Simple Initiative vs RollWatch

Combat is supposed to be fun. Not a logistics problem. Simple Initiative is the combat tracker built for Dungeon Masters who want to spend less time managing turns and more time running the game. Add your fighters, roll initiative, hit Start Combat, and stay in the moment. No subscription. No ads. No account. No bloat. Just clean, fast, intuitive combat tracking made for D&D 5e, designed for the in-person table. ~BUILT FOR THE TABLE~ INSTANT SETUP Add players and monsters in seconds. Initiative auto-sorts highest to lowest. Hit Start Combat, and you're off. PLAYER + MONSTER SPLIT Tag combatants as players or monsters. At the end of an encounter, one tap keeps your whole party loaded and ready -- just add new monsters for the next fight. Added SRD monster database — DMs can now search and drop any monster from the 2014 5e SRD (334 monsters) or 2024 5.5e SRD (235 monsters) directly into an encounter. Initiative is auto-rolled using each monster's own modifier. HP and AC pre-fill automatically. Database is bundled in the app and works completely offline. HP TRACKING YOUR WAY Drag the HP bar to adjust hit points in real time. Every HP unit gives a satisfying haptic tick. Disable HP tracking for players who prefer to manage their own. CONDITIONS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Apply and remove them with a single tap, right from the combat screen. SMART TURN ORDER Active turn tracks by identity, not position. Drag to reorder mid-combat without losing your place. New creatures added mid-encounter slot in at the right initiative. SAVE ENCOUNTERS Quickly save and reload encounters to run multiple tables or stop mid-fight for the night and return later. ~ALSO DESIGNED FOR iPad ~ On iPad, Simple Initiative transforms into a split-screen command center. The initiative list lives on the left. On the right: the active combatant's name, HP bar, and full condition panel -- all in one glance, no scrolling required. ~ CLEAN. FAST. YOURS ~ - Works entirely offline -- perfect for the table where wifi won't - Dark and light mode with one tap. Font size support. - Auto-rolls initiative with modifier support if needed. - No ads. No tracking. No data collection. - One-time purchase -- pay once, own it forever Simple Initiative gets out of your way so you can focus on what matters: telling a great story. One purchase. Every session. Every fight.

RollWatch is the D&D 5th Edition companion built for your wrist, not just your pocket. While other apps treat Apple Watch as an afterthought, RollWatch puts the Watch experience first: track HP, conditions, spell slots, and death saves without ever pulling out your phone at the table. Your iPhone stays in sync automatically, so you always have a backup and a bigger screen when you need it. WATCH-NATIVE COMBAT TRACKER Run initiative order, track turns, mark combatants defeated, and adjust HP for every creature in the fight — all from your wrist, between dice rolls. FULL CHARACTER TRACKING HP, temporary HP, death saving throws, all 15 official D&D 5e conditions, and spell slots with the standard 5e full-caster progression, generated automatically from your character's level. DICE ROLLER WITH ADVANTAGE/DISADVANTAGE Roll d4 through d100 with one tap. Advantage and disadvantage built in. Roll history and session average, always at hand. SESSION LOG Every heal, hit, spell slot used, and condition applied — logged automatically, so you can review what happened after the session without relying on memory. SEAMLESS IPHONE SYNC Create and edit characters comfortably on iPhone, send them to your Watch in one tap. Changes made mid-session on your Watch sync back automatically. PRIVACY BY DESIGN RollWatch collects no data. No account, no ads, no tracking, no analytics. Your character sheet stays on your own devices — nothing else. FULLY LOCALIZED Complete English and Italian localization, including VoiceOver accessibility support throughout the app. RollWatch is built by a player, for players who want their Watch to actually pull its weight at the table.