Comparison

Grimoire Scrolls vs DM ENGINE

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

Head to head
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

DM ENGINE

An AI-powered Dungeon Master for D&D 5e, this app generates scenes, runs combat, and tracks your campaign. It offers a cinematic tabletop experience for solo or multiplayer games, with permanent character death and a reactive world.

Highlights
  • AI-generated scenes and NPC dialogue
  • Full D&D 5e combat simulation
  • Persistent campaign memory
  • Reactive living world
  • Permanent character death
  • Multiplayer support for up to four players
Features
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DM Engine is a full AI Dungeon Master for D&D 5e — not just a chatbot, but a structured game master that builds scenes, runs combat, tracks your campaign, and delivers a cinematic tabletop experience without needing a human DM. NEW: PLAY WITH FRIENDS Host a party of up to four. Share a join code, and your friends drop into the same living story — no scheduling, no human DM, no one left waiting. Everyone acts in their own turn, rolls their own dice, and fights in the same initiative order. One Guild subscription hosts the whole table; joining is free. WHAT IT DOES Generates opening scenes, NPC dialogue, and story beats Runs full D&D 5e combat — initiative, HP, conditions, death saves Handles skill checks, saving throws, and attack rolls with real dice Remembers everything across sessions — decisions, deaths, relationships Builds a living world that reacts to your choices DEATH MEANS SOMETHING Drop to zero and you're rolling death saves — flat d20, three failures and that character's story ends. Permanently. No resurrection, no undo. Create a new character and the DM writes them into the story at the next turn of the road. CAST LIKE A SPELLCASTER Open your spellbook mid-fight, pick your targets, watch your slots. Attack rolls against real AC. Inspiration to reroll when the dice betray you. Long rests restore you — if the story lets you rest. CAMPAIGN SETUP Choose your world setting, tone (heroic, dark, horror, comedy), and ruleset. Load a lore pack — Forgotten Realms, Ravenloft, Eberron, or the Nine Hells of Avernus. Create your character with class, race, background, and backstory. The DM weaves your history into everything. THE DM VOICE Built on Claude, one of the most capable AI models available. The DM narrates like an author — specific, present-tense, cinematic. No "adventure awaits." No breaking character. Real consequences for every action. FULL SESSION MEMORY The app tracks your campaign across sessions using a compression system that distills key events into permanent facts. The DM remembers who you killed, what you promised, and what you broke. SESSION RECAP Auto-generated summary after every session. XP log, key moments, loot, and decisions. Your campaign history builds over time. Built on the D&D 5e SRD 5.1 under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://j37953242.github.io/dmengine-legal/#privacy

Screenshots

Grimoire Scrolls4 screens
DM ENGINE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Grimoire Scrolls at 100% against DM ENGINE's 50%. Grimoire Scrolls also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). DM ENGINE's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Grimoire Scrolls holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Grimoire Scrolls's written reviews are positive against 50% of DM ENGINE's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grimoire Scrolls ships an update every 2 days, DM ENGINE every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Grimoire Scrolls versus DM ENGINE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrimoire ScrollsDM ENGINE
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better3.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size391 MB53 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperPaull StanleyChe-Lun Huang

Customer experience

Grimoire Scrolls

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

DM ENGINE

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Grimoire Scrolls

No in-app purchases

None

DM ENGINE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grimoire Scrolls free?
Grimoire Scrolls is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DM ENGINE free?
DM ENGINE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Grimoire Scrolls or DM ENGINE?
Grimoire Scrolls is rated higher. Grimoire Scrolls averages 5.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while DM ENGINE averages 3.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Grimoire Scrolls or DM ENGINE have ads?
Neither Grimoire Scrolls nor DM ENGINE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grimoire Scrolls or DM ENGINE?
Grimoire Scrolls ships an update every 2 days, and DM ENGINE every 4 days. Most recently, Grimoire Scrolls was updated on October 9, 2026 and DM ENGINE on October 6, 2026.

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