Simple Initiative Tracker vs Game Master Helper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Initiative Tracker
Easily manage combat encounters for role-playing games. Set up parties and NPCs, then track turns without physical aids. Designed by gamers for a streamlined experience.
- Initiative rolling
- Party setup
- NPC management
- Encounter tracking
- Simple interface
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Simple initiative tracker that fits most modern role-playing games with a initiative roll. The simplicity makes it easy for you to setup your party, add NPCs and then track your encounters easily. Tired of a whiteboard with magnets with player names, or pieces of paper that gets lost? Get ready for the next step in easy initiative management. Made by gamers - for gamers! Tested in battle!
Game Master Helper
This app assists Game Masters by providing customizable reference materials and generating random elements like characters, loot, and encounters for tabletop role-playing games. It allows users to edit existing tables, create their own, and share them, working entirely offline with any TTRPG.
- Random character, loot, and encounter generation
- Customizable tables
- Offline functionality
- Table sharing and importing
- Support for various TTRPGs
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GMHelper helps Game Masters with reference material and generating random characters, loot, traps, encounters, names etc for TTRPGs and DnD games. All content is completely customizable. You can: - edit/update the existing example tables - create your own set of tables using the 'Create new' menu option in the main menu - share/download your table sets by using the share button on the main screen - import an existing table set use the 'Import file' menu option GMHelper works completely offline. All data is customizable, so can work with any TTRPG, including DnD 5e, ICRPG, ShadowDark etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Game Master Helper at 67% against Simple Initiative Tracker's 0%. Game Master Helper also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Game Master Helper holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Game Master Helper has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Simple Initiative Tracker's written reviews are positive against 67% of Game Master Helper's.
Simple Initiative Tracker ships an update every 7 months, Game Master Helper every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Initiative Tracker | Game Master Helper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fredrik Molnar | MobileMarketResearch |
Customer experience
Simple Initiative Tracker
Game Master Helper
In-app purchases
Simple Initiative Tracker
No in-app purchases
Game Master Helper
No in-app purchases
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