Spells List 5e Reviews

Very useful for keeping track of everything you need for spells especially for prepared spellcasters like Clerics since it lets you easily pick from your class spells for the day. It’s also better than the other apps I have tried so far since those have more paywalls and less content (books, subclasses, spells,etc.).But unfortunately the tag feature seems to be missing for me when it wasn’t before which is annoying since the tag feature helps with picking spells. Overall very cool and all the other players at my table using spell casting classes use SpellsList5e

So I have exactly 1 complaint with SpellsList5e: how it handles Arcane Trickster and Eldritch Knight. It considers both as if they just have the full wizard spell list, which leads to a lot of bloat. I would much prefer if they were instead listed under Subclasses instead of Classes, and then only for the limited schools of magic (illusion & enchantment for AT, Abjuration & Evocation for EK.)

Aside from this one very specific annoyance, this is by far my favorite app for organizing character spells and sifting through spells for any number of reasons. The many different levels of filters and clean aesthetics make me want to always use it for browsing spells for a new character concept, or for reference as a DM.

Disclaimer: I LOVE SpellsList5e! If I just had one character, the free version would be more than adequate! I’ve been playing for 2 years now and just discovered SpellsList5e. It’s completely changed my preparation for all of my active characters, of which there are many. It also makes creating one-shot characters so much easier and makes me feel like I’m paying a real person rather than the bottomless behemoth that is Wizards.

Now for the issue: I paid for the lifetime version for a lot of reasons, but one of the main reasons is so that I could access all my characters’ spells on both my iPhone and my iPad. Not the BIGGEST deal, but it was a reason and I’m pretty sure it mentions that capability in the features of the lifetime purchase. I’ve tried updating both devices, deleting and reuploading the iPad’s version, nothing. If there’s some way to do it… I‘d be happier than a wizard given free spells.

When searching through spells you have the ability to filter by multiple options like class, level, and materials. My favorite feature is being able to have multiple spell books, so if you keep track of more than one character.

The biggest drawback is an issue with restoring purchases for having unlimited spell books. For some reason SpellsList5e won’t reinstate your upgrade, but if you go through as if you’re going to purchase it again iTunes pops up a “You’ve already purchased this, would you like to download it again for free” message and will reinstate the unlimited spell books.

This is a great app. Perfect to replace my old app that got discontinued. I however found a few bugs and have a change request:

1. The Elemental Evil spells as a source are redundant as they have been reprinted in Xanathar with many receiving an update to description, damage, class availability, etc.
2. Many spells also have been updated in the new PHB Errata, True Polymorph being permanent “until dispelled” and True Resurrection being able to reverse undeath are a few examples.
3. This brings me to a change request of being able to edit the official spells. Sometimes I have a need to tweak a spell to fit with my game or fix an error or update a spell to the new version. As of now, creating a custom spell with the same name as an official spell does not include it in the list. Furthermore, when I go to delete the custom version, the official version is also deleted.

Faster than the books, more convenient than spell cards. I use this almost exclusively to look up d&d spells for any occasion. Easy to use, fast, convenient, etc.

Minor gripes:1. guildmasters guide to ravnica has a couple spells not listed in SpellsList5e . 2. Filtering for arcane trickster spells filters everything but illusion and enchantment spells when really the arcane tricksters spell list is the same as the wizard's. Especially for cantrips which are not school restricted in any way. Would love a RITUAL NO filter so I can pick spells more efficiently when I have a character with the ritual caster feat (and can learn ritual spells on the fly)

In general I love SpellsList5e , but I have a couple of suggestions.
I think it would be nice to be able to filter spells while in a character's spell list. I also think the ability to sort by spells that do/don't scale at higher levels would be especially helpful for warlocks, but really for anyone.
Also, about night mode: the bar along the bottom doesn't change color but it feels like it should also become the same dark grey as the rest of the background, and the status bar at the top of the screen also stays black, rendering it almost unreadable.

Love SpellsList5e! It is extremely helpful as a quick reference for spells. No more writing shorthand or flipping through the book. The free character let’s you test it out, but it was totally worth a buck or two to get unlimited characters. I currently have 12! As a DM I have made villains, monsters who have innate spellcasting, and I’ve even made my player’s lists because I DM for teenagers who are new to all this, lol.

One suggestion to the developers: better color choices. It’s obnoxious to only have these bright, almost neon colors to choose from, and they become limited once you’ve made as many as I have.

Update: I had to replace my phone and when I redownloaded SpellsList5e , it is asking my to pay again. And I already paid for SpellsList5e. What do I do?

SpellsList5e is great, will save you lots of time flipping through the book or the internet for spell descriptions even will list all the spells for a associated with that class type, depending on what you choose. It’s super convenient you can search spells by name, class, and other filters to narrow down your search. But what if SpellsList5e doesn’t have your particular spell, that fine too, you can add it to SpellsList5e if you want. SpellsList5e is that flexible and I love it.

SpellsList5e is almost a must have if you like sticking to the rules but don’t want to flip a book open every spell cast. Especially if you use supplemental books because choosing spells from multiple books can be quite time consuming. While I like to count my spell casts on paper the option for creating a spell caster is great. (One small complaint is I’d love to be able to add race spell casting but I understand that would be a whole other system to add on top of what’s here) edit: found out you can manually add spells to characters, which can mitigate my small complaint :)

I love SpellsList5e! Basically any spell you’d like to search, it’s here. It also tells you which classes get access to it. You can create your own characters and add lists to them, prepare and check off slots that way.
Five stars and really the only improvements I’d suggest are wishes. I wish that you could add backgrounds to a character so that spells would get added to their lists, especially the Strixhaven initiates. I know that I can manually add the spells that my Witherbloom student Learned, but it would be awesome if they were noted automatically. I wish that you could search conditions to specify ONLY that condition. for instance, spells with ONLY verbal components, or spells that ONLY rangers can learn etc. and I do wish it was a little bit more graphically interesting. Maybe some symbols for the school of magic it comes from or something like that.
But otherwise this is a great five-star app and really don’t have any complaints. It works wonderfully!

SpellsList5e is an indispensable tool for me when I’m playing with my friends. Being able to create my character and look up my spells quickly is super helpful. I’ve also used it often to double-check rules as written and spells for others at the table if they need it. Highly recommended.

UPDATE 25 Apr 2019: The issue I experienced below is all fixed in latest update! Updated review to 5 stars.

BELOW IS OUTDATED:
I’m writing this review though because a new bug was recently introduced in the latest update that breaks custom spells (and I didn’t see a better way to bug report to the dev). In my current campaign we have some homebrew spells which my character knows, and now when I open my character that has those spells SpellsList5e crashes. Additionally when I’ve created a new character to try and fix the problem, adding one custom spell to the character adds all of them, and then SpellsList5e crashes again. Seems unintentional, and I’ll update this review when it’s fixed, which I imagine will be soon. Thanks!

SpellsList5e has a lot of spells from different sources which is very helpful. It allows to filter the spells by level, class, casting type, source, and other specifications. It also allows to search in the description of a spell, a feature I find highly useful and appreciate. SpellsList5e is very versatile which is why I use it weekly in my sessions or when I‘m preparing a character. It also has the option to enter the spell save dc and the spell casting modifier.
There are two features I’d love to see in a future update: Firstly, instead of searching spells that are on a certain list, it would sometimes be more useful to get the inverted result, i.e. all spells that are not on a certain list. For example, I‘d like a list of all third level spells not on the Bard‘s spell list (for the Magic Secrets feature).
Secondly, it would be useful to filter by damage type.

I love SpellsList5e to death, it lets me spend ingame time actually playing the game rather than hunting through rulebooks and homebrew google docs for the spell I’m looking for.
If there are a few things that could be changed, I would love to see the ability to add new classes. My group plays with an extended list of 17 classes as opposed to the standard 12 that 5th edition has. If I’m playing one of those, I have to have a physical spell list in front of me and hunt through docs and rulebooks. I also wish that you could search through custom books much like you can for the PHB and such. If these changes got made, it would make my life a whole ton easier. Thank you

This is excellent! I especially love the updates, search, and more. I also use the custom feature to add all sorts of abilities for easy reference. For example, I made a custom “spell” for my arcane trickster to add the text to Mage Hand Ledgermain. I also make “9th level spells” and use them to add in the text for various items and racial abilities to reference later, like the exact wording on a bag of holding.

So my one major feature request would be to add “items” and abilities, or at least a custom field for these, so I don’t have to keep labeling them as-if 9th level spells.

But as it is, it is totally worth a few bucks. Now all I need to bring to my games is my 1 page double sided paper character sheet and SpellsList5e. Thanks!

This is a great spellbook. You don't have to spend 10 minutes leafing through the book, and the descriptions of the spells are very accurate and helpful. Not to mention, I don't have to drop 50 bucks on all the other books just too see these spells. The fact that you can save characters to add spells to is nice, but I have a suggestion. It would be cool if you could automatically level up your character and the spell slots are automatic. Also metamagic and stuff like that. No problems! 10/10 I recommend SpellsList5e for anyone who doesn't want to go to the trouble to write down spell descriptions on the back of their spellcasting sheet or even just memorize them. But honestly, respect to anyone who literally just memorizes their entire character sheet. Long review, oof.

I personally play a lot of magical characters. I bought all the spell cards but I often run out because I play more than character of a certain class. It takes time to find the spell in the PHB and its hard to keep track of prepared spells with cards. SpellsList5e solves all of these problems! I can keep track of prepared spells and I don’t run out of spell cards. The one issue I had is when I purchased the infinite character “upgrade” (or whatever you call it) it didn’t go through. I tried it again and it gave me the popup saying I had already bought it and had a purchase again button. I pressed it and it worked. I don’t know whats up with that but it wasn’t a big problem and other than that SpellsList5e is fantastic! I’d recommend it to anyone who has trouble keeping track of spells.

I use SpellsList5e HEAVILY both as a dm to quickly check spell details and as a player to search for spells in my levels and classes. The filter feature makes this extremely easy, and both me and my players have used the character part to keep track of spells known and cast. This is literally the very first thing I recommend to anyone who wants to play a magic class!

Finally, and this is huge: it has ALL of D&D 5E spells, not just PhB! It even includes smaller books like the new Fizban's and the older Wildemount book. Simply put, this is the best D&D spells app I have ever used in every way. Sorry for almost fanboying on it-- I'm not trying to make the review sound suspicious, I've just been looking for a good spells app for a while and this literally could *not* be more perfect.

This is easily the best app I’ve found for keeping track of spells in 5e. It’s updated often, including when new spells are released in official books, it has so many filters for searching for the right kind of spells, and it’s even easy to add homebrew/3rd party publisher spells as well. Not to mention the fact that nearly all of its features are free, and the few extra features that require a purchase are cheap and only a one time payment. I’ve found it incredibly invaluable as a player, a DM, and a homebrew content creator.
The only thing I wish it had at this point is a filter for just looking through spells that require a material component with a gp cost or is consumed by the spell, since that can’t be negated by a casting focus or pouch. But beyond this one little thing, SpellsList5e is fantastic. I highly recommend it.

SpellsList5e is super helpful for when I use spells I don’t normals use and for keeping up with spell slots. I’ve recommended it to some friends and I would strongly recommend it to anyone else. My only problem is that it is missing spell from (At this time) some of the newer releases like fizbans and strixhaven (The latter may have been released a couple days ago though) but over all there are over 500 spells in SpellsList5e and each spell is from the book, the only addition being the book it is from, what classes and subclasses can use it, and if it is given through backgrounds