DnD Initiative Tracker vs Bix's Fine DM Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DnD Initiative Tracker
A straightforward tool for tracking initiative in Dungeons and Dragons games. Easily add characters, roll for initiative, and manage character conditions. Designed for simplicity with no extra features.
- Initiative tracking
- Character management
- Condition tracking
- Simple interface
- PC and NPC support
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A simple intuitive initiative tracker for Dungeons and Dragons. No bells, no whistles. Add some characters, roll initiative and get going. Track PC and NPC conditions easily.
Bix's Fine DM Tools
This app simplifies tabletop role-playing game combat by managing initiative, status effects, and NPC health. It aims to reduce bookkeeping for Dungeon Masters, allowing them to focus more on the game.
- Initiative tracking
- Status effect management
- NPC HP tracking
- Combat bookkeeping
- iOS device compatibility
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Keeping track of Initiative, status effects and NPC HP doesn't have to be painful! Bix the Undying proudly presents thoughtfully crafted DM App to make the cut and thrust of combat easy to keep abreast of. Taking the bookkeeping out of your head and onto your iOS Device. The sort of tools any goblin would be happy to keep in his bag of dubious holding.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bix's Fine DM Tools at 3.7 against DnD Initiative Tracker's 1.6. Bix's Fine DM Tools also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 35%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bix's Fine DM Tools holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of DnD Initiative Tracker's written reviews are positive against 67% of Bix's Fine DM Tools's.
DnD Initiative Tracker ships an update fortnightly, Bix's Fine DM Tools every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DnD Initiative Tracker | Bix's Fine DM Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (8 ratings) | 3.7 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Haptic Signals | Johnlouis Swaine |
Customer experience
DnD Initiative Tracker
Bix's Fine DM Tools
In-app purchases
DnD Initiative Tracker
No in-app purchases
Bix's Fine DM Tools
No in-app purchases
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