Comparison

PrismScrollDM vs 5e Travel Sim

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

Head to head
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)

About

5e Travel Sim

This app helps game masters create dynamic travel and exploration adventures for tabletop role-playing games. It generates random encounters, environmental challenges, and role-playing prompts on the fly, eliminating the need for pre-game preparation. Customize your journeys with various travel modes, environments, and party details.

Highlights
  • On-the-fly encounter generation
  • Daily travel breakdown
  • Random encounters (environmental, monsters, discoveries)
  • Roleplay prompts
  • Multiple travel modes
  • Customizable travel settings
Features
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5e Travel Sim is a mobile app designed to help GMs run travel or exploration adventures. The app generates encounters on the fly– no preparation required! The app breaks down travel into individual days, which are further broken down in stages: – Daily rolls to determine how difficult the day's travel is – Random encounters, including environmental challenges, monsters, interesting discoveries, role play encounters, helpful boons, and even entire dungeons. – Campfire questions to spark roleplay and character development The app supports several different travel modes (premium feature): – Exploration: Default mode. The party is traveling to a location and wants to see what they can find along the way. – Race against the clock: The party is trying to reach a destination by a certain time. – Tracking: The party is trying to track down or catch up with someone. – Survival: The party is trying to get back to civilization. Travel is further customized by location / environment, party level, total distance, and travel pace. Additional premium features include custom campaign secrets & clues.

Screenshots

PrismScrollDM4 screens
5e Travel Sim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PrismScrollDM at 89% against 5e Travel Sim's 0%. PrismScrollDM also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). 5e Travel Sim's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). On ads and iOS requirement 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

5e Travel Sim is free to download; PrismScrollDM costs $2.99 up front. 5e Travel Sim sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PrismScrollDM asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PrismScrollDM versus 5e Travel Sim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrismScrollDM5e Travel Sim
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (217 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings217 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB108 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSamuel HarmonMichael Wu

Customer experience

PrismScrollDM

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

5e Travel Sim

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

5e Travel Sim

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PrismScrollDM

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

5e Travel Sim

One-time1
  • Premium Version$1.99

Questions

Is PrismScrollDM free?
PrismScrollDM costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 5e Travel Sim free?
5e Travel Sim is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PrismScrollDM or 5e Travel Sim have ads?
Neither PrismScrollDM nor 5e Travel Sim shows ads.

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