Comparison

Forgot My Character vs CharKeeper

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Forgot My Character

Features
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You sit down at your pen & paper roleplaying session and forgot your character sheet? With this app Forgot My Character you will have all of your characters sheets always ready to play with you all the time. - Supports iPhone, iPad, Mac and syncs your characters to all devices through iCloud. - Supported RPG systems: DSA5 (Das Schwarze Auge or in english Dark Eye 5), Open D6 (like Star Wars by West End Games), Vampire The Masquerade or other Whitewolf systems, Fate, Myths & Mysteries. - Supports even more RPG systems because this app is based upon generic blocks that can be flexibly adjusted for your needs. The vision is to support all RPG systems of the world so that you can have all your different characters always in one app. - A logbook for your character so you can write down, what you have experienced with your character. - You can arrange the contents of your character sheet as you wish and add even more infos and images to beautify and add fluff texts to it. - Languages: english, german. Each character sheet can be in another language. - Change the background of your character sheet as you wish. If all of your teammates also use this app, each might be having differently looking character sheets in the app. - Add PDFs like rule books or cheat sheets to your character so that you can always look up important stuff. - Add a name register for all the important names that your character has met (or still desires to meet) in his/her adventure life. - Add images to your beloved items so you can browse through them like your music library. - Let the app do the math for you like calculating the weight of your equipment. This app is well thought through and highly flexible so it can fit all your needs. It also contains some features that you didn't know. I mean how often have you been annoyed of erasing the money that you have just to pay a beer in an inn? The paper gets damaged and dirty. But with this app it's just a finger tap. You will never again lose a character because you can't remember in which box on the attic it might be in. Your character sheets are from now on stored in the iCloud forever. You can even read the log book of your character to recall its journey even after decades. Overall this app is not just a replacement of your paperwork, it is a fundamentally new database, which is beautiful and useful.

About

CharKeeper

This app simplifies tabletop role-playing by automatically calculating character stats and tracking abilities, spells, and attacks. It eliminates the need to constantly consult rulebooks, streamlining gameplay.

Highlights
  • Automatic stat calculation
  • Track abilities, spells, and attacks
  • Rulebook reference reduction
  • Interactive character sheets
  • Streamlined gameplay
Features
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Charkeeper is a character sheet aggregator that automatically calculates various character stats, so you don't have to constantly look at the rulebook, and allows you to track your characters' available abilities, spells, and attacks.

Screenshots

Forgot My Character4 screens
CharKeeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CharKeeper at Free against Forgot My Character's $8.99. CharKeeper also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

CharKeeper is free to download; Forgot My Character costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forgot My Character ships an update every 2 months, CharKeeper weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Forgot My Character versus CharKeeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForgot My CharacterCharKeeper
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRASMUS PEER FUHSEIlya Bogdanov

In-app purchases

None

Forgot My Character

No in-app purchases

None

CharKeeper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Forgot My Character free?
Forgot My Character costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CharKeeper free?
CharKeeper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Forgot My Character or CharKeeper have ads?
Neither Forgot My Character nor CharKeeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Forgot My Character or CharKeeper?
Forgot My Character ships an update every 2 months, and CharKeeper weekly. Most recently, Forgot My Character was updated on October 28, 2026 and CharKeeper on November 5, 2026.

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