Downpour vs Wizards Codex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Downpour
Easily create interactive games and websites on your phone. Combine photos, drawings, and text to build branching stories and unique pages. Share your creations with others or host them elsewhere, all without coding.
- Create games and websites on your phone
- Add photos, drawings, and text
- Link pages together for branching stories
- Style and decorate pages
- No coding required
- Share games via link for browser play
- Offline creation
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Downpour is the best way to make games on your phone. Collage together photos, drawings and text, and then connect them together into a branching story. It's genuinely quick and easy to use — you can make a game before your tea has gotten cold. Once you've made a game with Downpour, what then? You can share it within the app, allowing other people to play games and follow you, or you can share the link and anyone can play. "for the first time in years, I feel like I want to make art again" - The Verge • Make a game or website on your phone in minutes • Add photos, drawings and text to create your own unique pages — then link them together • Style and decorate pages to make them your own • Easy and accessible — no coding involved • Games can be played in any web browser — just share the link • Follow your friends and get notified when they've made something new • Export games to host elsewhere • Make games without needing an account • Works offline — make games anywhere • Optional subscription allows outbound links & more uploads --- Downpour is developed by me, V Buckenham. Please do reach out if you have any problems or suggestions - I can be reached at v@downpour.games. Terms of Use: https://downpour.games/termsofservice Privacy Policy: https://downpour.games/privacypolicy Support: https://downpour.games/support Subscriptions will be charged to your App Store account after your confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew monthly or annually unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can go to your App Store Account Settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Hope you enjoy making games with Downpour!
Wizards Codex
Manage your tabletop roleplaying game characters with this digital character sheet app. It offers flexibility for various game systems and allows for in-depth character management. Subscriptions and in-app purchases are available for enhanced features.
- Digital character sheets
- Supports multiple TTRPG systems
- In-depth character management
- Subscription options
- In-app purchases
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Step into your next adventure with Wizards Codex, the ultimate digital character sheet for tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs). Designed for flexibility and ease, Wizards Codex empowers you to manage every aspect of your character, no matter your game system. Subscriptions and In-App Purchases can be found within this app. When purchasing, a payment will be taken and the purchase will be applied to your account on confirmation. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime within the app by managing your subscription in your user settings. For more information, see our ToS: https://www.wizardscodex.com/terms-of-service and Privacy Policy: https://www.wizardscodex.com/privacy-policy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Downpour at 4.8 against Wizards Codex's 4.0. Downpour also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (21 vs 1). Wizards Codex's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%). 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
Both are free to download. Downpour sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and Wizards Codex sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Downpour holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Downpour has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Downpour's written reviews are positive against 100% of Wizards Codex's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Downpour ships an update monthly, Wizards Codex every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Downpour | Wizards Codex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (21 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Downpour Limited | wizardscodex |
Customer experience
Downpour
Wizards Codex
Bugs and requests
Downpour
Reported bugs
2 issues- Locked out after logging out due to email link loop
- Transition linking issues
Requested features
12 requests- Add animation like Alight Motion
- Add sound effects (recorded or from camera roll)
- Allow insertion of short videos
- Add animations for text
- Add transitions between pages
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- Add music
- Add a tutorial
- Implement a 'liking' or 'popularity' system for games
- Allow users to add videos to projects
- Add an image bank with placeholders
- Add a feature to draw sprites
- Add coding/scripting options for advanced users
Wizards Codex
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Downpour
- Downpour Plus$4.991 Month
Wizards Codex
- UK English$1.991 Month
- Wizards Codex Premium Annual$22.991 Year
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