Protagonist vs HP/XP Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Protagonist
Manage your RPG characters with customizable sheets for various gaming systems. Assign portraits, back up your data, and choose between light and dark themes. Supports multiple popular tabletop RPGs.
- Customizable character sheets
- Support for multiple RPG systems
- Assign character portraits
- Backup and restore save files
- Light and dark themes
- Import support for specific systems
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Need a place to keep your characters for a variety of RPGs? We've got you covered! Protagonist lets you keep any number of character sheets for multiple gaming systems. You can assign character portraits, backup and restore your save files, and choose between light and dark themes. Most systems contain no content from their respective game. In those cases, the user must input all the values they want to keep track of, like is done with a traditional pen & paper character sheet. Systems: • Call of Cthulhu 7e (The Dhole's House import support) • Dungeons and Dragons 5e • Dungeon World (Character Builder & Content Support) • Gaslands 1e & 2e • HeroQuest • Legend of the Five Rings 1e • Necromunda 1e & 2e • Pathfinder 2e Protagonist makes no claims of any of the system publishers, on behalf of them, and is not endorsed by them. Use of the system name is solely for the purpose to inform that Protagonist is suitable for use with that product.
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.
- HP/XP tracking
- Saves XP to character
- Dice roller (d4-d100)
- Custom fields
- Supports DnD style games
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Protagonist at 67% against HP/XP Tracker's 0%. Protagonist also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). HP/XP Tracker's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). On 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
HP/XP Tracker is free to download; Protagonist costs $2.99 up front. HP/XP Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Protagonist asks for nothing beyond the download.
Protagonist holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Protagonist has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Protagonist's written reviews are positive against 0% of HP/XP Tracker's.
Protagonist ships an update fortnightly, HP/XP Tracker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Protagonist | HP/XP Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Ahimsa Software LLC | Bear and Rye, LLC |
Customer experience
Protagonist
HP/XP Tracker
In-app purchases
Protagonist
No in-app purchases
HP/XP Tracker
- Premium$0.99
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