NPCGen5e vs Calamus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NPCGen5e
This tool randomly generates non-player characters for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. It provides a comprehensive set of details for each NPC, including stats, personality traits, and appearance. Premium features allow for filtering, saving, and exporting generated characters.
- Random NPC generation
- Detailed NPC stats
- Name, race, and alignment
- Mannerisms and flaws
- Appearance and voice descriptions
- Filter and save NPCs
- Export NPCs in various formats
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NPCGen5e is a tool for fifth-edition Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Masters. It randomly creates an NPC to use in your world, based on the rules laid out in the Dungeon Master's Guide and Player's Handbook, with a little extra flavor from yours truly! Key Features: Generate quick NPCs on the fly, complete with the following information: • Name • Race and Subrace • Gender • Alignment • Armor Class • Hit Points • Ability Scores • Saving Throws • Skills • Damage Resistances • Damage Immunities • Condition Immunities • Senses • Languages • Challenge Rating • Mannerism • Talent • Bond • Flaw • Appearance • Voice Description • Trait(s) • Action(s) Premium Features: • Apply Filters to get exactly the NPC you need. • Save generated NPCs to quickly view them when you need. • Export NPCs in XML, NPC, or Text format. • Edit Generated NPCs
Calamus
Create expansive battlemaps with hand-drawn tiles for tabletop RPGs. Design custom character tokens and host real-time games where players can move their own pieces. Engage in robust chat, sending messages as yourself or any in-game token.
- Create large battlemaps
- Dozens of hand-drawn tiles
- Custom PC, NPC, FOE tokens
- Host real-time games
- Player character movement
- Robust in-game chat
- Send messages as tokens
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The Calamus is a companion for tabletop roleplaying games, such as Dungeons & Dragons or Pathfinder, that allows you to create huge battlemaps utilizing dozens of hand-drawn tiles, create custom PC, NPC, and FOE tokens, and host games in which players can add and move their own characters in real-time. It also features a robust chat, in which you can send messages as yourself or any token you have in play, publicly or privately. You can find our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy here: http://trapstreetstudios.com/theCalamus/tos/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: NPCGen5e at none against Calamus's shown. NPCGen5e also leads on review sentiment (41% vs 33%). Calamus's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. NPCGen5e sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Calamus sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NPCGen5e holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 82 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of NPCGen5e's written reviews are positive against 33% of Calamus's.
NPCGen5e ships an update every 2 months, Calamus monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NPCGen5e | Calamus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (31 ratings) — better | 3.3 (82 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews — better | 32.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 82 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MieTech, LLC | TrapStreet Studios |
Customer experience
NPCGen5e
Calamus
In-app purchases
NPCGen5e
- Buy Me a Potion$0.99
- Gold Piece Upgrade$2.99
- Platinum Piece Upgrade$4.99
Calamus
- Calamus Player Only$0.991 Month
- Full Version - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Calamus Monthly Subscription$3.491 Month
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- Full Version - Yearly$29.991 Year
- Calamus Yearly Subscription$39.991 Year
- More Tokens Slots (12)$0.99
- More Tokens Slots (30)$0.99
- More Tokens Slots (24)$0.99
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- All Epic Token Icons$0.99
- 2x2 Token Ring$0.99
- More Map Slots (6)$0.99
- More Tokens Slots (6)$0.99
- Full Roommaker$1.99
- All Epic Token Rings$2.99
- Player Enhanced Version$2.99








