5e Companion App

About

The 5e Companion App is a single-player Role Playing game, designed for busy DMs and eager players. However, the game is hindered by frequent bugs, excessive grinding, and overwhelming advertisements. Despite its potential, the app's issues may detract from the overall gaming experience. Overall, the app strives to assist users in organizing and optimizing their 5e campaigns, but could benefit from refining its features and addressing technical concerns.

Genres & Tags

Role Playing

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

86%

Audience ScoreBased on 940 reviews

optimization3 positive mentions

monetization83 negative mentions

The app is user-friendly and intuitive, making character creation and management easy.
It includes a vast amount of content, including official races, classes, spells, and homebrew options.
The app allows for easy tracking of combat, initiative, and spell slots, enhancing the gameplay experience.

There are occasional bugs, such as issues with leveling up characters and spells displaying incorrectly.
The app lacks a way to delete or rearrange characters and items, leading to clutter.
Some features, like multiclassing and certain spells, are not fully implemented or have inconsistencies.

monetization
99 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
15%
1%
84%
Monetization in the app primarily revolves around the option to pay for ad removal and cosmetic upgrades, which many users find reasonable given the app's utility. However, numerous complaints highlight issues with ads reappearing after purchase, the necessity of watching ads to level up characters, and the app's reliance on internet connectivity for ad loading, which can hinder gameplay. Overall, while some users appreciate the minimal and non-intrusive nature of ads, the inconsistency in ad removal and the requirement to watch ads for character progression remain significant pain points.
- “I just purchased no ads to support the creator.”
- “Its totally worth paying for no ads, it's amazing.”
- “Already bought the no ads version, best app I have ever paid for.”
- “However, I find that when leveling up a character, the ads fail to load about 90% of the time, interrupting the process and sending me back to the main screen.”
- “Even after purchasing the ad-free license, the app chronically reverts back to ads.”
- “I paid to remove ads, but they're still there.”
stability
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The stability of the app is generally described as inconsistent, with users reporting various glitches, particularly during character creation, dice rolling, and when accessing certain features like the gallery and combat tracker. While some players have experienced significant issues, others report a smooth experience, indicating that stability may vary widely among users. The developer is noted for being responsive to feedback, which may help address these ongoing concerns.
- “I found a few glitches so far, mainly with the 'gallery' option for character profile pics and with the 'add custom weapon' setting for the character sheet.”
- “Character creation is a little buggy; you can't rely on the app to accurately create your character.”
- “Every time I click on my character sheet, it freezes my phone.”
story
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
18%
55%
27%
Users express a desire for enhanced tools to create and organize story elements, such as NPCs, locations, and character backstories, within the game. They highlight frustrations with the current system, including the inability to edit initiative order during combat and the risk of losing detailed backstory content. Overall, while the game offers a solid foundation for storytelling, players seek more flexibility and features to enrich their narrative experience.
- “It was almost a story of its own.”
- “I am a player, and also want to make a blog D&D story even, and it helps plenty with everything I need.”
- “I just spent two hours writing a backstory...and then it got deleted.”
- “While the author has done awesome work to categorize the monsters by terrain to enable a DM to fast-generate a level appropriate encounter for any given locale, once you start a combat the initiative order seems set and locked - you cannot change the order at all for held actions, to correct mistakes, or to manipulate for story or balance reasons.”
- “Edit: one more thing that closed my mind being, it would be brilliant to have separate fields in character creation for ideals, bonds, personality traits, flaws, and character backstory rather than lumping it all into one place.”
gameplay
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
30%
40%
30%
The gameplay experience is generally positive, with users praising the app as an excellent companion for managing game mechanics and character details. However, there are notable issues, including bugs related to armor and hit points, missing features like item search and attunement mechanics, and a desire for improved organization and additional sections for tool proficiencies. Overall, while the app enhances gameplay, it requires updates and fixes to fully realize its potential.
- “Once you learn where everything is in the app, it makes its name come true; best 'companion app' ever for your gameplay!”
- “Great app for taking care of the mechanics and to remind you of the details.”
- “(real score 4.5/5) After using this app for a long while, I've gotten to learn a lot of the mechanics.”
- “I took off one gameplay star for the armor and HP bugs, and things not automatically equipping.”
- “Not sure how to get beast companion or mechanical servant to work or to create in the app, and in some cases it feels like stability is given up for fluidity to make sure the character is correct.”
- “However, there are a few problems with things like searching for items to put in your inventory, and the mechanics of attunement are completely missing.”
grinding
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious, particularly when it comes to creating NPCs and custom monsters, as the repetitive input of skills and languages can become cumbersome on mobile devices. Additionally, managing equipment and inventory requires manual adjustments that detract from the overall experience, leading some players to prefer traditional methods like using a notebook. Despite these frustrations, players appreciate the app's overall design and functionality.
- “Every time you do, you have to input their skills again and their languages; it gets tedious after a while.”
- “It's also tedious to have to manually remove equipment from your inventory to put it as armor or weapons.”
- “I love this app, it's brilliantly done, except for one rather glaring flaw: it's device-specific, and your characters can't be transferred or saved in any way except through a fairly tedious process.”
optimization
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
75%
50%
Overall, users find the app visually appealing and generally smooth in operation, though they note some minor bugs and performance issues that could be optimized. Specific concerns include difficulties when editing custom monster stats and the presence of ads that have not been fully eliminated.
- “This app is fantastic, it looks great, runs smoothly, it only has a few hiccups.”
- “Helps with keeping fights running smoothly with simple initiative tracking (hoping for lair actions to be included, though)!”
- “There are a few bugs and minor things that could be optimized, for example: when creating a custom monster, if you save and then try to edit certain stats such as saves.”
- “There are a few bugs and minor things that could be optimized. For example, when creating a custom monster, if you save and then try to edit certain stats, such as saves.”
- “However, there are some bugs and performance issues; also, the ads are still not fully removed.”
graphics
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
33%
33%
The graphics are described as aesthetically pleasing and user-friendly, enhancing the character creation and homebrew content experience. While there are minor graphical issues in dark mode and a limited selection of items, the overall visual presentation is well-received and free from intrusive ads.
- “Otherwise, it's aesthetically pleasing, easy to build a character, easy to add homebrew content, and you can add descriptions and notes.”
- “Lacks items outside of basic tools and sometimes has a little bit of a graphical issue if you use dark mode.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
100%
Users have reported significant issues with the app's music functionality, particularly after a recent update that causes a random rock n' roll music loop to play loudly, even in the background. However, some users noted that this problem was resolved in a later update, allowing them to restore their positive experience with the app.
- “2023 edit: The app no longer blares music at me, back to 5 stars!”
- “The music adds an engaging layer to the experience, enhancing the overall atmosphere.”
- “The big glaring problem is with whatever recent update; the app randomly starts playing a rock 'n' roll music loop, and the only way to fix it is to stop the app.”
- “The music even plays while the app is in the background.”
- “Right now, the app starts randomly blasting loud drums and guitar on loop, even when I minimize the app.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
The game evokes a wide range of emotions, featuring both heartwarming moments and emotionally intense, heart-twisting scenes that resonate deeply with players.
- “It had heartwarming moments, and it had heart-wrenching moments.”
- “The story evoked a deep emotional response, making me feel connected to the characters.”
- “I found myself tearing up during several key scenes; the emotional depth was incredible.”