Comparison

NPCGen5e vs Turn Tracker

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Turn Tracker

This app simplifies combat initiative tracking for tabletop role-playing games. It allows for customizable dice rolls, turn order management, and easy creation of character and NPC tiles. Upgrade to unlock unlimited campaigns and participants.

Highlights
  • Customizable dice rolls (d20, d10, d6)
  • Configurable initiative rules
  • Draggable PC/NPC tiles
  • Automatic dice rolling
  • Supports multiple RPG systems
  • Landscape and portrait orientation
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Turn Tracker (the successor to the popular app InitiativeBoard) is a slick and easy to use initiative tracking aid for combat in pen-and-paper role playing games like D&D (5e or any other edition), Pathfinder (1e or 2e), Starfinder, Shadowrun and many other systems. Initiative rules are configurable to your game's rules: choose dice (d20, d10, 1d6 to 5d6), ascending/descending order, range of values and more. Also choose from one of the built-in color schemes, or design your own. No more messy whiteboards, magnetic boards or pencil and paper! Quickly and easily create draggable tiles for PCs and NPCs, and arrange them in initiative order on the board, or let the app take over the dice-rolling for you. Determining initiative, changing the turn order and starting new encounters is all a matter of seconds. Turn Tracker fully supports landscape and portrait orientation as well as slide-over and multitasking - no more app switching just because you need to look something up in a PDF or on the web. The free version of Turn Tracker supports one campaign with up to 10 tiles on the board (5 PCs/NPCs each). Upgrading to Premium lifts these restrictions and you can run multiple campaigns in parallel, with unlimited PCs/NPCs per campaign.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Turn Tracker at 4.4 against NPCGen5e's 3.5. Turn Tracker also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 41%). NPCGen5e's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. NPCGen5e sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Turn Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Turn Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of NPCGen5e's written reviews are positive against 83% of Turn Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NPCGen5e ships an update every 2 months, Turn Tracker every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
NPCGen5e versus Turn Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNPCGen5eTurn Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (31 ratings)4.4 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.2% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMieTech, LLCGereon Steffens

Customer experience

NPCGen5e

All ratings31 ratings
Positive61.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative32.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive41.2%
Neutral17.6%
Negative41.2%

Turn Tracker

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

NPCGen5e

One-time3
  • Buy Me a Potion$0.99
  • Gold Piece Upgrade$2.99
  • Platinum Piece Upgrade$4.99
1 purchases

Turn Tracker

One-time1
  • Turn Tracker Premium$0.99

Questions

Is NPCGen5e free?
NPCGen5e is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Turn Tracker free?
Turn Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NPCGen5e or Turn Tracker?
Turn Tracker is rated higher. NPCGen5e averages 3.5 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Turn Tracker averages 4.4 from 12 ratings.
Do NPCGen5e or Turn Tracker have ads?
Neither NPCGen5e nor Turn Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NPCGen5e or Turn Tracker?
NPCGen5e ships an update every 2 months, and Turn Tracker every 3 months. Most recently, NPCGen5e was updated on June 4, 2026 and Turn Tracker on August 27, 2026.

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