Comparison

DriveThruRPG Library 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

DriveThruRPG Library

Easily sync and organize your entire collection of RPG files on your mobile device. Keep your digital library updated automatically and access any file with your preferred viewer. Access purchases from various OneBookShelf sites.

Highlights
  • Sync entire library to device
  • Organize by publisher/rule system
  • Custom collection organization
  • Automatic file updates
  • Open files in favorite viewer
  • Access OneBookShelf purchases
Features
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This app allows you to sync your DriveThruRPG Library easily to your mobile device and keep it organized for easy access. - Sync your entire Library to your device easily. - Organize all of your RPG files by publisher and/or by rule system. - Organize your library using custom Collections that you define. - Automatically keep your files up to date. When you run a Library sync in the app, it can download new files for any titles that publishers have updated since your last download. - Click to Open any file in your favorite viewer. - Get files you've purchased at any OneBookShelf site, including DriveThruRPG, RPGNow, WargameVault, DMsGuild, DriveThruComics, DriveThruFiction, and more.

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

DriveThruRPG Library4 screens
Game Master's Toolkit 5e4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Game Master's Toolkit 5e at 99% against DriveThruRPG Library's 29%. Game Master's Toolkit 5e also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). DriveThruRPG Library's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.5 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Game Master's Toolkit 5e sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DriveThruRPG Library asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Game Master's Toolkit 5e holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Game Master's Toolkit 5e has 206 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of DriveThruRPG Library's written reviews are positive against 99% of Game Master's Toolkit 5e's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DriveThruRPG Library ships an update every 9 months, Game Master's Toolkit 5e every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DriveThruRPG Library versus Game Master's Toolkit 5e: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDriveThruRPG LibraryGame Master's Toolkit 5e
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (31 ratings)4.8 (206 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.2% of reviews98.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31206 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB240 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperOneBookShelf, Inc.Michael Wu

Customer experience

DriveThruRPG Library

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive29.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative55.4%

Game Master's Toolkit 5e

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

User reviews

DriveThruRPG Library

From 31 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Organizes DTRPG library
  • 👍 Good for reading PDFs
  • 👍 Useful for organizing purchases
  • 👍 Syncs to account
  • 👍 Downloads PDFs to devices

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App won't launch
  • 🐛 App crashes on start
  • 🐛 Downloads fail
  • 🐛 Syncing problems
  • 🐛 Bare bones functionality

Game Master's Toolkit 5e

From 206 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great app
  • 🚀 Useful tools and generators
  • 🎨 Helpful for DMs and GMs
  • 💰 Reasonable premium price
  • 🎶 Useful sound effects and music

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
  • 🔒 Limited customization options
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding saved items

Bugs and requests

DriveThruRPG Library

Reported bugs

65 issues
  • App flashes logo and crashes
  • App won't launch
  • App crashes on start
  • Login doesn't work
  • Syncing problem
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  • Downloads not going when not focused
  • Occasional trouble downloading
  • Continually shows error in downloading process
  • Endless errors and failed downloads
  • App won't open on iPad Air 2
  • Pinch-zooming behaves oddly
  • Pages load when on-screen, cache cleared when off-screen
  • Latest update causes crashing on start
  • Newest version doesn't start on iOS 15.8.5
  • Struggle to download library on iOS
  • Cannot open files on iPad
  • Tapping title just selects/unselects
  • No button or option to open PDF
  • Internal server error on login
  • Network errors
  • App hangs
  • Says not connected to internet
  • Failed to create collections
  • Refuses to sync
  • Error refreshing library
  • Invalid server response
  • Problems with synchronization
  • Thumbnails almost never load
  • App thinks I'm not connected to the internet
  • No response from developer
  • Advertising app that doesn't work
  • Error stating to check internet connection
  • Error has existed for quite some time
  • Constantly getting error saying there's no internet
  • Always errors no matter what Wi-Fi
  • Complains about Internet connection when other apps work
  • Message to check internet connection
  • Won't synch
  • Login is weird, email+password didn't work
  • Login not possible
  • Files organised by publisher is not useful
  • Interface not re-sizeable
  • Navigation poor; returns to start of list
  • Selecting multiple titles doesn't de-select automatically
  • Collections duplicating
  • Deleting duplicated collection deletes all instances
  • Collections need to be more visible
  • No horizontal page swipe controls
  • Does not use the Files app
  • UI doesn't use built-in iPadOS features
  • Cannot find way to customize download folder
  • Overall UI not intuitive
  • Collections does not work
  • Pop up error when creating collections
  • Logged in to a library with only one title
  • Getting duplicates and triplicates of books
  • App is totally broken
  • Downloads random things, not well built
  • No progress indicators for downloading
  • Not designed for portrait mode
  • Doesn't provide a way to open downloaded files in choice of PDF reader
  • Doesn't provide a way to use modern file management tools
  • Uses built-in minimal PDF viewer tools
  • No bookmarking, annotations, or other rich interaction
  • No means for extracting/viewing contents of zips

Requested features

25 requests
  • Add landscape for iPhones
  • Add notification or live activity for downloads
  • Add iCloud storage option for MacOS/iPad
  • Add bookmarking system
  • Add horizontal page swipe controls
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  • Allow choosing download location
  • Integrate with Files app
  • Support zip files
  • Support extracting zip files
  • Add a clear button to the search bar
  • Improve filtering options
  • Add a dark mode option
  • Improve PDF viewer functionality
  • Allow shop access within the app
  • Filter by shop filters
  • Remember position in a book
  • Improve UI to follow Apple's standards
  • Allow customization of download folder
  • Add a phone version
  • Improve navigation to avoid returning to start of list
  • Make collections more visible
  • Filter for uncollected titles
  • Manage collections from web interface
  • Add ability to move from top of list to bottom
  • Fix duplicate book entries

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

None

DriveThruRPG Library

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Game Master's Toolkit 5e

One-time1
  • Premium Version$0.99

Questions

Is DriveThruRPG Library free?
DriveThruRPG Library is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
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, DriveThruRPG Library or Game Master's Toolkit 5e?
Game Master's Toolkit 5e is rated higher. DriveThruRPG Library averages 3.1 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Game Master's Toolkit 5e averages 4.8 from 206 ratings.
Do DriveThruRPG Library or Game Master's Toolkit 5e have ads?
Neither DriveThruRPG Library nor Game Master's Toolkit 5e shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DriveThruRPG Library or Game Master's Toolkit 5e?
DriveThruRPG Library ships an update every 9 months, and Game Master's Toolkit 5e every 2 months. Most recently, DriveThruRPG Library was updated on November 2, 2026 and Game Master's Toolkit 5e on November 3, 2026.

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