Comparison

Game Master's Toolkit 5e vs HP/XP Tracker

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

Head to head
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.

About

HP/XP Tracker

Easily track character stats like HP and XP for tabletop role-playing games. Includes a dice roller for various dice types and allows for custom fields to personalize your experience.

Highlights
  • HP/XP tracking
  • Saves XP to character
  • Dice roller (d4-d100)
  • Custom fields
  • Supports DnD style games
Features
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Useful in any DnD style game or scenario. Keep track of your characters stats, including easy HP/XP tracker that saves your XP back to your character. Roll d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20, and d100 dice. Add custom fields for a unique experience.

Screenshots

Game Master's Toolkit 5e4 screens
HP/XP Tracker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Game Master's Toolkit 5e at 99% against HP/XP Tracker's 0%. Game Master's Toolkit 5e also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0) and ads (none vs shown). HP/XP Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Game Master's Toolkit 5e sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and HP/XP Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Game Master's Toolkit 5e holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Game Master's Toolkit 5e has 206 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 99% of Game Master's Toolkit 5e's written reviews are positive against 0% of HP/XP Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Game Master's Toolkit 5e versus HP/XP Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGame Master's Toolkit 5eHP/XP Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (206 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews98.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings206 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size240 MB36 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMichael WuBear and Rye, LLC

Customer experience

Game Master's Toolkit 5e

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

HP/XP Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

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

HP/XP Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Game Master's Toolkit 5e

One-time1
  • Premium Version$0.99
1 purchases

HP/XP Tracker

One-time1
  • Premium$0.99

Questions

Is Game Master's Toolkit 5e free?
Game Master's Toolkit 5e is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HP/XP Tracker free?
HP/XP Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Game Master's Toolkit 5e or HP/XP Tracker?
Game Master's Toolkit 5e is rated higher. Game Master's Toolkit 5e averages 4.8 out of 5 from 206 ratings, while HP/XP Tracker averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Game Master's Toolkit 5e or HP/XP Tracker have ads?
HP/XP Tracker shows ads; Game Master's Toolkit 5e does not.
Which is updated more often, Game Master's Toolkit 5e or HP/XP Tracker?
Game Master's Toolkit 5e ships an update every 2 months, and HP/XP Tracker every 2 months. Most recently, Game Master's Toolkit 5e was updated on October 25, 2026 and HP/XP Tracker on October 8, 2026.

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