Comparison

Idle Champions vs PrismScrollDM

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

Head to head
About

Idle Champions

Assemble a team of legendary heroes from across the D&D multiverse to battle monsters and embark on endless adventures. Optimize your formation and unlock unique abilities to overcome challenging quests, even while offline.

Highlights
  • Recruit legendary D&D champions
  • Optimize champion formations
  • Automatic combat and rewards
  • Collect over 140 unique champions
  • Explore the D&D multiverse
  • Regular content updates
Features
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ABOUT THIS GAME Recruit legendary Champions for the ultimate endless adventure! Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is a strategy management game that unites iconic Champions from D&D TRPG campaigns, video games, novels, actual plays, comic books, and shows into a grand adventure. Optimize formations using over 140 Champions, each with unique abilities, to defeat countless monsters across hundreds of adventures. Mastery requires pushing formations further with every adventure – only the most powerful formations will complete the greatest challenges Idle Champions has to offer. COLLECT ICONIC CHAMPIONS Unlock unique Champions from across the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse, each with their own formation abilities and ultimate powers. Fan favorites include Drizzt Do'Urden and the Companions of the Hall, Minsc & Boo, Astarion and Karlach from Baldur's Gate 3, …and many, many more! EASY TO LEARN, HARD TO MASTER Manage multiple adventuring parties to test your Champions' mettle and earn even greater rewards. Your Champions automatically fight enemies until defeated, even if you close the game. Your Familiars automate basic gameplay like leveling Champions and picking up gold so YOU can focus on optimizing your formation strategy. Build powerful synergies and unleash the full power of your Champions to complete the most difficult adventures! TRAVEL THE D&D MULTIVERSE Adventure throughout the Sword Coast and beyond. Visit legendary cities like Baldur's Gate, Waterdeep, and Sigil, the City of Doors. Explore the mists of Barovia, brave the endless Blood War of Avernus, and sail the Astral Sea. REGULAR CONTENT UPDATES There are multiple content updates every month. Since launching in 2017, Idle Champions has introduced 140+ Champions, over 200+ adventures, 8 campaigns based on official TRPG releases, and introduced dozens of new features and systems to the game. The next big update is never far away! For more information on Premium Purchases, please visit http://help.idlechampions.com/?page=privacy © 2025 Wizards of the Coast LLC. All Rights Reserved. Dungeons & Dragons, D&D, Dragonlance, Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms, Forgotten Realms, Wizards of the Coast, and their respective logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the U.S.A. and other countries, and are used with permission. The characters Arkhan and Chango are trademarks of 3:59, Inc. and are used with permission. © 2025 3:59, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

About

PrismScrollDM

This app serves as a digital DM screen and resource hub for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition games. It offers customizable tiles for quick access to game information, including encounter tables, conditions, and item prices, streamlining gameplay for Dungeon Masters.

Highlights
  • Customizable DM resource screen with 75+ resources
  • Scientific style roll calculator
  • Campaign creator for managing games
  • Character web for campaign relationships
  • Spell cards with quick roll options
  • Equipment cards for weapons and armor
  • Monster cards with stats and abilities
Features
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PrismScrollDM will be the one-stop shop for your storytelling needs in all your Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition games. As the first tool, PrismScrollDM acts as your mobile, paperless, and essentially limitless DM Screen on the go! Customize the different tiles to fit your specific needs for each game you manage. With the ability to hide or show all the information, declutter your working area so that you only see the important information, but still have access to everything within a few taps if the need arises. Some of the starting options that we offer include Encounter tables, Conditions, Item Prices, and so many more of the minor rules that everyone tends to forget while playing. The PrismScrollDM Screen will smooth out your games and eliminate the struggle of trying to find that random page with that small rule that decides the crazy outcome of if your adventurers will ascend to godhood. Features 1. Customizable DM resource screen with over 75 different resources, including things like roll tables/reference tables/npc generators/and much more! 2. Scientific style roll calculator for all of your quick calculation needs 3. Campaign creator that allows you to manage your different games and tailor your tools to your specific game needs 4. A character web feature that allows you create the bigger picture of your campaign relationships, NPC's and players! 5. Spell cards for each spell from the Players Handbook, Xanathars, and Sword Coast Adventures Guide with quick roll options 6. Equipment cards for all of the standard martial/simple ranged/melee weapons, armor, and items with quick roll options for the weapons 8. Monster cards that include all the respective actions/abilities/stats/traits Let us know what you think! We would love to hear from you and we thank you in advance: 1. Our website, prismscroll.com 2. reviews, we always respond! 3. Instagram (@prismscroll) 4. twitter (@prismscroll) 5. facebook (@prismscroll)

Screenshots

Idle Champions4 screens
PrismScrollDM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PrismScrollDM at 89% against Idle Champions's 27%. PrismScrollDM also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 14). Idle Champions's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Idle Champions is free to download; PrismScrollDM costs $2.99 up front. Idle Champions sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. PrismScrollDM asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PrismScrollDM holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 721 and 217 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Idle Champions's written reviews are positive against 89% of PrismScrollDM's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Champions ships an update every 9 days, PrismScrollDM monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Idle Champions versus PrismScrollDM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle ChampionsPrismScrollDM
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating3.6 (721 ratings)4.8 (217 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.0% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings721 — better217
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank—#193 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size361 MB89 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCodename EntertainmentSamuel Harmon

Customer experience

Idle Champions

All ratings721 ratings
Positive62.6%
Neutral9.2%
Negative28.3%
Written reviews230 reviews
Positive27.0%
Neutral17.8%
Negative55.2%

PrismScrollDM

All ratings217 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral8.9%
Negative2.2%

User reviews

Idle Champions

From 721 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Fun and engaging
  • 🔑 Great D&D lore and characters

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Constant crashes and bugs
  • 🔍 UI too small and hard to use on mobile
  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay and lack of progression

PrismScrollDM

From 217 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great DM tool
  • 💡 Highly customizable
  • 👍 Organizes campaigns well
  • 👍 Useful for home-brew DMs
  • 👍 Simplifies DMing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes when adding conditions
  • 🐛 Navigation can be confusing
  • 🐛 Importing files not working
  • 🐛 Issues with ability cards scrolling
  • 🐛 Search bar blocks out

Bugs and requests

Idle Champions

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes when opening store or menus
  • Progress resets or does not save properly
  • Negative damage and other game-breaking bugs

Requested features

3 requests
  • Cross-platform save syncing
  • Larger UI and text for mobile
  • More strategic depth and less grind

PrismScrollDM

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • App crashes when adding/removing conditions
  • Characters' info not always updating
  • Icon changes to unselected one
  • Crashes when editing a character without an icon
  • Cannot scroll down on ability cards on iPad
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  • Ability cards not searchable on iPhone
  • Stuck on Custom > Select Color in campaign creator on iPad Pro
  • Occasional errors in rules
  • Party characters don't stick between sessions
  • Cannot add custom equipment
  • Cannot add homebrewed NPCs to encounters
  • Cannot scroll down on notes
  • Cannot scroll down on character sheets
  • Import XML not working
  • Import PDF not working
  • Cannot resize icons on DM screen
  • Text on panels broken and incomplete
  • Custom campaign type button missing

Requested features

33 requests
  • Custom icons for conditions
  • Compendium types
  • Add multiple characters to encounters at once
  • Change size of character bubbles
  • Cloud sync or copy campaign to another device
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  • Edit screens and campaign cards
  • Better way to add maps
  • Create maps within the app
  • Roll initiative for monsters
  • Add Dragon of Icespire Peak module
  • Change relationships in character web (more than three levels)
  • More than three levels for character web relationships
  • Take ideas from Encounter+ app
  • Drag and drop for initiative in fights
  • Refine notes feature for sessions (like journal)
  • Create custom items/spells
  • Include monster stat blocks
  • Resize icons on DM screen
  • Organize compendium by challenge rating and monster type
  • Import features for monsters
  • Scroll down on ability cards
  • Search for specific items
  • PC and enemy NPC sheets
  • Encounter DC calculators
  • Ethnic name generators
  • Battle map mode
  • Keep track of campaign quests, locations, DM-made items
  • Spell lists
  • Monster manual section
  • Change size of tiles for text to fit
  • Custom campaign type option
  • Session creation options
  • Add new content

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Idle Champions

One-time14
  • Sword of Kas Familiar Pack$2.49
  • Daily Boost$4.99
  • 3 Event Chests$5.99
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  • Flash Sale$9.99
  • Season Pass$9.99
  • 7 Event Chests$11.99
  • 7 Gold Chests$11.99
  • Naked Champion$11.99
  • 1,600 (+160 Bonus) Platinum$11.99
  • Flash Sale$14.99
  • Flash Sale$19.99
  • 16 Event Chests$22.99
  • Geared Champion$22.99
  • 3,333 (+500 Bonus) Platinum$24.99
None

PrismScrollDM

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Idle Champions free?
Idle Champions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PrismScrollDM free?
PrismScrollDM costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Idle Champions or PrismScrollDM?
PrismScrollDM is rated higher. Idle Champions averages 3.6 out of 5 from 721 ratings, while PrismScrollDM averages 4.8 from 217 ratings.
Do Idle Champions or PrismScrollDM have ads?
Neither Idle Champions nor PrismScrollDM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Idle Champions or PrismScrollDM?
Idle Champions ships an update every 9 days, and PrismScrollDM monthly. Most recently, Idle Champions was updated on October 25, 2026 and PrismScrollDM on October 26, 2026.

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