Hero Lab Reviews

Good but little content

Hahahshahhh

I like the computer hero lab and use it a lot but the app doesn’t support 3.5 very disappointing

Pretty good, but not as feature rich as the desktop app

Azhrei_FJE

If you already own Hero Lab for the desktop, the iPad app is free so it's a no-brainer to at least try it out. But there's no way I'd pay the desktop price just for this app. Hero Lab on the desktop has some problems: no way to seize the font, misleading menu options, confusing output format options, and more. But for all of its problems, it's easily the best character management tool for Pathfinder games. The iPad version has similar nagging issues: no way to see the total value of all gear, no dice roller (!), no automatic flagging of critical hits or fumbles and no support for automatically rolling confirmation rolls when a critical threat occurs, and more. But for all of the issues, it's very nice that the full desktop source support is available in the iPad app. The dev team tries to stay on top of bugs and features, but with Hero Lab Online coming out soon, they are stretched thin. I'm hoping the iPad app doesn't become the red-headed stepchild while they focus everything on HLO; time will tell. I use this app all of the time to plan out my leveling up strategies or to play with character builds (the desktop version isn't very standards compliant when it comes to the user interface, so much so that I find it hard to use; for example, none of the text can be copy/pasted!?). Unfortunately, the iPads are relatively low-memory devices and desktop apps tend to be memory hungry (since desktop gaming apps generally don't have to worry about memory usage), but this doesn't translate well to the mobile platforms.

It’s the best.

Philosopher Rogue

And it does have a dice roller built in... For weapons if not spells, some other reviewers seem not to have noticed that.

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Good but little content

Pretty good, but not as feature rich as the desktop app

It’s the best.