Mages Ally vs Polymyth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Mages Ally
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Your mages ally for playing the pen & paper roleplay game "Mage the Awakaning" from the new World of Darkness. It contains a spell helper letting you calculate all spell dice, mana costs and paradox dice. You can save your characters spells and roll all casting rolls in seconds.
Polymyth
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Roll a hero. Gather your party. Chase quests through hand-crafted 5th Edition worlds ā fight tactical combat, roleplay in-character, level up session to session. Your AI Game Master is always ready, solo with AI companions or live with friends. The world adapts to every choice you make. A LIVING WORLD THAT REACTS ⢠Every NPC has memory, motive, and tactics ā bards remember your insults, merchants haggle, enemies coordinate ⢠Hand-crafted adventures with proper pacing, mystery, and branching paths ā not procedurally generated filler ⢠The world keeps score ā quest beats, factions, allies, betrayals PLAY IN CHARACTER ⢠Speak as your hero ā flirt, lie, intimidate, bluff your way through ⢠Whisper to one ally or address the whole party ⢠The GM answers in-fiction, every time REAL 5TH EDITION COMBAT ⢠Full ability scores, classes, spells, conditions ā nothing simplified ⢠Attacks of opportunity, concentration saves, legendary actions, lair effects ⢠Positioning, reactions, ongoing effects ā all tracked, all real YOUR HERO PERSISTS ⢠Level up, prep spells, equip loot ā your character grows with every quest ⢠A campaign journal captures every encounter, every NPC met, every choice made ⢠Pick up exactly where you left off, on any device LAUNCH ADVENTURE ā GOLDVALE'S LAST HOPE A snowbound mountain village. White dragons stirring in the peaks. Form a party of four, brave the Stormfang, and decide the fate of a people. Hand-crafted, hours of play, multiple paths through. WHY POLYMYTH ⢠No GM scheduling ā pick up your campaign any time ⢠No rules memorization ā the GM handles every roll, save, and edge case ⢠Full 5th Edition, not simplified ā depth you'd get at a real table ⢠AI party members that actually play ā they fight, plan, banter, grow ⢠Adventures that are written, not auto-generated ā quality you can feel Polymyth uses the 5th Edition SRD rules, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Polymyth Tokens are a per-message currency that covers AI compute. New players get a generous starting balance to play through the launch adventure.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mages Ally at none against Polymyth's 3. Mages Ally also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). Polymyth's advantage is device support. On price there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Polymyth sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Mages Ally asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Mages Ally | Polymyth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Weekly |
| Ads | ā | No |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | ā | iPhone, iPad ā better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Jan Bartel | Karma Coin Ltd |
In-app purchases
Mages Ally
No in-app purchases
Polymyth
- 5 PM Tokens$6.99
- 10 PM Tokens$15.99
- 20 PM Tokens$31.99









