5e Buddy vs Tempo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
5e Buddy
This app serves as a digital companion for tabletop role-playing games, offering interactive character sheets, dice rolling, and campaign management. It allows for the creation and tracking of multiple characters, including homebrewed content, and supports importing and exporting character data.
- Interactive character sheets
- Character building from scratch
- Homebrew content support
- Virtual dice rolling
- Multiple character organization
- Import/export character data
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Hold your adventure in the palm of your hand! 5e Buddy is the ultimate third party companion for 5th Edition champions, homebrew heroes, or average RPG gamers. 5e Buddy replaces a traditional character-sheet with an interactive application that can easily: *Track stats, spells, or equipment *Build characters from scratch *Record character backstory and party data *Roll dice virtually *Accommodate homebrewed species, stats, or equipment *Organize multiple characters for multiple campaigns *Import existing characters from PDF character-sheets *Export character-sheets or character data *And so much more! 5e Buddy is ideal for players of all levels, providing full class, species, and background information in the app. As your character evolves, so does the app! 5e Buddy is perfect for players at every table and allows you to connect with your characters from the palm of your hand. All players are able to use 5e Buddy free of charge. 5e Buddy will automatically allow each user full access to one character of their making. To unlock access to unlimited character creation, a user can pay a small fee. This small fee allows the 5e Buddy team to continue to update and improve the app for all players. 5e Buddy was created by the development team at Magical Duck Studios LLC. Magical Duck Studios is a small software development company dedicated to creating magical tools to improve your daily experiences. For more information about their story or to learn about updates coming to 5e Buddy, please visit their website at https://magicalduckstudiosllc.com. Disclaimer: This app was created by a third party provider and uses SRD for all of its content. Magical Duck Studios is not associated with Wizards of the Coast or any of their official content.
Tempo
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Tempo — Smart Task Planner & Event Countdown Tempo is a sleek, fast, and completely private daily planner designed for those who want absolute control over their schedules, tasks, and important life events. No clutter, no distractions — just pure focus on your daily actions and personal productivity. Organize your day, track your consistency with a visual activity map, and run customizable countdowns to your most significant dates with gorgeous designer card styles. TEMPO KEY FEATURES: 1. Focus on Today & Daily Planner Quickly log tasks and organize your days ahead. The "Focus on Today" dashboard keeps your current tasks front and center, eliminating visual overwhelm. Schedule or postpone items easily with our interactive calendar view. 2. Visual Event Countdowns & Dynamic Units Save key dates (deadlines, travels, anniversaries, special occasions). Choose your counter units: track exactly how many days, hours, or minutes are left before or have elapsed since your events. Personalize each event using designer card skins (Polaroid, Concert Ticket, Neo-Brutalist Cartoon, Retro Vinyl, or Premium Frosted Glass). 3. Activity & Streak Heatmap A beautiful, interactive grid showing your daily completion history. Track your consistency visually, similar to a developer's contribution map. Build daily streaks and monitor your momentum over time. 4. Group Collaboration & Assignments Create shared groups with teammates, family, or friends. Delegate tasks directly to members in real-time. Receive instant notifications when a task is assigned to you. 5. Custom Aesthetic Themes Personalize your workspace with beautiful themes: Royal Purple, Midnight Blue, Green Salad, and more. Seamless dark mode support for high comfort day and night. 6. Offline-First & Absolute Privacy Tempo stores your schedules locally on your device using Apple's CoreData framework. Fast, native performance with secure synchronization. Download Tempo today and find your perfect daily rhythm! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tempo at none against 5e Buddy's shown. 5e Buddy's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. 5e Buddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tempo sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
5e Buddy ships an update every 5 days, Tempo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 5e Buddy | Tempo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magical Duck Studios LLC | VLADYSLAV BEHIM |
In-app purchases
5e Buddy
- 5eBuddy Premium$7.99
Tempo
- Tempo Premium$0.991 Month









