Pocket God vs D&D Beyond
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket God
Become an all-powerful island god and rule over primitive islanders. Exercise your divine powers by creating life, altering gravity, and unleashing natural disasters. Explore episodic content and suggest new godly abilities.
- Rule over islanders as a god
- Create and take away life
- Alter gravity
- Unleash lightning
- Episodic microgame content
- Player-suggested updates
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What kind of god would you be? Benevolent or vengeful? Play Pocket God and discover the answer within yourself. On a remote island, you are the all-powerful god that rules over the primitive islanders. You can bring new life, and then take it away just as quickly. Exercise your powers on the islanders. Lift them in the air, alter gravity, hit them with lightning...you're the island god! All god powers are demonstrated in Pocket God's help menu. Pocket God is an episodic microgame for you to explore, show your friends and have fun with. We have been growing the game with the help of player suggestions! What sort of godly powers would you like to see added? More info can be found at our blog: http://www.boltcreative.com On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PocketGodGame And on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/PocketGod Releases: Ep 1: Nowhere To Go, Nothin' To Do Ep 2: Does this Megabyte Make My App Look Fat? Ep 3: You Always Hurt the One You Lava Ep 4: Shake That App! Ep 5: A Storm is Coming Ep 6: And on the 7th Day, Rest! Ep 7: Just Give Us 5 Minutes Ep 8: Jump the Shark Ep 9: Idle Hands Ep 10: Hi, Dracula! Ep 11: A Mighty Wind Ep 12: Something's Fishy… Ep 13: March of the Fire Ants Ep 14: Say My Name! Ep 15: A New Home Ep 16: The Tyrannosaurus Strikes Back! Ep 17: Return of the Pygmy Ep 18: Surf's Up Ep 19: Fun 'n Games Until A Pygmy Gets Hurt Ep 20: Stop! My App is On Fire! Ep 21: Flipping the Bird Ep 22: Ooga Jump Ep 23: Bait Master Ep 24: Idle Hands 2: Caught with your Pants Down Ep 25: Sharks With Frickin' Laser Beams Attached To Their Heads Ep 26: Dead Pygmy Walking Ep 27: Good Will Haunting Ep 28: Barking Spider, Crouching Pygmy Ep 29: The Pyg Chill Ep 30: Great Job Ice Hole Ep 31: What's the Story Morning Gory? Ep 31B: What's the Story Morning Gory? Part II Ep 32: Crack is Wack Ep 33: A Pygmy A Day Keeps the Ape Away Ep 34: Monkey See, Monkey Chew Ep 35: Double Rainbow All The Way Across The Sky Ep 36: Konkey Dong Ep 37: The Moron Pests Ep 38: Two and a Half Pygmies Ep 39: Challenge of the Gods Ep 40: Battle of the Gods. Ep 41: I Sting The Body Electric Ep 42: Bone Soup Ep 43: Killing Time Ep 44: The Perfect Swarm Ep 45: Dance Dance Execution Ep 46: Germs of Endearment Ep 47: Apocalypse, Ow!
D&D Beyond
Manage your Dungeons & Dragons characters, access your digital library of adventures and sourcebooks, and roll dice with a built-in dice roller. This app provides offline access to your content and tools to make gameplay faster and more convenient for players and Dungeon Masters alike.
- Digital character sheets
- Built-in dice roller
- Offline library access
- Guided character creator
- Monster stat lookup
- Spell and item management
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Make your Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition games faster, easier, and more fun wherever your fantasy role-playing adventures lead with the free D&D Beyond app! Never enter a D&D campaign without your character sheet - access all your characters online or offline, roll using the built-in dice roller and be ready for skill checks, attack rolls, saving throws, or whatever twists & monsters your DM throws at you. Manage health and spell slots, access your equipment, and know your proficiencies from the palm of your hand. Access all your Dungeons & Dragons content anywhere you go-adventures, sourcebooks, and more are at your fingertips. Forgot your favorite 20-sided die? Roll directly in the app and crit in style with themed digital dice sets. * Start playing D&D fast with premade characters from Baldur's Gate 3 and Lost Mine of Phandelver or use our Guided Character Creator * Use your D&D character sheets, spells, and stats on the go * Save time with the built-in dice roller to roll any D20, D100, D12, D10, D8, D6 & D4s - we do the math! * Pull up monster stats like owlbears, dragons, or mimics or others seen in movies such as Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves * Offline access to your library--never miss your books, even in areas without wifi * Bookmarks and Search so you can find the rules, spells, items, and monsters when you need them! * Great for beginners, regular players, and seasoned Dungeon Masters * Easy to use digital tools used on shows like Critical Role More features coming soon! Check back for updates. Find us on Discord, X, Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest: @dndbeyond or @wizards_dnd Watch us: https://www.twitch.tv/dndbeyond or https://www.youtube.com/c/dndbeyond D&D Beyond is the official digital toolset and tabletop game companion for Dungeons & Dragons from Wizards of the Coast. Learn more at http://www.dndbeyond.com https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: D&D Beyond at Free against Pocket God's $0.99. D&D Beyond also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (93K vs 2.8K). Pocket God's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (72% vs 54%). On in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
D&D Beyond is free to download; Pocket God costs $0.99 up front. Pocket God sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and D&D Beyond sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
D&D Beyond holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: D&D Beyond has 93K ratings behind it against 2.8K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Pocket God's written reviews are positive against 54% of D&D Beyond's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pocket God ships an update every 2 months, D&D Beyond every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Pocket God | D&D Beyond |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (2.8K ratings) | 4.7 (93K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.1% of reviews — better | 53.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K | 93K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #3 — better | #64 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 306 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Bolt Creative | Wizards of the Coast |
Customer experience
Pocket God
D&D Beyond
User reviews
Pocket God
From 2.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Classic and nostalgic game
- 🤩 Unique and entertaining concept
- 💰 Great value for the price
- 🕹️ Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Creative and humorous visuals
Room to improve
- 🕰️ Outdated graphics and visuals
- 🔍 Lack of support for newer devices
- 📵 No sound or audio
- 🛑 Abandoned by developers, no updates
D&D Beyond
From 93K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Powerful resource
- 👍 Best fit for purpose
- 🚀 Brilliant idea
- 👍 Crazy useful
- 👍 Great app to help keep track of things
Room to improve
- 🐛 Slow online, barely usable offline
- 🔒 Can't play the game
- 🔒 Poor UI for perusing books
- 🐛 Styling broken on iPad
- 🔒 Paywall
Bugs and requests
Pocket God
Reported bugs
3 issues- Progress and achievements getting reset
- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add female Pygmies
- Introduce new islands and environments
- Implement more mini-games and challenges
- Provide customization options for Pygmies
- Release a sequel or major update
D&D Beyond
Reported bugs
7 issues- Artificial character creation issues
- Inconsistent character sheet data
- Crashes and freezes
- Incompatibility with older devices
- Login issues
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- Incorrect spell/ability scaling
- Unreliable offline functionality
Requested features
11 requests- Ability to scan physical books
- More customization options
- Game log tracker
- Integrate ApplePay for subscription
- Ability to manage experience, levels, items, etc. within the app
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- Ability to create/edit campaigns, encounters, items, spells, etc. within the app
- Ability to view custom modifications, backgrounds, frames, etc. within the app
- Integrate dice rolling feature
- Integrate character preparation features
- Add dark mode option
- Improve accessibility for visually impaired users
In-app purchases
Pocket God
- Tyrannosaurus Rex Skin Pack$0.99
- Halloween Skin Pack$0.99
- Holiday Skin Pack$0.99
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- Dance Pack Too2 variants$0.99
- Alien Pack$0.99
- Ice Monster Skin Pack$0.99
- Retro Games SkinPack$0.99
- Medieval Pack$0.99
- Japanese Skin Pack$0.99
D&D Beyond
- Hero Monthly$2.991 Month
- Master Monthly$5.991 Month
- Hero Annual$25.991 Year
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- Master Annual$54.991 Year
- Dungeon Master's Guide$29.99
- Xanathar's Guide to Everything$29.99
- Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything$29.99
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- Player's Handbook$29.99
- Monsters of the Multiverse$29.99
- Player’s Handbook (2024)$29.99
Questions
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