Comparison

Map Mirror vs Adventure Codex

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

Head to head
About

Map Mirror

This app provides a shared, dynamic map for tabletop RPGs, allowing Game Masters to reveal locations, measure distances, and manage player visibility in real-time. It supports various map types and drawing tools, enhancing in-person gaming sessions without requiring an internet connection.

Highlights
  • Shared live map display
  • World, city, and battle map support
  • Linking maps for connected worlds
  • Square & hex grids with calibration
  • Tokens, markers, and fog of war
  • Measuring and multi-layer drawing
  • Private GM planning and control
Features
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MapMirror gives everyone at the table a shared, living map to look at your world, city, region, or battle. Point at a door, measure a spell's range, reveal the next room, and your players see it live. It's made to support your in-person TTRPG game, not digitize it. You keep rolling real dice around a real table. MapMirror is simply the map they gather around, with your cities, regions, and dungeons linked into one connected world instead of a random pile of images. Connect a TV wirelessly with AirPlay or a monitor over a cable, and the map mirrors live. For the optimal experience we recommend an iPad with Apple Pencil. On iPhone and Mac you get a dedicated interface adapted to the platform. • Square & hex grids with real-distance calibration • Tokens, labelled markers, and fog of war • Draw on multiple layers, from a quick sketch to a map you build up over sessions • Link maps with markers and jump from the world map into a city or dungeon • Measure distances in your own units, point things out with the laser pointer • Control exactly what your players see and plan ahead in private • Notes, folders, backups, and image export No account. No internet needed. Nothing leaves your device. Free to try with every tool unlocked. The free version includes: • 2 maps and 1 note • 4 tokens per map • 2 markers per map • 2 texts per map • 2 drawing layers per map Backups and map export are part of the full version. One purchase lifts all limits and you keep it forever. No subscription.

About

Adventure Codex

Features
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Adventure Codex is a D&D 5e play companion built for the table. Track HP, spell slots, currency, consumables, and shared loot in real time, on your iPhone or iPad, with optional cross-device sync for the rest of the party. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Track HP, temp HP, and death saving throws with full 5e rules support (instant death, stabilization, critical damage doubling failures). • Manage currency in copper, silver, gold, and platinum — change-making is automatic, so a 5 gp purchase just works. • Set up consumables for spell slots, class features, ammunition, and potions. Long rests reset everything; short rests reset what should. • Multiple characters per device. Switch quickly between them. • Optional cloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and the web app at adventurecodex.app — same character, any device. • Share a Table with your party. Everyone sees the same loot pool, the same currency pool, the same audit log when items move around. • Upload your own DM maps. Pinch-zoom and pan through high-res tile pyramids built for fast play, no laggy single-image rendering. PRIVACY-FIRST No ads. No trackers. No selling your data. We don't use your content to train AI models. Sign up with an email address (one-time magic link, no passwords); the rest is up to you. Read our full Privacy Policy at adventurecodex.app/privacy. WHAT'S FREE, WHAT'S PAID The character tracker, multi-character support, and cross-device sync are free forever. A subscription unlocks Group Loot and DM map uploads for your whole table — once any one player at the Table subscribes, the whole party gets access while it's active. $19.99/year with a 7-day trial. Cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED TO START Open the app and start tracking — no sign-up, no email, no friction. Add an email later if you want to sync across devices or share with your party. QUESTIONS Reach us at support@adventurecodex.app. Terms of Use (EULA): https://adventurecodex.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://adventurecodex.app/privacy

Screenshots

Map Mirror4 screens
Adventure Codex3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Map Mirror at every 4 days against Adventure Codex's monthly. Adventure Codex's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). 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. Map Mirror sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Adventure Codex sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Map Mirror ships an update every 4 days, Adventure Codex monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Map Mirror versus Adventure Codex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMap MirrorAdventure Codex
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB54 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRonny BrzeskiAdventure Codex, LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Map Mirror

One-time1
  • Full Version$8.99
1 purchases

Adventure Codex

Subscriptions1
  • Adventure Codex Premium$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Map Mirror free?
Map Mirror is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Adventure Codex free?
Adventure Codex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Map Mirror or Adventure Codex have ads?
Neither Map Mirror nor Adventure Codex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Map Mirror or Adventure Codex?
Map Mirror ships an update every 4 days, and Adventure Codex monthly. Most recently, Map Mirror was updated on October 7, 2026 and Adventure Codex on October 6, 2026.

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