Comparison

epicGM vs Game Master's Toolkit 5e

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

Head to head
About

epicGM

This app serves as a digital DM screen, battlemap, and compendium for tabletop role-playing games. It helps manage game notes, track combat encounters, and quickly look up game information. Users can also import and export campaign data.

Highlights
  • Digital DM notes with maps and images
  • Combat tracker for health and initiative
  • Quick compendium lookup
  • Interactive battlemap with tokens
  • XML and Dropbox support for data import/export
Features
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epicGM is a digital dm screen, compendium and battlemap for your RPG needs. DM Notes Create DM notes, add maps and images and quick links to monsters. Notes also allow you to create Random Tables that add rolled encounters to combat. Combat Tracker Easily tracks PC and Monsters health and initiative. The combat tracker allows you to quickly view monsters stats and roll attack and damage dice. Compendium Offers a quick look up allowing you to search for anything from the compendium by name. Battlemap Run combat by loading images as a battle map. Add PC and Monster tokens and quickly assign AOE damage with Dice Nodes. XML and Dropbox Support Import and export compendiums or campaign notes via XML. Also supports FightClub PC xmls In-App Purchase The App is free to download but you are limited to 3 campaigns with 3 adventures each. In-App purchases unlock additional features and perks. *The app only comes with open 5e content and you will need to import or add additional content.

About

Game Master's Toolkit 5e

This app generates random content for tabletop roleplaying games, including monsters, NPCs, quests, and magic items. It offers tools for combat preparation, puzzles, and a dice simulator. An optional premium upgrade unlocks advanced customization and export features.

Highlights
  • Generate random monsters, NPCs, and cities
  • Create quests, treasure, and villains
  • Design dungeons and traps
  • Generate magic items
  • Quick generator for names and rumors
  • Party cheat sheet and initiative tracker
  • Dice simulator and rule reference
Features
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Game Master’s Toolkit 5e allows GMs to generate random content for their tabletop roleplaying games! Designed for the world's most popular roleplaying game, but highly compatible with other fantasy TTRPG systems. Using this app, you can: – Browse over 2,000 monsters and filter by CR, terrain, creature type, and source book. – Create NPCs and cities to bring your world to life. – Generate random events, quests, treasure, and villains to add danger and adventure to your game. – Challenge your players with fully fleshed-out dungeons, and traps. – Generate random magic items, such as weapons, armor, potions, and scrolls. – Use the Quick Generator to create names, taverns, shops, rumors, and more! – Save all your favorite randomly generated content for later use. All with the click of a button! Game Master’s Toolkit 5e also includes a number of other tools to help you run your game. – Use the Party Cheat Sheet to track your players’ damage and other important stats. Add monsters to your initiative tracker for easy combat prep. – Incorporate puzzles and mini games to challenge and entertain your players. – Includes a simple dice simulator for easy rolling. – Browse through common 5e rules such as conditions and concentration. Upgrade to the premium version for even more control over the items you generate! With the full version, you can: – Sort saved items into different campaigns – Edit and add notes to your saved items. – Edit and add notes to items as you generate them. – Add, remove, edit, and rearrange city elements to make it truly your own. – Add your own homebrew puzzles and mini games for later reference. – Export items to Google Drive, Dropbox, email, notes, iMessage, Discord, social media, and any other apps you have on your phone. This app also includes a built–in library of over 100 sounds and songs for you to incorporate into your game. Browse different song categories including Combat, In a Dungeon, In the City, and more! The music plays in the background, allowing you to use other apps or lock your screen without interrupting the song. Create a list of your favorite songs for easy reference. All completely offline! No ads, no signups, no hassle. Simple and easy to use.

Screenshots

epicGM4 screens
Game Master's Toolkit 5e4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Game Master's Toolkit 5e at 99% against epicGM's 37%. Game Master's Toolkit 5e also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3). epicGM's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). 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. epicGM sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Game Master's Toolkit 5e 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

Game Master's Toolkit 5e holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 101 and 206 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of epicGM's written reviews are positive against 99% of Game Master's Toolkit 5e's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
epicGM versus Game Master's Toolkit 5e: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterepicGMGame Master's Toolkit 5e
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (101 ratings)4.8 (206 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.8% of reviews98.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings101206 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size237 MB240 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperStanley SisonMichael Wu

Customer experience

epicGM

All ratings99 ratings
Positive79.8%
Neutral10.1%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive36.8%
Neutral21.1%
Negative42.1%

Game Master's Toolkit 5e

All ratings205 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews134 reviews
Positive98.5%
Neutral0.7%
Negative0.7%

Bugs and requests

epicGM

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Game Master's Toolkit 5e

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes when trying to save
  • Dice roller feature not working properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add initiative tracking
  • Allow editing of generated content
  • Implement cloud sync for saved data
  • Expand race and NPC options
  • Add more puzzle and mini-game options

In-app purchases

8 purchases

epicGM

One-time8
  • Small Donation$0.99
  • BGM Atmosphere$1.99
  • BGM Combat$1.99
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  • BGM Location$1.99
  • Premium2 variants$2.99
  • Map Tool Addon$2.99
  • Medium Donation$2.99
  • Large Donation$4.99
1 purchases

Game Master's Toolkit 5e

One-time1
  • Premium Version$0.99

Questions

Is epicGM free?
epicGM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Game Master's Toolkit 5e free?
Game Master's Toolkit 5e is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, epicGM or Game Master's Toolkit 5e?
Game Master's Toolkit 5e is rated higher. epicGM averages 4.3 out of 5 from 101 ratings, while Game Master's Toolkit 5e averages 4.8 from 206 ratings.
Do epicGM or Game Master's Toolkit 5e have ads?
Neither epicGM nor Game Master's Toolkit 5e shows ads.
Which is updated more often, epicGM or Game Master's Toolkit 5e?
epicGM ships an update every 2 months, and Game Master's Toolkit 5e every 2 months. Most recently, epicGM was updated on November 3, 2026 and Game Master's Toolkit 5e on November 3, 2026.

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