Gloomhaven Campaign Tracker vs PacketChess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gloomhaven Campaign Tracker
This app helps players track their progress and manage characters within the board game. It supports multiple campaigns, parties, and individual player stats, including experience, equipment, and quests. The app also facilitates tracking game achievements, scenario completion, and legacy elements.
- Campaign and party management
- Player character tracking
- Game progress and achievement tracking
- Legacy aspect management
- Combat encounter organization
- Monster and boss stat tracking
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GCT is a support app for Gloomhaven With the GCT, it is possible to keep track of the game progress in the board game. This is particularly useful when you want to play several campaigns in parallel or just manage your own character. GCT supports The Forgotten Circle. GCT supports Jaws of the Lion. GCT supports Crimson Scales GCT supports Frosthaven GCT supports Gloomhaven 2nd Edition For each campaign you can create a party and manage its parameters during your campaign: - add players - change reputation, price modifier, and the actual location - add and remove party achievements - change prosperity checkmarks After creating a party you can manage any number of players: - choose from a base class list or any unlocked class - save experience, gold, and notes - add bonus checkmarks and mark upgraded perks - retired character - save player equipment - track player personal quest - save used ability cards Map allows you to track your progress in the world: - add global achievements - add location stickers - mark completed and blocked scenarios Legacy is to help you with tracking changes in legacy aspects of the game: - unlock blocked classes - track road, city, and Rift events and read them directly in the app - track all unlocked items - track all unlocked treasure chests - manage unlocked, completed and blocked scenarios - manage your party special unlocks - take a look at your party detailed history - calculate the cost of enhancing - track building in Frosthven - track Merchant Guild in Crimson Scales Combat area helps you organize your fights: - track HP and conditions for monster - show monster and boss stats and abilities for each level - manage monsters conditions - draw monster ability cards - you can save and load your last fight to continue it at any time you want - calculate monster level for your Party - draw random Loot cards Info: This app does not save or collect any user data from your device. See our Privacy Policy: https://goo.gl/rWFPif Terms of use: https://goo.gl/MCNbz5 Managing Auto-Renewable Subscriptions: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 In this app user can send tips to the developer for future app growth with In-App Purchases. You can also get access to multi-device server sync as an auto-renewable subscription: Monthly for 1,49 $ Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Current subscription may not be canceled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase.
PacketChess
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PacketChess lets you play chess over packet radio with other amateur radio operators. Moves are transmitted as compact packets via AX.25. Fully supports software TNC, Bluetooth KISS TNC, and network KISS TNC interfaces. PacketChess is intended to be used by licensed amateur radio operators. A valid amateur radio license, assigned callsign, and a compatible radio are required to send and receive messages. This app does not function as a standalone chess game. You have to find a partner to play with, there is no built AI.
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Verdict
Gloomhaven Campaign Tracker and PacketChess are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Gloomhaven Campaign Tracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and PacketChess sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gloomhaven Campaign Tracker ships an update every 2 months, PacketChess every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gloomhaven Campaign Tracker | PacketChess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.1 GB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Grzegorz Dziembowski | Lukasz Skierkowski |
Bugs and requests
Gloomhaven Campaign Tracker
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when adding new scenarios or global achievements
- Unable to delete or modify certain entries (e.g. donated gold)
- Monster stats and abilities not displaying correctly
- Combat tracking functionality not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for Jaws of the Lion and Frosthaven content
- Improve UI and navigation for better usability
- Implement character ability enhancement tracking
- Add option to unblock/relock accidentally completed scenarios
- Provide in-app tutorial or help guide
PacketChess
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gloomhaven Campaign Tracker
- Monthly Support$2.991 Month
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Big Tip$4.99
PacketChess
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
Questions
Is Gloomhaven Campaign Tracker free?
Is PacketChess free?
Do Gloomhaven Campaign Tracker or PacketChess have ads?
Which is updated more often, Gloomhaven Campaign Tracker or PacketChess?
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