Turn Tracker is a no-frills initiative tracking aid for role playing games like Pathfinder (1e or 2e), Starfinder, D&D (5e or any previous edition) or Shadowrun.
Get rid of pencil and paper, your magnetic board or whiteboard, and start dragging tiles for players and NPCs on the grid.
Rolling initiative, changing the turn order and starting new encounters is all a matter of seconds.
The app fully supports:
- all device orientations
- dark mode
- slide-over
- multitasking
- hardware keyboards
The grid fully adapts to the available screen size. This means that rotating the device changes the range of available initiative values. Tiles automatically move to the nearest possible new value, and remember their original initiative value (it is also displayed in the upper right corner).
With slide-over and multitasking support, you can run other apps side-by-side or on top of Turn Tracker. No app switching needed just because you need to look something up in a PDF or on the web!
Dragging tiles to the top edge of the screen temporarily removes them from display. Tap the tray icon to re-add them later. NPCs dragged here are removed from play when you tap start a new encounter.
This is how it looks:
Controls around the board
There are 6 controls around the board. Here’s what they do:
+ (top right)
This adds a new NPC to the board. NPCs are usually added in the top-right slot, in order to be quickly accessible after adding. When “Auto-roll Initiative” is turned on in the app’s settings, the NPC will appear in its newly rolled Initiative slot.
To create a new PC, tap on an NPC, choose edit and change the type to PC.
Settings (bottom right)
Opens the app settings. Dismiss via “Done” or slide-down.
Next (bottom center)
Moves the “active” marker to the next tile. Tap and hold this button to move the “active” marker to the previous tile.
Shuffle (bottom left)
Roll initative for all tiles, just the PCs, or just the NPCs.
Tray (top left)
Re-adds inactive tiles to the board. Tiles are always added in the top-left slot, in order to be quickly accessible after re-adding.
“Campaign” (top center)
Edit the campaign’s name.
Keyboard control
If you have a hardware keyboard connected to your iPad, you can use it to control parts of the app.
- Left Arrow: moves the active marker to the previous tile (Same as holding “Next”)
- Right Arrow: moves the active marker to the next tile (Same as tapping “Next”)
- +: adds a new NPC, same as tapping the “+” Button
- ⌘-E: edit the currently active tile. Same as tapping on it and selecting “Edit”
- ⌘-R: resets the board for the next encounter. Remove all NPCs, move all PCs to the highest initiative. Same as tapping “Reset” in the popup of the “Next” button
- ⌘-S: cycles through the 3 available status values on the active tile: normal, ready and delay.
Hold the ⌘ (Command) key to show a list of all available shortcuts.
Turn Tracker Premium
Turn Tracker is a free app with an upgrade to a premium version. This upgrade unlocks the following features:- You can run multiple campaigns and easily switch between them
- The limit of 10 tiles (5 PCs + 5 NPCs) is removed - your encounters can have an unlimited number of participants
- The optional "Delay Zone" feature becomes available. Use this to quickly toggle players to/from "Ready" to "Delay", and have a clear visual indication of who hasn't acted yet.
- A warm fuzzy feeling, since you're supporting an indie developer. 🙂
Privacy Policy
Turn Tracker does not collect or store any personally identifiable information. All names and other data entered into the app remain on the device and are never sent elsewhere. The app uses anonymous usage and crash reporting from Sentry. Read Sentry's privacy policy for more information.