Role Gate vs Issues for NationStates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Role Gate
This platform allows you to play tabletop RPGs at your own pace through chat. Create custom character sheets, roll dice, and engage in both in-character and out-of-character conversations. It's designed for flexible play, even with just a few minutes a day, and offers tutorials for new players.
- Character sheets
- In/out of character chat
- Dice rolling
- Play at your own pace
- Tutorials
- Community support
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Role Gate is a messaging platform that lets you play ANY type of tabletop RPG, at your own pace. Participate in a game or simply read along other games to enjoy their adventures or learn how to play! WHY USE ROLE GATE: • CHARACTER SHEETS: Create your own character sheets or use a pre-existing one. • SEPARATE OUT and IN CHARACTER CHAT: easily isolate or mix dialogues that are in and out of character. • DICE: Fully supports all type of dice, you can even create your own. • PLAY AT YOUR OWN PACE: Role Gate lets you enjoy your favorite hobby while spending only 10 minutes a day, or even less. • TUTORIALS: Learn how to play tabletop RPGs from scratch or new systems that you never looked into. • COMMUNITY: A wonderful community of a few thousand active users is waiting to answer your questions and help you get into or learn more about tabletop RPGs • AND MUCH MORE: Party splitting, Avatars, Interactive helpers, and more! --------------------------------------------------------- If you have any question or feedback, join our community on discord to get in touch with the devs and more players: https://discordapp.com/invite/3E37sQ7 You can also contact us at: contact@rolegate.com ---------------------------------------------------------
Issues for NationStates
Manage your nation's issues from anywhere. Read, decide, and pass legislation to shape your nation's development. Track past issues and their impact on your nation's rankings.
- Track nation issues
- Read and decide on legislation
- Pass legislation
- View past issues
- See legislation effects on rankings
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Issues for NationStates helps you to keep track of your nation's issues on the go! Read, decide, and pass legislations according to how you want to build your nation. View past issues and the effects your legislations have had on the rankings of your nation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Issues for NationStates at 4.8 against Role Gate's 3.7. Issues for NationStates also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 45%) and ratings volume (522 vs 32). Role Gate's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.0). 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.
Issues for NationStates holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Issues for NationStates has 522 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Role Gate's written reviews are positive against 74% of Issues for NationStates's.
Role Gate ships an update fortnightly, Issues for NationStates every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Role Gate | Issues for NationStates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (32 ratings) | 4.8 (522 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | 74.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 | 522 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Varun Singh | Bart Kneepkens |
Customer experience
Role Gate
Issues for NationStates
In-app purchases
Role Gate
No in-app purchases
Issues for NationStates
No in-app purchases
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