The tap-to-play campaign companion for 5th Edition
The questions people ask most, answered straight. If yours is not here, send it to us.
Yes. Everything starts with someone picking up a real piece and touching it to a phone. The rest of the app, from HP tracking to the Campaign Chronicle, is built around that moment, which is why TokenTap5e is made for groups playing in person.
A QR code needs a camera, good light and a steady hand, and it is printed on the outside where anyone can see it. An NFC tag is sealed inside the token. You touch the token to the phone and it opens, even in a dim room. The tag has no battery and never needs charging. It is write-protected before it ships, so it can't be rewritten. What a tap shows is up to your DM, set in the DM Portal.
Most phones made in the last several years. Any iPhone XS, XR or newer reads tokens with the screen unlocked. An iPhone 7, 8 or X can read them through the NFC Tag Reader in Control Center. Most Android phones support NFC, though it may need turning on in Settings. A good rule of thumb: if your phone can pay at a card reader, it can read a token.
Almost every missed tap comes down to where the phone's reader sits, a thick or metal backed case, or metal between the phone and the token. The setup guide shows where to tap on common phones and walks through the fixes. If a token still will not read, email support@tokentap5e.com and we will replace the TokenTab.
Yes, with no limit. Reassign a token in the DM Portal and the next tap shows whatever it holds now. To change the label, press the hang tab to pop the TokenTab out of the housing, wipe the face and write the new name in dry erase marker.
No. A tap opens a page in your phone's browser, and the DM and Player Portals run in the browser too. There is nothing to install and nothing to update.
Yes. A tap loads the token's page from our servers, so each phone needs mobile data or Wi-Fi. The pages are small and load quickly on a normal connection.
Not really. TokenTap5e is made for a group sitting around the same table with real pieces in front of them. There is no virtual tabletop and no digital stand in for the tokens.
Both editions of the core rules. Each campaign runs on D&D 5e (2014) or the 2024 rules, and the DM picks which. On DM Pro you can also turn on Level Up Advanced 5e: Monstrous Menagerie from EN Publishing, and Tome of Beasts 1 to 3, Creature Codex and Vault of Magic from Kobold Press, each as its own toggle per campaign.
No, and it is not trying to. Plenty of players keep their character sheet where it already lives. TokenTap5e covers what a sheet cannot: the item on the table, the enemy under the miniature, and the story of the campaign.
No. Anyone can tap a token and see what the DM has revealed. A free player account adds a character, a journal, session history and the party's codex. Player Pro adds the full sheet, HP, death saves, spell slots and the combat drawer. If the DM is on the Party Plan, every player gets Player Pro included.
DM Free and Player Free cost nothing. DM Pro is $2.99 a month, Player Pro is $1.99 a month, and the Party Plan is $9.99 a month for DM Pro plus Player Pro for the whole party. New accounts can start a 30 day DM Pro trial. The plans section compares every feature.
It stays up. A Chronicle is the record of something your table already did, and we do not take it down when a subscription ends. Anyone with the link can still read it.
The Core and Expansion Packs will be sold through the Reforged & Refined shop on Etsy, opening soon, with free shipping in the US. The app is live now, so you can set up a campaign today. Start with the Core Pack: sixteen item tokens across every rarity and sixteen coins, enough for a party of up to four. The Expansion Pack adds sixteen more tokens and a dice set, and it needs the Core Pack's coins to be a full kit. The packs contain small parts and are meant for ages 14 and up.
Yes, with one exception that you control. Campaign details, notes and journal drafts stay inside your account and your party. The Campaign Chronicle is shared by link: we never list it or make it searchable, but anyone holding the link can read it, so write it as if it were public. The privacy policy has the details.