Heartforge vs CharTaker

Forge your next adventure. Heartforge is a powerful, tactile Daggerheart-compatible assistant for both game masters and players. Whether you’re building a campaign, running a tense encounter, or managing your character sheet, Heartforge brings your table together on iPad or iPhone. It’s designed to be fast, visual, and easy to use. For Game Masters • Adventures: Build, organize, and run your worlds with characters, loot, encounters, and locations. Link content with notes, @-mentions, and embedded statblocks. Invite your players to join to sync character stats and homebrew content. • Encounters: Track combat with tools built for Daggerheart. Manage Hit Points, Stress, and Fear with quick taps. Add adversaries directly from the environment your players are exploring. • Compendium: A searchable library of creatures, loot, equipment, and environments, now with Daggerheart SRD 2.0. Create your own, import content, and drop items into adventures or encounters with a tap. • Embed music and sounds in statblocks, encounters, and your prep notes for instant atmospheres at the tabletop. • Enjoy regular new creatures and environments, each with a One Page Adventure that works as a one-shot or a drop-in for ongoing campaigns. • Handy utilities like a dice calculator and Fear tracker. • Fully customizable Home view that works as your rules reference or a custom GM screen. For Players • Character Sheets: Track your abilities, Hope, Feats, equipment, and advancements in a clean, touch-friendly layout. • Join your GM’s adventure: Enter a join code to link your character to the adventure. Your GM can bring it into encounters and track its status, while its details and stats stay yours. • Level Up: Follow a guided flow to apply new traits and improvements without digging through reference material. • Companions & Beastforms: Manage companion stats and transformations right from your sheet. • Offline Ready: Everything works with or without an internet connection. Heartforge content is written by people, not AI, and the app is illustrated by real artists. Unlock the full Heartforge experience with a monthly or yearly subscription, granting access to all features and content drops. Why people love it • Supports user-generated content, free of charge • Scales from quick one-shots to sprawling campaigns • Tactile, approachable interface for both GMs and players • Built for Daggerheart from the ground up • Works offline Heartforge is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Darrington Press. Terms of use: https://www.heartforge.app/terms-of-use/ Privacy policy: https://www.heartforge.app/privacy-policy/

CharTaker is a free, offline character sheet manager for the Starfinder 1st Edition Roleplaying Game built with user experience and ease of use top of mind. Build a character from scratch, level up at the table, and track everything mid-session - no books or WiFi required. ALL 13 CLASSES Envoy, Mechanic, Mystic, Operative, Solarian, Soldier, Technomancer, Biohacker, Vanguard, Witchwarper, Nanocyte, Evolutionist, and Precog. CHARACTER CREATION Step-by-step guided wizard. Pick your ancestry, theme, class, and ability scores. Assign skill ranks, choose feats, class features, and learn spells. LEVEL UP FAST A streamlined flow walks you through everything you gain at each level: HP, SP, skill ranks, new class features, feat slots, ability score increases, and spells. Edit previous levels anytime. FULL CHARACTER SHEET Track ability scores, skills, saves, AC, BAB, speed, HP, Stamina, and Resolve in one place. Tap any skill to roll. See bonus breakdowns so you know exactly where every number comes from. COMBAT TRACKER One-tap attack rolls with full dice breakdowns - hit, damage, and critical results displayed clearly. Track SP and HP with Starfinder's damage-flows-through-stamina-first system. SPELLS & ABILITIES Browse the complete spell database with filters by class, level, and school. Track spell slots, cast spells, and manage class abilities like Paradoxes, Stellar Modes, Expertise, and more. EQUIPMENT SHOP Browse hundreds of weapons, armor, and gear. Filter by type, level, and category. Buy and equip items directly to your character sheet. CLASS FEATURE BROWSER Every class feature, specialization, fighting style, connection, gear boost, magic hack, and more - browsable and searchable with full descriptions. MULTIPLAYER Allow for two way tracking of encounters between DM and players, no account required! STARSHIP COMBAT Track your starship's shields, hull points, weapons, and systems. Pick your crew role (Captain, Pilot, Engineer, Gunner, Science Officer) and manage ship combat alongside your character. DICE ROLLER Built-in dice rolling for attacks, skills, and saves with full roll breakdowns and history. GM TOOLS: INITIATIVE TRACKER Run combat right from your phone. Add players and enemies, roll initiative, and step through turns with a single tap. Track enemy HP with quick-adjust buttons and see EAC, KAC, and attack details at a glance. GM TOOLS: BESTIARY Import creatures from the integrated bestiary — 47 pre-built monsters with full stats, attacks, and CR ratings. Or add custom enemies on the fly. GM TOOLS: CONDITIONS REFERENCE Look up any status effect instantly. All 30+ Starfinder conditions with full rules text, searchable by name or keyword. No rulebook needed. WORKS OFFLINE All data is stored locally on your device. No account needed, no server connection required. Your characters are yours. FREE & COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED CharTaker is and will always be free to use. Built with love for the Starfinder community. This app uses trademarks and/or copyrights owned by Paizo Inc., used under Paizo's Community Use Policy (paizo.com/communityuse). It is not published, endorsed, or specifically approved by Paizo.