Spells 5e vs Theatrium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spells 5e
Easily manage and track your spells and spell slots for tabletop role-playing games. Create custom spells, manage your spellbook, and track concentration without flipping through pages. Supports various classes and subclasses.
- Spell slot tracking
- Custom spell creation
- Character profiles
- Sourcebook selection
- Concentration tracking
- Spellbook management
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This spell tracker for 5e allows you to easily find and track your spell-casters spells and spell-slots. No more endless page flipping, everything you need in one place. Copy your spell-casters info, manage prepared spells, track concentration and even design custom spells to use in your games (with your Dungeon Master’s approval). This tool features: • Create a character profile with your own portrait. • Select the sourcebooks your game uses (including 2014 & 2024 Player’s Handbooks). • Track spell-slots and active concentration. • Manage your spellbook, daily prepared spells, or learned spells depending on your class • Reset your spell-slots by resting or manually adjusting. • Create custom or modify existing spells. • Cast your spells with fabulous effect. • Browse every spell from all 5e published sourcebooks. • Also works for non-spellcaster subclasses such as Arcane Trickster rogues or Eldritch Knight fighters. • No in-app dice rolling to keep you engaged with your game. • No ads. In-App purchase All features in this app are free to use and available to everyone. A one-time purchase of €3,99 unlocks unlimited characters and unlimited custom spells. Characters are by default limited to 1, custom spells at 3. These costs support further development and hosting. DISCLAIMER: This app is not affiliated with, endorsed by or partnered with Wizards of the Coast.
Theatrium
Transform your Apple TV into a smart home dashboard and music visualizer. Control your lights, view music album art, and launch apps remotely from your phone. Integrates with Home Assistant and Apple Home for a seamless smart living experience.
- Smart home dashboard on Apple TV
- Music visualizer with album art
- Light synchronization with music
- Remote control via iPhone/iPad
- Integration with Home Assistant and Apple Home
- Siri and Shortcuts support
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Theatrium turns your Apple TV into a smart home dashboard and music visualizer, with lights that follow the music. Theatrium for iPhone and iPad runs it all from the couch. YOUR DASHBOARD, FROM YOUR PHONE • See your TV's screen on your phone, tap a panel and choose its card • Set cards up here: news sources, a radar location, the lights a card shows • Choose the theme, color and background from previews, and copy the look to another TV THE MUSIC • See what's playing with full-size album art • Play, pause, skip and set the volume • Open Spotify or Apple's TV Remote in a tap THE VISUALS • Browse 30+ visuals with previews and switch in a tap • Pin a favorite, or let the visuals change with every song YOUR LIGHTS • Turn Light Sync on and watch your room's colors as they change • Choose your light groups, then set brightness and color strength SIRI AND SHORTCUTS • "Start a 10-minute timer in Theatrium", "Show visuals in Theatrium" and more • Run timers and countdowns, and show a Reminders list on your TV SIMPLE TO SET UP • Pair with a four-digit code shown on your TV • Type addresses and calendar links on a real keyboard • Works with Home Assistant, Apple Home, or no smart home at all Requires Theatrium on Apple TV, free on the App Store. Everything stays on your home network: no accounts, no cloud. Theatrium Pro is one purchase, shared across your Apple TV, iPhone and iPad. Apple, Apple TV, Apple Home and Apple Music are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
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Verdict
Spells 5e and Theatrium are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Spells 5e sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Theatrium sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Spells 5e against 5.0 for Theatrium. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Spells 5e ships an update every 4 days, Theatrium every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spells 5e | Theatrium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Jelle Hoogenberg | Ryan Van laar |
Customer experience
Spells 5e
Theatrium
In-app purchases
Spells 5e
- One time purchase$3.99
Theatrium
- Theatrium Pro$6.99









