ArtGen vs RPGen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ArtGen
This app helps artists, writers, and creatives overcome creative blocks by generating randomized character concepts. Customize word pools with themed packs and reroll or manually edit attributes. Save your generated characters and attach your artwork, with all data stored locally or privately via iCloud.
- Randomized character concept generation
- Customizable themed word packs
- Reroll or manually edit attributes
- Save generated characters
- Attach artwork to saved characters
- Local and private iCloud sync
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ArtGen is a character idea generator built for artists, writers, and creatives to help push past art/idea blocks. Choose from themed packs to customize your word pool. Tap generate to get a randomized character concept instantly. Reroll any attribute until it feels right, or manually make it your own. When you're done randomizing, save your character and attach your finished artwork. No AI, accounts. or data collection. Everything stays on your device or syncs privately through your personal iCloud. Your ideas belong to you!
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RPGen at 4.8 against ArtGen's 3.2. RPGen also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (95% vs 63%). ArtGen's advantage is ratings volume (215 vs 56). On price, ads and device support 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. ArtGen sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. RPGen asks for nothing beyond the download.
RPGen holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 215 and 56 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of ArtGen's written reviews are positive against 95% of RPGen's.
| Parameter | ArtGen | RPGen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (215 ratings) | 4.8 (56 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.0% of reviews | 94.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 215 — better | 56 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | LIONBYTE LLC | Elizabeth Brooks |
Customer experience
ArtGen
RPGen
Bugs and requests
ArtGen
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes when opening edited character
- App closes when scrolling down character profile
- Cannot delete characters
- Cannot edit character pictures
- App crashes when editing characters
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- App closes when scrolling
- Purchased packs not showing up
- App closes when trying to restore purchases
- App keeps exiting when opening
- Application suddenly shuts down
- Bought packs and nothing happened
- Scrolling is glitched
- Profile glitched after removing writing
- Black screen on launch
Requested features
19 requests- Grid view selection
- More detail options
- Ability to delete characters
- Ability to re-roll existing character details
- More powers/attributes
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- Add own attributes
- Sort characters into folders
- Add cover images to characters
- Option to choose selections instead of random
- Ability to choose own choices/type in traits
- Subcatalog by specific works
- More realism in generation
- More attributes (hair, eye color, age, traits)
- Add own character characteristics to generator
- Option to insert image or character creation look
- Additional questions (favorite color, zodiac sign)
- Sections/dividers for organizing characters
- Restore purchases button
- See all characters at once (icon mode)
RPGen
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ArtGen
- Realistic PackFree
- Fantasy Pack$0.99
- Space Pack$0.99
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- Historical Pack$0.99
- Comic Book Pack$0.99
- Unlock All Packs$2.99
RPGen
No in-app purchases
