Complete Reference for D&D 5

All ratings272 ratings
Positive65.1%
Neutral12.1%
Negative22.8%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive50.5%
Neutral23.8%
Negative25.7%

RPGen

All ratings51 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%

Bugs and requests

Complete Reference for D&D 5

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when trying to access custom content
  • Deletes user-created content
  • Issues with character sheet and DM tools
  • Incomplete information compared to official sources

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more official content (spells, classes, races, etc.)
  • Improve search functionality and organization
  • Allow backing up and restoring user-created content
  • Provide better instructions and tutorials for features

RPGen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Complete Reference for D&D 5

One-time2
  • Character Manager$3.99
  • DM Tools$3.99
None

RPGen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Complete Reference for D&D 5 free?
Complete Reference for D&D 5 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RPGen free?
RPGen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Complete Reference for D&D 5 or RPGen?
RPGen is rated higher. Complete Reference for D&D 5 averages 3.7 out of 5 from 273 ratings, while RPGen averages 4.9 from 51 ratings.
Do Complete Reference for D&D 5 or RPGen have ads?
Complete Reference for D&D 5 shows ads; RPGen does not.

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