Comparison

Moongate vs Hexvellum

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Moongate

Features
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Moongate puts every Klipper 3D printer you own on one dashboard, at home or anywhere. It connects straight to your own Raspberry Pi running Klipper and Moonraker. Pair once by scanning a QR code, and Moongate reaches your printer directly on your Wi-Fi, or securely over an encrypted tunnel when you are away. No account, no email, no password. Sign-in is anonymous, and there are no ads, no analytics, and no tracking. Features: - One dashboard for your whole fleet, with live webcam, temperatures, and print progress - The full Mainsail or Fluidd web interface built in - Start, pause, and stop prints, plus a double-tap emergency stop - A Control panel for each printer: heater targets, homing, jogging, extrude and retract, and your macros as labelled buttons with their own icons, colours and parameters, arranged the way you want - A Klipper-aware config editor that suggests section and option names, checks values before you save, and edits macro G-code inline, plus a console with command completions - A file browser for your printer that hides backup clutter so your real config files stand out - Power machines on and off (smart plug or Klipper macro) - Preheat and heat-soak from the dashboard - Optional push notifications for print started, finished, and failed - App lock with Face ID, Touch ID, or a PIN - Custom themes, drag-to-arrange tiles, and an adjustable display size - Back up and restore your setup - Available in 9 languages Moongate is free and source available. You host everything yourself, and your printers stay yours. Note: Moongate needs the free Moongate plugin installed on your printer's Raspberry Pi. Setup guide: github.com/PEEKYPAUL/Moongate

About

Hexvellum

Features
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Hexvellum is a cartographer's table for fantasy tabletop games. Draw your world by hand on a glowing sea chart and run the whole session from the same board. Sketch three kinds of maps on one canvas. Ink overland regions with coastlines, contours, roads and rivers, then lay a hex travel grid and measure a journey by pace and terrain. Build gridded battlemaps at real scale, drop tokens for monsters and party members, and clear the room with a soft reveal as the players advance. Draw dungeons room by room and keep them hidden until the party surveys them. Everything is drawn by your hand. Pick a pen, a straight-line wall, a room, a terrain fill or an eraser, choose your ink, and undo or redo as you go. Add points of interest for settlements, dungeons, shops and dangers, and link them to encounters, quests and characters. The reference table travels with your maps. Browse a full bestiary, spell list, items and a rules glossary, then add a creature straight onto the battlemap as a token. Keep character and NPC sheets with abilities, skills, spells and gear. Assemble an encounter and watch the difficulty against your party, then start initiative with the exact creatures already loaded. Track rounds, hit points and conditions, log quests and objectives, keep tagged session notes with a photo, and roll dice with advantage, disadvantage and history. Add a portrait to a character, NPC or note with the camera or your photo library. Export a full backup of your campaign whenever you like and bring it back on another device. Hexvellum keeps your table on one living, hand-drawn chart.

Screenshots

Moongate4 screens
Hexvellum4 screens

Verdict

The call

Moongate and Hexvellum are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Moongate versus Hexvellum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoongateHexvellum
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better16.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size39 MB16 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPaul SharmanIKRAM UD DIN

In-app purchases

None

Moongate

No in-app purchases

None

Hexvellum

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moongate free?
Moongate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hexvellum free?
Hexvellum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Moongate or Hexvellum have ads?
Neither Moongate nor Hexvellum shows ads.

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