Comparison

Heartforge vs Your Dagger

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

Head to head
About

Heartforge

This app is a digital assistant for the Daggerheart tabletop role-playing game, offering tools for both game masters and players. It facilitates character sheet management, campaign building, encounter tracking, and provides a searchable compendium of game content. Features include offline functionality, soundscapes, and guided leveling up.

Highlights
  • Character sheet management
  • Campaign building tools
  • Combat encounter tracker
  • Searchable compendium
  • Offline functionality
  • Soundscape integration
  • Guided character leveling
Features
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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/

About

Your Dagger

Features
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YourDagger is a companion app built for players and Game Masters of the Daggerheart tabletop roleplaying game. Whether you're building your first hero or running a full campaign, YourDagger keeps everything your table needs in one place — right on your phone. CHARACTERS • Build a character with the guided Express Creator, or dive into the Full Creator for complete control over ancestry, class, domains, and equipment • Track HP, Stress, Hope, Fear, Armor, Conditions, and Death Moves in a clean, mobile-friendly character sheet • Manage inventory, experience, domain cards, and companion/Beastform features CAMPAIGNS • Create or join campaigns with your group • Chat with your party in real time, right in the app • Send and receive in-game gifts and notes between players • Game Masters can track the party's shared Fear pool DICE & SESSION ZERO • Roll fully animated 3D dice for Hope, Fear, and Duality rolls • Set up your character's battle loadout during Session Zero FREE TO START YourDagger is free to use, with your first character always free. Upgrade anytime for unlimited characters and to support ongoing development. YourDagger is a fan-made project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Darrington Press or Critical Role. It is built under the Darrington Press Community Gaming License (DPCGL). Daggerheart™ is a trademark of Darrington Press LLC. Questions or feedback? Reach us at support@yourdagger.com or join our Discord community. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Heartforge4 screens
Your Dagger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Your Dagger at every 2 days against Heartforge's every 2 weeks. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Heartforge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Your Dagger sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Heartforge ships an update every 2 weeks, Your Dagger every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Heartforge versus Your Dagger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeartforgeYour Dagger
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB202 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperLauri KieksiMichael Hale

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Heartforge

Subscriptions2
  • Heartforge Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Heartforge Premium Yearly$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Heartforge Premium Lifetime$38.99
1 purchases

Your Dagger

Subscriptions1
  • Player$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Heartforge free?
Heartforge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Your Dagger free?
Your Dagger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Heartforge or Your Dagger have ads?
Neither Heartforge nor Your Dagger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Heartforge or Your Dagger?
Heartforge ships an update every 2 weeks, and Your Dagger every 2 days. Most recently, Heartforge was updated on October 8, 2026 and Your Dagger on September 30, 2026.

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