D&D Beyond Reader Software

Overall I enjoy this app very much. It allows me to run no prep sessions faster than with my physical modules. An issue I had (which I kept below)was fixed, so I am now rating this app 5 stars. Great work App team! Issue that was fixed when I rated the app 3 stars. (There is a frustrating bug when viewing monsters or magic items. I’m able to view one or two different monsters or items, after that everything else I try to view is blank, I have to close and re open the app to make it work again. If that gets fixed I’ll rate this app 5 stars.)

This has been a life saver when I need to check rules, spells, or search for content. Great stuff. Three things would make this app better: 1. Speedier-feeling search It just feels a little clunky sometimes. The relevancy ranking could be improved, and it could be faster, or at least feel faster. We’re used to a Google-style search, and when it’s all local it seems like it could be a better algorithm or display its results in a way that makes it feel faster. 2. Reordering of content When I view my compendium I’m there to read, not shop, 98% of the time. So put the stuff I’ve bought at the top where I can rearrange it, create a lined divider below it, and then display whatever you think I’d most like to buy below that. Feature new stuff. 3. Better descriptions so I buy your stuff I don’t know what most of the content you’re selling is unless I leave the app and search your website. Tell me all about it, Tex. More than a sentence, please. Heck, imbed a video with an impassioned nerd telling me about how THIS campaign has Laser Bearsharks with complex politics. I’ll probably buy it now. Because I know what it is. Anyway, good job getting your books on my iPad. Improve it and sell me more stuff, please.

Semi new to dnd this has been a phenomenal resource. Having access to the books at any given time without having to carry 20 textbooks is very convenient. I hope this app start to add more capabilities and tools from the website. An issue I’ve been running into are the books get stuck on a page. When you press go back it takes you to the compendium instead of your current book. Then if you press the book it takes you back to the stuck page. Closing and opening the app doesn’t help (using iPad Pro 11 inch)