Comparison

Turn Tracker vs Prepare For Battle

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

Head to head
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.

About

Prepare For Battle

Features
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Prepare For Battle is a fast, intuitive combat tracker for tabletop roleplaying games. Whether you’re a veteran GM or just starting out, Prepare For Battle makes it easy to manage initiative, track turns, and stay in control of every encounter. Key Features: • Initiative Rolling: Add characters and quickly roll for initiative using a built-in d20 roller. • Turn Tracking: Automatically keep track of whose turn it is and what round you’re in. • Encounter History: Review past encounters and pick up where you left off. • Custom Characters: Create and reuse characters across different encounters. • Local Storage: Everything is saved on your device — no sign-up, no cloud, no distractions. Stay focused on the story, not the spreadsheets. With Prepare For Battle, the battle runs itself — and you stay in command.

Screenshots

Prepare For Battle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Prepare For Battle at none against Turn Tracker's 1. Turn Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 14 months). On price, ads, device support 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

Both are free to download. Turn Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Prepare For Battle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Turn Tracker ships an update every 3 months, Prepare For Battle every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Turn Tracker versus Prepare For Battle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTurn TrackerPrepare For Battle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGereon SteffensCalum MacLean

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Turn Tracker

One-time1
  • Turn Tracker Premium$0.99
None

Prepare For Battle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Turn Tracker free?
Turn Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Prepare For Battle free?
Prepare For Battle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Turn Tracker or Prepare For Battle have ads?
Neither Turn Tracker nor Prepare For Battle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Turn Tracker or Prepare For Battle?
Turn Tracker ships an update every 3 months, and Prepare For Battle every 14 months. Most recently, Turn Tracker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Prepare For Battle on October 7, 2026.

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