Role Gate vs Rare PDFs
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 ---------------------------------------------------------
Rare PDFs
Explore a curated collection of unique and obscure PDFs from public domain sources, including content from notable figures and organizations. The app features a built-in reader with dark mode and a daily PDF unlock feature.
- Obscure PDF collection
- Public domain documents
- Built-in PDF reader
- Dark mode support
- Daily PDF unlock library
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I've always enjoyed discovering strange PDF's I find in random corners of the internet. This collection from the public domain includes documents from Facebook, Mr Beast, and even the CIA. This reader supports: - The embedded PDFs - Dark mode - A library where you unlock a random new PDF every day I made this app in 24 hours Enjoy! - Isaac Kronz
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rare PDFs at 5.0 against Role Gate's 3.7. Rare PDFs also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Role Gate's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 18.2). 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.
Rare PDFs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Role Gate has 32 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Role Gate ships an update fortnightly, Rare PDFs weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Role Gate | Rare PDFs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Varun Singh | Isaac Kronz |
Customer experience
Role Gate
Rare PDFs
In-app purchases
Role Gate
No in-app purchases
Rare PDFs
No in-app purchases
