Comparison

Grimoire Scrolls vs Simple NPC

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

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About

Grimoire Scrolls

This app streamlines tabletop RPG character management with guided creation, instant generation, and integrated gameplay tools. It offers comprehensive features for tracking abilities, combat, spells, and equipment, along with a dice roller and handbook.

Highlights
  • Guided character creation system
  • Instant character generation
  • Real-time ability and skill tracking
  • Comprehensive combat and HP management
  • Spell slot tracking
  • Inventory and equipment management
  • Integrated dice roller
  • In-app rules handbook
Features
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Grimoire Scrolls is the all-in-one tabletop RPG character sheet companion built for adventurers. Create, manage, and bring your characters to life then take them into battle with friends over Game Center. CREATE YOUR HERO Build characters from scratch or generate them instantly with a single tap. Grimoire Scrolls rolls your ability scores, picks race-appropriate names, generates a physical appearance, equips starting gear, and assigns spell slots — all based on your chosen class, race, and background. Fine-tune every detail afterward, or start from a blank sheet and craft your character piece by piece. Supports levels 1 through 20 with full progression. LEVEL UP WITH STYLE Gain a level and watch Grimoire Scrolls handle the math. Hit points, proficiency bonuses, spell slots, class features, and subclass abilities all update automatically. When you hit a milestone level, a guided flow walks you through choosing feats, ability score improvements, and subclass selections — so you never miss a choice. THREE WAYS TO BATTLE Take your characters into turn-based tactical combat with a full action economy — actions, bonus actions, reactions, movement, and opportunity attacks all tracked for you. Party vs. Monsters: Build a party of up to four characters and pit them against encounters you design from the built-in monster library. Player vs. Player: Challenge a friend to 1v1 combat over Game Center with real-time turn notifications and in-match chat. Co-op Party vs. Monsters: Team up with a friend to fight monsters together, coordinating strategy through the built-in chat. Combat includes 15+ standard actions, class-specific bonus actions (Cunning Action, Rage, Martial Arts, Second Wind, and more), grapple and shove contests, death saves, conditions, readied actions, and healing — all resolved with animated dice rolls. A COMPLETE REFERENCE LIBRARY Browse an extensive handbook covering classes, subclasses, races, backgrounds, spells, feats, equipment, monsters, skills, abilities, and standard actions. Search and filter spells by level and school. View full monster stat blocks with challenge ratings. Look up class features by level. Everything you need at the table, in your pocket. MAKE IT YOUR OWN Create custom homebrew content for your campaign: races, classes, subclasses, backgrounds, spells, equipment, and monsters. All homebrew content integrates seamlessly into the handbook and character creation — marked with a badge so you always know what's official and what's yours. TRACK EVERYTHING Every aspect of your character is covered: six ability scores with auto-calculated modifiers, 18 skills with proficiency tracking, spell slots by level, a full equipment inventory with encumbrance, currency across four denominations with automatic conversion, class-specific resources like Ki Points and Rage charges, hit dice for short rests, and death saves with visual tracking. SHARE AND EXPORT Export character sheets as beautifully formatted PDFs for printing, or as Markdown files compatible with note-taking apps like Obsidian. Share characters between nearby devices over Bluetooth. All your characters sync automatically across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac through iCloud. ROLL THE DICE A built-in dice roller supports every standard die type (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20, d100) with adjustable counts, modifiers, and a full roll history. Use it standalone or pull in your character's ability and skill modifiers for quick checks at the table. DESIGNED FOR ACCESSIBILITY Full VoiceOver support with descriptive labels on every interactive element. Dynamic Type scales text to your preferred size. High-contrast dark mode interface. Touch targets sized for comfortable use. Grimoire Scrolls is completely free with no ads, no subscriptions, and no in-app purchases. Built for players, by a player.

About

Simple NPC

Instantly create detailed fantasy characters with unique names, appearances, motivations, and secrets. Offers millions of name combinations and billions of appearance possibilities for game masters and storytellers.

Highlights
  • Millions of name combinations
  • Billions of unique appearances
  • Complete NPC generation in one tap
  • Lock fields and randomize others
  • Save and return to NPCs
  • Exclude unwanted races/professions
Features
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Simple NPC generates fully realized fantasy characters in a single tap. With over 1 million possible names drawn from 7,000+ handcrafted entries across 17 races, and billions of unique appearance combinations across professions, ages, and social classes — no two sessions at the table need the same face twice. Built for game masters, worldbuilders, novelists, and anyone who needs a believable person to appear at the inn, guard the gate, or sell something suspicious at the market. Every NPC comes with a complete physical description — height, build, skin, eyes, hair, clothing, and a telling detail that makes them feel like someone who existed before you walked in. Add a profession, social class, age, and race, and the generator produces a character grounded in those specifics. A destitute elder orc scribe reads differently than a wealthy young halfling merchant. The details reflect who they actually are. What Simple NPC generates: — Physical appearance: build, face, skin, eyes, hair, and clothing — A notable detail: a scar, tattoo, piece of jewelry, profession item, or behavioral tell — A motivation: what they want right now, in this moment — An rare secret: a reveal that changes everything Races included free: Human, Elf, Half-Elf, Dwarf, Gnome, Halfling, Half-Orc, Tiefling, Dragonborn Pack 1 — Expanded Races & Professions ($1.99): Orc, Goblin, Kobold, Lizardfolk, Cinderborn, Stoneborn, Tideborn, Galeborn — plus 10 additional professions, including Noble, Spy, Bard, Hedge Witch, and Cartographer Full Access ($4.99): Every current pack plus every future pack released — one price, forever Features: — Over 1 million possible name combinations — 7,000+ handcrafted name entries across 17 races — Billions of unique NPC appearances — Generate a complete NPC in one tap — Lock any field and randomize the rest — Exclude races or professions you don't use — Save NPCs and return to them later — Quick archetypes for common NPC types — Designed for dark and light mode — No ads. No subscriptions. No account required. Built by Two One Nine, LLC · crookedtavern.com

Screenshots

Grimoire Scrolls4 screens
Simple NPC3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grimoire Scrolls at none against Simple NPC's 2. Grimoire Scrolls also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Simple NPC sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Grimoire Scrolls asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Grimoire Scrolls against 5.0 for Simple NPC. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grimoire Scrolls has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Grimoire Scrolls versus Simple NPC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrimoire ScrollsSimple NPC
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size391 MB14 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperPaull StanleyBenjamin Van Allen

Customer experience

Grimoire Scrolls

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Simple NPC

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Grimoire Scrolls

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Simple NPC

One-time2
  • Pack 1$1.99
  • Full Access$4.99

Questions

Is Grimoire Scrolls free?
Grimoire Scrolls is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple NPC free?
Simple NPC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Grimoire Scrolls or Simple NPC?
Grimoire Scrolls and Simple NPC are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 10 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Grimoire Scrolls or Simple NPC have ads?
Neither Grimoire Scrolls nor Simple NPC shows ads.

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