PrismScroll Reviews

Limited to 2 characters AND export is a premium feature. If PDF export was free I would consider paying for pro, as strange as that may sound. Instead, I just get the impression that the developers are primarily interested in squeezing as much money as they can out of their users. Sure it's nice that there doesn't seem to be a limit on the number of custom entries you can put in the compendium, but that doesn't do much good if there are only 2 character slots to work with. If there was a character limit but a way to export a sheet without paying for pro, that would telegraph that the devs are trying to make PrismScroll functional for free users. The main functionally of a digital character sheet (IMO) is the ability to make quick changes and then be able to undo them easily. That functionality is worth paying for, but not if I feel like I'm being forced into doing it.

(As an aside, I don't know what the demographics of the dev team or their userbase are, but I have to tell you, Discord is not nearly as universal as you seem to think it is. Promising "additional content" and only actually having it accessible to those with a Discord login of all things is a frankly baffling decision. Not to mention that it's a horrible place to actually store anything long term... I personally don't have any problem with having to manually input what I want, but this system seems like a huge issue to me)

So I downloaded PrismScroll as an alternative to DND Beyond because I didn't wanna buy the membership or the e-books, and was pleasantly surprised; the interface was pretty intuitive, quite aesthetically pleasing, and it gives you all character options for free (as long as you stopped by the discord server to download them)… Until I wanted to make a third character.

You're only allowed to make 2 characters before it makes you either pay $10 (which is still cheap, since its a one-time purchase) or refer 6 people to get 1 more character slot. I’d still recommend PrismScroll , but if you're like me and mostly use online character sheets for the convenience of all your characters in one place, BE READY to spend the $10.

I absolutely love PrismScroll. I’ve been using it for all of my DnD characters since I discovered it. The only thing that I think would make it better is if we were able to share character sheets from device to device without sending a pdf through email. Maybe if there was a free account login that synced our character sheets could be a solution. I suggest this because I’m constantly updating my characters and I don’t like sending myself constant emails to make sure it is saved. If my device got destroyed somehow or a little cousin deleted PrismScroll , then all of my info would be gone.

So overall, if there was a way to sync an account or to share with multiple devices via airdrop or something of that nature, then this will continue to be the superior Dnd app in the store.

I want to first start off by commending the developer and his team for their amazingly beautiful and simple design for their app. Not only is it user friendly and fast, it’s perfect for someone who’s just starting out and has their own copy of the PHB.

However, for those that don’t have a PHB, this might be a little difficult for you to navigate through. And that’s probably my major gripe here. Yet, I completely understand the crazy amount of time it takes to input all this info, and keep it again, simple and concise, to match their wonderful design

The main reason I gave 4Stars was because of how some numbers on the Character Sheet either don’t add up at all, or don’t add up correctly. Example: Hill Dwarves gain +1 HP per level. Clerics have their 1d8 Hit Roll. Just think some of those things should calculate together, but again I 100% understand that some of this might be complex from a programming and developing standpoint.

I’d love for the devs and their team to grow so they could eventually make all their User Editing boxes more automatic. It would be an amazing feat in itself and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for this wonderful app. It’s a sin to give this thing anything less 4Stars!

PrismScroll is really great at letting you create your character sheets! It’s really the best app I’ve found for this kind of thing. It could be a little better with a few minor changes however. When you add a race or a background that isn’t in the provided lists, it doesn’t really let you select that addition right away after it’s saved. I had to start the character sheet over to select my Warforged race or unique background. It’s a minor nitpick, but it got really aggravating after the third time.

Also the option to go to the Discord for other people’s creations only opened my Discord app to an existing page and not to anything Prism related so I think the link might not work.

Again, these are really minor nitpicks on a really good app and I want to stress that it’s really useful! So if you need help designing a character sheet, this can definitely get you most of the way through.

I absolutely LOVE PrismScroll it makes playing so much easier and I can get into the game much quicker. A lot of the features are pretty straight forward and the ones that aren’t take only a little time to understand (at least for me).

That being said some some basic additions would be appreciated (though I understand if it is complicated to add). My first wish would be a way to add a character’s “image” after the completion of said character. I know you can add one before but I don’t always have a picture until later on so that would be nice.

My second wish would be for there to be that little information bubble next to the race/sub race/background choices that have some basic descriptions. I’m not saying the whole description as is seen in the book but just some basic background info so we have more of an idea of the race etc for those who don’t have a any of the books. And when I say “information bubble” I mean like the bubble next to the class options that have just a little blurb about the class

Right now that’s all I can think of but ya, fantastic app and I’ve recommended it and will continue to recommend it to my friends 👍

Edit: I just found the other sheets that allow you to add an image haha I feel silly so scratch that haha

This has become my go to app now for keeping track and creating characters for my dnd campaigns! It has a very friendly UI, you can quickly create characters on the fly and you have all the customization options you need without being cluttered.

My one problem is the subclasses. So far, for all the classes I have chosen to go with, every option has missing subclasses. This is especially disheartening because, the subclasses I wish to use for certain characters are ones that are missing on PrismScroll . For example, the monk class is missing the “Way of Shadow” subclass and the sorcerer class is missing the “Wild Magic” subclass.

If this small inconvenience was fixed in future updates, I would consider paying for the pro version of PrismScroll and ditching old fashion paper characters all together!

I am debating between three and four, but I suppose four works. PrismScroll itself is pretty good. It doesn’t have Warforged, which is a little disappointing, but it has a surprising amount of diversity with races and classes. The one problem I had was that was that the magic page is crap. It was really difficult to navigate, there didn’t seem to be any spell options stored, and keeping track of spells was a pain.
Attacks, weapons, magic items were all fairly good, but the spells I had problems with.

Edit: I went into the discord app and asked my questions, and I got amazing customer service, and I found that my question was answered promptly and helpfully. I no longer have any issues with PrismScroll, and I am grateful to the programmers for such an amazing app.

PrismScroll was the most useful Character creator app I had ever owned. I could hand my phone to a new player and not need to babysit them! It was great having all the tools on my phone and I had a blast with it...but this new update...just wow...opening PrismScroll to red character lines that say locked really put the horror in this update, it was like the DM saying your character is dead but instead of generating a new one, you were asked to leave the game and never come back. I had experienced this pain before when watching Simbas last moments with Mufasa. I just hope, is it possible the other content, once available and now lost, will be re-released again?

I have been using this app for years, I tried many (all that I could find) of the existing character creator apps out there, none truly compare to this app. I also highly recommend the PrismDM app (been using that to run my game for the past year and a half.) I need to give Sam a shoutout as the most responsive developer I’ve ever come in contact with. I’m pretty sure he lives with a shock collar to alert him every time a question is posted on discord. His responses are extremely timely and helpful.

Overall PrismScroll is excellent on both form and function with the ability to create pretty much anything you can think of. There is an active discord that is happy to share feedback and homebrew. Thank you for PrismScroll!!!

This has made it very easy and a lot of fun to make DnD characters. I bought pro and the features are worth it. It’s a little pricey but I thought about how quickly I’d blow the same amount of money some other way, lol. Anyways I love being able to have so much info, but my one gripe is that PrismScroll is not easy to use in game. I would really love to see someday a ‘play mode’, where stats like HP, AC, spell slots, etc. are shown and the saving throws, skill checks, spells, attacks, are in a list where tapping them just rolls them right away for you. While I do love that when you roll it shows the base roll and the additives, I don’t love having to flip through pages and go through a menu every time to roll. Either way, PrismScroll is worth the price though!

I thoroughly enjoy PrismScroll and it is infinitely better than most other apps regarding user friendly UI. It truly caters properly towards new players who have too much confusion about creating a character and what things they can/should choose about characters. I am personally an experienced D&D player so I love PrismScroll and commend the creators for their success. However, I noticed a few possible fixes. First off, I think it would be consistent with the ideals of the Main Sheet if Dragonborn racial resistances were naturally added to the resistances container. I noticed this minor detail when creating a white Dragonborn, but did not see a Cold resistance, of which I simply added one, but a newer player may easily gloss over this and never remember it. Also, I believe Dragonborn breath attacks should be moved from the Features section, or at least added, to the equipment section alongside the weapons. However, that seems a little strange, so maybe even consider creating a Combat section and adding weapons, their attacks, and any sort of possible racial features such as breath attacks, bite attacks, or specialized unarmed strikes depending on the player chosen race

Let me preface by stating that I have not yet played 5e, but I’ve played literally every other edition of D&D, including Hackmaster and Pathfinder. I bought PrismScroll in preparation for joining a game at my local game store.

I like the layout, it’s user friendly and intuitive. The ease of PrismScroll makes up for a good bit of the ambiguity within the players handbook as far as character creation goes. Where I find PrismScroll lacking, however, is in the amount of information that seems to be missing. There are several entries for spells that are in the PHB but not present in PrismScroll . Also, the only background PrismScroll has available is the Acolyte. It does provide a method of manual entry, but that is time consuming and tedious. Would rate 5 stars if it at least had all the traits needed to make a character from the PHB without manual entry.

I wish I would have found PrismScroll sooner! this app really helps with character creation and helps to alleviate some of the complicated concepts (in my opinion) of flipping through the players hand book and trying to memorize what race, class, item statics, that you would need to add this to a certain number... blah blah blah. PrismScroll streamlines it, making it such a faster easier process to get through. It has most of if not all the information you would need right at your fingertips; from spells and what they do, even what is inside an explorers pack. All right there at the swipe of a finger. The developers of PrismScroll are absolute geniuses! They have really put a lot of thought into it and it is greatly appreciated. No more will I sit and wonder if I’m making a character correctly. PrimsScroll is where it’s at!

I’ve just recently gotten back into DnD in the past year after a 20 year hiatus (played 2e) and have had to relearn everything. PrismScroll makes figuring out character creation a breeze. Someone had originally recommended a different app which I tried but I would’ve had to repurchase each book I already owned just to use the content in my characters. With this one, I did the download to get access to everything and I can make characters with all the options I have access to in my physical books. I did the one time purchase for the pro version of PrismScroll and now I can make as many characters as I want. Plus I can even have a downloadable PDF of the character sheet that I can print off and have in front of me when I play. I LOVE PrismScroll. Best resource for players that I’ve found!

Hi! I started using this product and thought the interface was sleek and wonderful, very intuitive and able to be used by everyone (I play with some older players and they were able to understand and use the sheets easily) -- I've found a problem in sending character sheets, though -- when I go to export via email, there is no attatchment, and when I airdrop to others near me there are certain things missing (resistences, skill bonuses, and skill profeciencies are the ones I've noticed). Since you seem so active in responding to comments via reviews, I thought I'd mention it here. The ability to send people character sheets is vital for me in my campaigns, and it would be difficult to have to deal with these problems as the sheets change with levels. Overall wonderful product!

I love PrismScroll. I tried a free character creator first, but the interface was annoying and ugly. I decided to shell out the money for this and gosh, was it worth it! For a pretty new player like me, it’s so helpful that it’s in the same layout as the printed sheets - it means I don’t have to re-learn everything!

The constant improvements really help, and the added spells interface is amazing so far! I’m very pleased with the improvements to character creation and item selection, and the automatic calculations for the weapons you select in character creation.

I’m very interested in the custom content creation, and am specifically hoping more features are added to the background options soon - languages, proficiencies, and inventory, as adding those all manually is a pain and requires me to keep track of them somewhere else. However, it’s not a huge deal, and I love PrismScroll anyway!

While I won’t write anything too elaborate, this honesty is the best app I’ve ever seen or used for DND other then just simple dice rollers, especially because it potentially has access to literally anything and anything officially 5e, and if that’s not enough, you can create your own home brew stuff with enough time and effort.

I will say this though, certain things I do wish had a bit more user friendliness, for instance, most items don’t have descriptions or pictures for them to explain what they are or what they contain. Another issue, is stats. You cap out at 20 and I know that’s the norm, but my dungeon masters house rule is 30 because we do some anime leave fights. Right now I can’t represent that on PrismScroll even though I tried to before hitting finish on the character setup so I’m still going to need to probably print out a sheet and do things the old fashioned way.

Other then the smaller stuff like that, PrismScroll is genuinely amazing and has taught me stuff I didn’t even know existed like lineages and fun kooky builds like the barBearian Druid and I appreciate the cheap price it is to use. It’s a reasonable ask

I’ve been playing 5e for about 2 years and I’ve never needed another tool. PrismScroll is clean and concise, is constantly being updated to keep up with new WoTC releases, and it’s functionality is fantastic. For the casual player who dabbles in home brew, the ability to plug items into your sheets is simple and comprehensive. The character builder is vast and accurate, as well as convenient. I’ve made dozens of characters, NPCs, specialty items, and even monsters on here and they’re all easily accessible, customizable, and simple to browse and interact with. I’m starting a campaign as a dm online and I’ve recommended all my players use PrismScroll for their character sheet instead of the websites integrated character creator.

All in all it’s a well designed and well maintained app made by a stellar part of the community who understands what the player wants and how to give it to them in the most convenient and consistent way possible. And for times that you’ve got specific requests or recommendations, their discord is very active and the developer often does livestream Q&As to help further develop PrismScroll and keep in touch with the community.

As a mobile character manager, this app is an incredible tool. As others have said, it takes a lot of the overhead out of building a character. It’s less like doing math homework and more like… well, creating a game character. PrismScroll gives you what you need to add whatever content you want as well, with a straightforward toolset that makes custom content a breeze. Literally the easiest time I’ve ever had adding content to a character manager. The community surrounding PrismScroll is great, too. Very helpful people, active developer, and super easy to get involved. PrismPro is worth every penny. Easily my favorite TTRPG app I’ve got.