PF Battle App Reviews

It was released yesterday and I purchased it right away because the PFRPG app was so well done. I ran two encounters out of it last night and it was very useful but.....no way to customize the monsters meant I still had to pull out the books for my gargantuan dire bat CR 8. Everything else from hp and initiative tracking to basic monster info and their special attacks and feats was very useful. The app is worth buying if your a GM.

This app is great, quick, and intuitive to use. However, for most of my games I need the ability to be able to create custom creatures. Any chance we could add that as a feature?

I never leave reviews, but this app I amazing. Ran a flawless session with this app: melee, ranged, saving throws, crits, damage, healing, spells, special attacks! It does it all. I love it! One bug though, if you have a group of one type and then edit it later, it doesnt account for the 5 kobolds youve already added. For example, youd have kobolds 1-5 and then Kobolds 1-3. It gets confusing. Other than that, awesome job!

Ive bought several of the combat tracker apps in the App Store. This is the best one Ive seen. I only gave four stars because the feature it needs is the ability to add new creatures and modify creatures (add and remove templates and edit abilities) to earn that fifth star. A feature I would very much like to see would be the ability to use the second monitor feature (via Apple VGA dongle or Apple video out dongle) so my players can see the initiative order but NOT see all the creature details and so forth. Several of the battle map apps have this type of feature and its really great. Pulling PC stats from my Hero Lab files (via Dropbox?) would also be another great feature. Thanks for a great app! Keep up the great work.

This is a great app, I love the scrolling as it goes through the initiative order. I would, however, like to see some more customization, especially with the ability to create my own monsters as well as to affect their stats. Creation of monster is far more important. Hopefully this will come in a future update.

I really like how useful this app is.

One note though: the contract devils whip damage is messed up, as it claims to deal only 0 damage. Other than that Ive noticed no problems. Will you be adding other source books in the future? Also a way to distinguish monsters by type (outsider, undead, etc would be nice). Still, all in all a great app.

I like this app. It is just what I want, IF a few improvements were made. I am using it to manage large encounters. My review is intended to help improve it. My recommendation to other gamers reading this is to buy the app and watch for improvements. This is off to a great start. This is extremely useful but it has limitations that leave me still having to swap around to other apps, books, and paper. There are also a few problems. With the new version the app crashed if I tried to open any of my existing battles. Luckily they had already been fought. The init values/order dont update once the app is loaded. I have to move the slider to access the init button and then enter an init manually. This is too time consuming in the middle of a session. I want to just hit a button and get a new init order. It would be very nice if it would total up the XP so that I can see that the total XP equates to a CR that is an appropriate challenge for the APL, as well as give out the XP when the battle is won. I would like to add more informative text to keep notes for the encounter I have planned. I need to mix in NPCs and customized monsters. I would like access to the data files so I can extend the database. I am a programmer with many years of experience so I can work with raw data without requiring input forms. I dont have time to write my own app and this one is on the right track. I hope it evolves to the DM tool it has the potential to be. I would be willing to assist on a voluntary basis in order to have the app I want without writing one myself. One other possible solution is to allow the player character entries to track a bit more info, such as current hit points instead of just kill and ress. This could at least be used to store NPCs and customer monster basic info, though the preference would be to be able to have a fully customizable NPC and monster capability.

Great app! Really moves the game along, biggest thing would be custom npc/monster support then it would be 5 stars for sure!

My first time gm-ing. I have my battles organized better than the last guy who had actual experience.

Works great with standard monsters but I cant create encounters that require enemy NPCs, advanced or modified monsters. Please add this ASAP. (Update: 04FEB2013) Crashes every time I try to load a pre-built encounter/battle. Needs bug fix!!!

I cant imagine running a game now without this app. Does it do everything I need? Yes. Does it do everything I want? No, but it comes really close and the developer actively listens to feedback and provides new features and updates. That is why I am rating this as 5 stars. This is a really cost effective way to speed up combats.

Very nice app although saved battles will eventually crash the program.

Looks great, but would like to and levels of classes into creature template.

I have, sadly, purchased almost every initiative tracking app on the market place. The one I have been using does absolutely everything I want it to do, but it does it very slowly and it crashes a bit too often. Then I have to reload and lose progress from my encounter. This newer app does a lot, and it does it very quickly. But there are a couple of things it cant currently do, that are currently preventing it from being my go to app. What this app does right: This app is quick and intuitive. There is very little loading to worry about and I am able to switch back and forth between this and PFRPG rd with ease. Everything is well tracked and presented neatly and efficiently. Attacks, saves, and other rolls,can be autorolled and rerolled. I cant stree enough here how nice the presentation is and how quick the navigation is. Room for improvement: No option for monster customization what so ever. I can not create custom NPCs, not even as a place holder with a short description. The expended OGL Pathfinder monsters and NPCs are not currently in the database. Also, I can not delete and add monsters from encounters on the fly, but rather have to back out and edit the encounter. If these issues are remedied in future updates this WILL be my go to combat app.

Would be an absolutely amazing app, it just needs a bit customization in both the creatures, and the players.

This app would be perfect if it let you add more player character stats and create custom monsters. Also it would be nice to be able to rearrange the order of battles and characters that you have already entered into the app. Aside from those things, the app works really well. Worth the money.

This app is by far the best initiative tracker I have ever used. It not only functions as a combat tracker, but also as a fully functioning bestiary. The only thing it needs is either the ability to create and manage your own monsters or an update to add the NPC Codex to the app. I love using human enemies, and this app sadly doesnt include that. Despite that, I would absolutely recommend this app to every DM who is tired of messing with the clunky interfaces of other apps.

Fantastic App. Really needs NPC/Monster customization. Need to be able to remove dead monsters from initiative order. Need hold and drag to adjust initiative order. I really like this app.

Would have given five stars if I can create NPCs