Background Noise vs Random RPG NPCs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Background Noise
Instantly create detailed backstories for fantasy characters. Explore their upbringing, family, childhood events, personality, and more through a vast array of randomized options. Perfect for role-playing games and creative writing.
- Randomized character background generation
- Detailed family and upbringing details
- Childhood and adult life events
- Personality trait determination
- Millions of unique combinations
- Ideal for role-players and authors
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Instantly generate a background for a fantasy character. Breathe life into your role-playing or fantasy character. Background Noise allows you to randomly generate a background for any fantasy character. By walking through a series of tables, you will determine: * Where the character grew up * Who they lived with * What their parents did * How many siblings they had * Any family legacy * Events in the character's childhood * Events in the character's adult life * The most significant personality traits of the character * and much much more... With 40 tables and hundreds of options, there are millions of possible combinations, making sure that no two character's backgrounds are exactly alike. Great for role-players or authors. So add some Background Noise to your character, they'll thank you for it.
Random RPG NPCs
Generate unique fantasy RPG characters with customizable traits. This tool creates millions of consistent and believable NPCs, tracking their history and attributes to avoid conflicts. Save your favorite creations for easy access.
- Generate unique fantasy RPG NPCs
- Millions of character combinations
- Intelligent generator system
- Tracks NPC history and attributes
- Prevents conflicting information
- Save favorite NPCs
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Quickly generate fantasy RPG NPCs with the tap of a button. Input your desired characteristics and generate millions of different NPCs perfect for any table top or RPG game. Our intelligent generator system takes into account previous options to help create more consistent believable NPCs. Our application keeps track of NPCs history, family, and other attributes to help prevent conflicting information. It's so much more than a simple seed generator giving your millions of options that maintain consistency. Once you have an NPC you like, quickly save it for easy access. There are millions of different combinations available, and we're adding more every day to give you a nearly limitless amount of options.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Random RPG NPCs at Free against Background Noise's $2.99. Random RPG NPCs also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 39 months). Background Noise's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On in-app purchases, 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
Random RPG NPCs is free to download; Background Noise costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Random RPG NPCs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Background Noise has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Background Noise ships an update every 39 months, Random RPG NPCs every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Background Noise | Random RPG NPCs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.9 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Erik A. Dewey | Mellow Golem Games LLC |
Customer experience
Background Noise
Random RPG NPCs
In-app purchases
Background Noise
No in-app purchases
Random RPG NPCs
No in-app purchases







