Comparison

Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker vs Turn Tracker

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

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About

Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker

This app helps dungeon masters manage combat turn order for tabletop role-playing games. It allows tracking basic character information and setting initiative order, aiming to stay out of the way of traditional pen-and-paper gameplay.

Highlights
  • Combat turn order tracking
  • Initiative order management
  • Character information tracking
  • Supports d20-based systems
  • Minimalist design
Features
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Initrax is the easy way for a dungeon master to track combat turn order when playing a tabletop role-playing game such as Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, or any other d20-based system. A lot of dungeon masters, myself included, want to stick closer to the "pen and paper" roots of Dungeons and Dragons, so we're not always going to use full-featured tools like D&D Beyond, Roll20, Hero Lab, or other similar tools that manage every aspect of a campaign for you. There are some things, however, that can still benefit from a little bit of helpful automation. That's where Initrax comes in. This tool lets you track very basic information about your characters--both players and non-player characters--and set the turn order for combat when it is time to roll initiative. That's really it; the goal is to stay out of the way and let you run your game.

About

Turn Tracker

This app simplifies combat initiative tracking for tabletop role-playing games. It allows for customizable dice rolls, turn order management, and easy creation of character and NPC tiles. Upgrade to unlock unlimited campaigns and participants.

Highlights
  • Customizable dice rolls (d20, d10, d6)
  • Configurable initiative rules
  • Draggable PC/NPC tiles
  • Automatic dice rolling
  • Supports multiple RPG systems
  • Landscape and portrait orientation
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Turn Tracker (the successor to the popular app InitiativeBoard) is a slick and easy to use initiative tracking aid for combat in pen-and-paper role playing games like D&D (5e or any other edition), Pathfinder (1e or 2e), Starfinder, Shadowrun and many other systems. Initiative rules are configurable to your game's rules: choose dice (d20, d10, 1d6 to 5d6), ascending/descending order, range of values and more. Also choose from one of the built-in color schemes, or design your own. No more messy whiteboards, magnetic boards or pencil and paper! Quickly and easily create draggable tiles for PCs and NPCs, and arrange them in initiative order on the board, or let the app take over the dice-rolling for you. Determining initiative, changing the turn order and starting new encounters is all a matter of seconds. Turn Tracker fully supports landscape and portrait orientation as well as slide-over and multitasking - no more app switching just because you need to look something up in a PDF or on the web. The free version of Turn Tracker supports one campaign with up to 10 tiles on the board (5 PCs/NPCs each). Upgrading to Premium lifts these restrictions and you can run multiple campaigns in parallel, with unlimited PCs/NPCs per campaign.

Screenshots

Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Turn Tracker at 4.4 against Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker's 3.2. Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Turn Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Turn Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker's written reviews are positive against 83% of Turn Tracker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker ships an update every 5 months, Turn Tracker every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker versus Turn Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInitrax d20 Initiative TrackerTurn Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (5 ratings)4.4 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings512 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 months — better
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS12.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB5 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTimothy GourleyGereon Steffens

Customer experience

Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Turn Tracker

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Turn Tracker

One-time1
  • Turn Tracker Premium$0.99

Questions

Is Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker free?
Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Turn Tracker free?
Turn Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker or Turn Tracker?
Turn Tracker is rated higher. Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker averages 3.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Turn Tracker averages 4.4 from 12 ratings.
Which is updated more often, Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker or Turn Tracker?
Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker ships an update every 5 months, and Turn Tracker every 3 months. Most recently, Initrax d20 Initiative Tracker was updated on October 2, 2026 and Turn Tracker on October 12, 2026.

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