D&D Spellbook 5e 9+

Great app, for a free resource it is far and away better than most paid ones

I have begun using this app as a major planning and playing tool for my 5e games, its almost perfect, definitely far better than i had hoped, however, there are a few things i would love to see improved to fully earn that 5th star:
1. Allow users to create custom spell entries, and even label where they come from if needed for 3rd party sources.
2. Allow for more tags on spells, only having “known” “prepared” and “favorite” simply is not enough, although it is a great start.
3. Label if a spell is gainable from subclasses, feats, races, magic items, or other non-base class lists. Such sources are hard to look up, but really can be helpful to know.
4. allow notes to be made on a spell, often its nice to mark down DM rulings, notes on good uses, calculations, or extra features or clarifications.
5. A self setable (can choose how many slots it has) spell slot counter would be really useful. Possibly with a fill in table for what casting bonuses you have for a given class or what you get back on a given rest.
6. A way to designate an image, gif, or video for a spell.
7. An in-app way to post suggestions or glitch reports.
8. A way to add a grid (square and hex) for spacial illustration.

I know, lot to ask saying these all at once, but they really are my only improvement ideas. And if it had these then it would be worth more than most paid apps out there

Very useful!

I’ve been playing since 1979 and have had a variety of ways to keep track of spells, many hand-written. But at my advanced age, I can no longer write all that neatly and without hand pain.

This app is what I’ve been looking for. Tons of spells listed. I can filter by levels, class, and other things. I took a while to just explore and figure out how it works. It wasn’t too hard.

I use an iPad and if I turn it to portrait the image is large enough for me to see well with my difficult eye-sight.

I agree with another reviewer that space to add notes would be useful. The only other comment I have is that it doesn’t look like there is a way to save (or lock) my selections so I don’t accidentally delete things.

Developer Response ,

Hi Aradia, thanks for the review! I'm glad to hear this this is making your playing easier.

Notes are a great idea - homebrew spells are next on my to-do list (that's the most popular request that I get), but I can add notes after that. The ability to lock selections (or at least turn off autosaving) is interesting - I'll think about a good way to do that as well.

Highly recommended

So, I’ve downloaded about 8 different DnD Spellbook apps and this is the best I’ve found. Most other apps charge up front, charge a subscription fee, or charge for expanded content.

This one is completely free and includes all updated spell lists (including XGE and TCE) so you have easy access to all spells you can use. You can create your own spell lists for different characters based on spells you have prepared or spells you know.

You can also filter your spells by level/class/range/etc. Super useful when you level up your Druid and wanna know quickly what spells you can now use.