Fifth Edition Character Sheet is a digital character management tool for tabletop role-playing games on iOS and Android.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Games
Sentiment
4.5
43k reviews
Nemesis
5e Companion App
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
It removes the cognitive friction of manual paper-sheet calculations for new players, displacing traditional pen-and-paper tracking.
For Tabletop role-playing game players needing digital tools for character statistics, spell slots, and inventory management.
What does it look like?
Key features
Auto-calculates ability modifiers and skill bonuses, reducing manual entry friction.
Tracks spell attack bonuses and slots, forcing daily usage during sessions.
Enables cloud-based backup, increasing switching costs via data anchoring.
How much does it cost?
The one-time purchase model serves as a high-value alternative to subscription-based rivals.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentperformancenew contentShow more...
The app is in a maintenance phase, with the latest release occurring 331 days ago. Development is limited to sporadic content and bug fixes, with no evidence of a consistent update schedule or live operations. The current cadence is significantly below the threshold for active development, reflecting a long-term period of stagnation across both platforms.
Who built it?
Walter Kammerer
4 apps tracked · Games
Second Edition Character Sheet
Fifth Edition DM Tools
Second Edition Character SheetUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Review voice lately leans excited. Users appreciate the intuitive character sheet design allows beginners to build and track stats without needing extensive rulebook knowledge and the one-time premium purchase model provides a high-value alternative to subscription-based character management tools, but report gating character leveling behind a paywall frustrates users who expect basic progression features in a free app.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- The intuitive character sheet design allows beginners to build and track stats without needing extensive rulebook knowledge
- The one-time premium purchase model provides a high-value alternative to subscription-based character management tools
- Offline functionality ensures that character sheets remain accessible during live game sessions without requiring a stable internet connection
- Gating character leveling behind a paywall frustrates users who expect basic progression features in a free app
120 of 315 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Excited overall
Read the full review analysisUnlock 2 more frustration themes and 3 user requests, each backed by review evidence.
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Competitive landscape for Fifth Edition Character Sheet
How's the Games market?
The app holds a #86 Grossing position in the US Role Playing category, with 42,578 total ratings across platforms. The gap between its free-tier discovery and the level-up paywall creates a monetization bottleneck that limits long-term retention.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Vladimir Pomsztein
This is the most direct functional competitor to this app, offering a full character builder and manager that is actively maintained.
- Includes a comprehensive spellbook manager with integrated descriptions
- Supports custom homebrew content creation and sharing
Unlock the head-to-head verdict: where this rival wins, and where it loses.
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Key takeaways for Fifth Edition Character Sheet
Where is it heading?
The tabletop utility market is consolidating around tools that offer both character management and session-based combat tracking. Fifth Edition Character Sheet remains advantaged by its simple UX, but the lack of ruleset updates and persistent instability leave it exposed to rivals with faster release cadences.
- Persistent crash-related data loss during editing sessions erodes user trust, which compounds the churn pressure from the level-up paywall.
- The one-time purchase model continues to attract users frustrated by subscription-based rivals, maintaining a stable #86 Grossing chart position.
The SWOT
- Intuitive character-creation flow lowers entry barriers
- One-time purchase model disrupts subscription-heavy category norms
- Integrated combat tracker would capture Dungeon Master segment
- Searchable spell database would close feature gap with nemesis
Next best moves
Audit crash-handling logic because data loss is a top-three complaint → improve retention
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's lack of a subscription model, while praised by users…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Integrated spell database (available in 5e Companion App but missing here) +1
Since the last report: Development activity has reached a 331-day standstill, and the competitive landscape now includes Game Master 5th Edition, which exposes the app's lack of integrated combat tracking.
Bottom line
Users report: The one-time purchase model effectively captures casual players, but persistent data loss and ruleset stagnation threaten the core user base. Addressing stability will unlock the retention necessary to defend the #86 Grossing slot against more frequently updated rivals.
Unlock 2 critical frictions, 2 market threats, 1 more prioritized move and the analyst’s take.
Access the full report for freeFAQ
Is Fifth Edition Character Sheet good for beginners?
How does this app compare to 5e Companion App?
Does the app require an internet connection?
What is a free alternative to this app?
Sources
- [1] Play Store, source
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