Comparison

QuestSmith vs DM ENGINE

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

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About

QuestSmith

Embark on infinite AI-driven RPG adventures where your imagination shapes the narrative. Create heroes, battle foes, and interact with companions who remember your choices. Design your own scenarios or explore community-created worlds with dynamic visuals and sound.

Highlights
  • AI-driven open-ended adventures
  • Character creation and progression
  • Dynamic AI companions
  • Persistent world memory
  • AI-generated art and VFX
  • Community adventure creation and sharing
Features
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QuestSmith is the AI RPG where your imagination drives the story. Build a hero, roll a D20, fight dragons, travel with companions who remember your choices, and shape adventures that evolve with every decision. No scripts. No fixed paths. Every adventure is unique. TWO WAYS TO PLAY • Story Mode — jump straight into open-ended adventures, romance, mystery, horror, or slice-of-life stories. • Campaign Mode — create a hero, level up, fight enemies, manage HP/MP, and follow structured quests. REAL RPG & D20 MECHANICS • D20 action checks with stat modifiers • Combat, Magic, Stealth, and Social stats • Live HP/MP tracking • Multi-enemy battles • Quest logs and progression • Win-chance previews before every roll AI COMPANIONS THAT FEEL ALIVE Choose companions with unique personalities, moods, and trust levels. They can support you, disagree with you, refuse commands, pursue their own goals, or even betray you. Chat with them privately anytime during the adventure. A WORLD THAT REMEMBERS Persistent memory allows the AI to remember your promises, enemies, allies, and major choices across your campaign. Use undo, redo, and checkpoints to explore different story paths. GENERATE AI ART Create illustrations of characters, monsters, and locations in fantasy, anime, manga, cinematic, comic, cozy storybook, and photoreal styles. Save your favorite scenes to your gallery. IMMERSIVE VFX & SOUND Magic bursts, sword clashes, lightning, portals, ambient rain, fog, and level-up effects trigger dynamically during gameplay to match the mood of the story. CREATE & PUBLISH ADVENTURES Design your own scenarios with the built-in creator tools. Build worlds, characters, quests, Acts → Arcs → Beats, and publish adventures for the community. Premium AI tools can generate full scenarios from a simple idea. CHARACTER VAULT Save heroes with their race, class, stats, appearance, and backstory, then reuse them in future adventures. COMMUNITY FEATURES Browse trending adventures, follow creators, bookmark favorites, join discussions, and share your stories with other players. DAILY REWARDS Earn free credits through daily streaks. Optional subscriptions and credit packs unlock larger memory, creator tools, and faster sessions. AVAILABLE LANGUAGES English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian. PERFECT FOR • Solo D&D and tabletop fans • AI Dungeon and Tales RPG players • Writers looking for an AI co-author • Anyone who loves interactive storytelling Download QuestSmith and meet your AI Dungeon Master. Your next adventure begins now. Subscription Plans Champion Plan — $13/month Legend Plan — $26/month Mythic Plan — $63/month Subscription Details • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation. • Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before renewal. • Manage or cancel subscriptions anytime in App Store settings. AI Credits 80 Credits — $0.99 500 Credits — $4.99 1200 Credits — $9.99 2500 Credits — $19.99 6500 Credits — $49.99 14000 Credits — $99.99 Privacy Policy: https://www.thequestsmith.com/en/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

QuestSmith4 screens
DM ENGINE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DM ENGINE at 50% against QuestSmith's 0%. DM ENGINE also leads on rating (3.5 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 9). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. QuestSmith sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $13.00 per month. DM ENGINE asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DM ENGINE holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of QuestSmith's written reviews are positive against 50% of DM ENGINE's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QuestSmith ships an update weekly, DM ENGINE every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
QuestSmith versus DM ENGINE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuestSmithDM ENGINE
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)3.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB53 MB
Age rating12+17+
Developer911 Vault Corp.Che-Lun Huang

Customer experience

QuestSmith

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

DM ENGINE

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

In-app purchases

9 purchases

QuestSmith

Subscriptions3
  • QuestSmith AI Champion Monthly$13.001 Month
  • QuestSmith AI Legend Monthly$26.001 Month
  • QuestSmith AI Mythic Monthly$63.001 Month
One-time6
  • 80 Credits$0.99
  • 500 Credits$4.99
  • 1200 Credits$9.99
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  • 2500 Credits$19.99
  • 6500 Credits$49.99
  • 14000 Credits$99.99
None

DM ENGINE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QuestSmith free?
QuestSmith is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DM ENGINE free?
DM ENGINE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, QuestSmith or DM ENGINE?
DM ENGINE is rated higher. QuestSmith averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while DM ENGINE averages 3.5 from 4 ratings.
Do QuestSmith or DM ENGINE have ads?
QuestSmith shows ads; DM ENGINE does not.
Which is updated more often, QuestSmith or DM ENGINE?
QuestSmith ships an update weekly, and DM ENGINE every 4 days. Most recently, QuestSmith was updated on October 24, 2026 and DM ENGINE on October 6, 2026.

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