epicGM

Unfortunately I can't buy the map addon (the button just bounces and does nothing) and this isn't useful without tokens.

Even with the tutorial it is very difficult to understand what to do, and importing anything is an annoying process. I should be able to import images and other files directly from my phone, I shouldn’t need to use dropbox.

This app seems cool enjoyable and helpful and I honestly want to use it as soon as possible, but but there are two small parts that are actually big in the game. The Spell/weapon area and the maps. It would be extremely helpful if all the spells and weapons were already built in with the app and all we have to do is choose the ones each player had, but we don’t have that we have to enter each one individually part by part. And about the maps, you don’t necessarily have to make this feature but it would be very helpful to have premade maps in the app. I am an experienced DM and player and don’t really have the creativity yet to make my own maps it’ll be very helpful if I had some preview of what other labs look like and were able to use them. Or maybe if we just had a tavern or a lake or something or somewhere important, but again it’s not very necessary.

I don’t get how to do anything, the app is not easy to understand and all, I would like it if you made things easier to understand, I would say how, but I don’t even understand enough to even know how to do it, and I am an A Honnor Role student.

About a year ago I set out to have my games run solely on iPad. Currently I have found two amazing combined apps. First, Encounter + is not one of my favored because of the subscription they added for a fully purchased app. The interface is far from being user friendly and it has a poor version of a map creator the is difficult to manage. It decent but not close to be being a good app. The unsupported Battle Maps 2, still works on iOS 13. Great for map building but spreading a floor image is nearly impossible and tedious. The controls of characters could be improved such as Encounter+ but is my go to for maps and supports imaging to tv with a players view for free. Game Master5 is intimate for a GM except it’s missing the map feature. It allows for initiative tracking, images, handouts, editing items creatures, etc. before I start this trial again, I got to say I’m a bit excited as I knew there was potential from when they first started. I’ll further my review as I utilize the tool. And so I’m here again, seems like the map is taking precedence however the tools, with a tutorial, are still not very user friendly. Having created a campaign I can’t even find where to add chapters. Then there’s encounters. I’ll give it a longer wait before purchases, I will admit somethings are very useful but I don’t want to invest in inputting tons of infor just to have an app I can’t use. Ah and the interface won’t fully show on an iPhone XR.

Thanks to this last update it made it a lot more easier to handle and understand. But I am having problems with adding creatures to the initiative and I am not sure if it has to do with the new interface, because I didn’t had that problem before

When you look at the images and read the description, this app gives you, it makes it seem as if the map-making tool is easy and free. Then when you download the app it tells you that you must pay for the ability to make a map. There is a free map-maker on this app, but all it does is give you a marker and a white grid. It’s honestly better to draw a map on paper for free instead of having to buy this map-maker and use it on a screen.

The app looks good but is nowhere near as user friendly, or robust as GameMaster5 nowhere near as clear as Encounter+. Also, until you at least pay for the $3 premium the ad banner blocks out menus on top. As it is it's pretty much useless.

Was not able to do anything on the app other than Change names on something’s. Also I kept getting sent to the website making not worth downloading.

Something is seriously broken. The app will not restore the purchase, nor will it login using the same I’d and password which I login to the gavelsoft itch site. So madenning! Will revise review stars to four once these are both fixed.