GM Friend Alternatives

GM Friend is described as 'A free online hex map maker tool for RPG or DnD hexcrawls and Westmarches style campaigns' and is an website. There are more than 10 alternatives to GM Friend, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Android, Windows, Mac and iPhone apps. The best GM Friend alternative is Mipui, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to GM Friend are Eigengrau's Generator, Dungeon Maker Sketch, Dungeon Map Doodler and Gridmapper.

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A free online hex map maker tool for RPG or DnD hexcrawls and Westmarches style campaigns.

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GM Friend alternatives page was last updated Jun 20, 2020
  1. Mipui icon
     4 likes

    Mipui is an online, grid-based map editor, with focus on simplicity and collaboration - all edits appear in real-time to other viewers.

    36 Mipui alternatives
    Mipui screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Mipui Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  Master Details forms
    3.  Tile and Tile-Map Editing
    4.  Map-Editor
    Mipui iconGM Friend Icon

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    • Mipui is the most popular Web-based alternative to GM Friend.

    • Mipui is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GM Friend.

    • Mipui is Free and Open SourceGM Friend is Free and Proprietary
  2. Eigengrau's Generator icon
     6 likes

    Eigengrau's Essential Establishment Generator is a tabletop procedural generation tool for towns, NPCs and much more. It creates paragraphs of text suitable to be read directly to players during a game.

    17 Eigengrau's Generator alternatives
    Eigengrau's Generator screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Eigengrau's Generator Features

    1.  Full descriptions
    2.  Procedurally generated
    3.  Pathfinder
    Eigengrau's Generator iconGM Friend Icon

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    • Eigengrau's Generator is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to GM Friend.

    • Eigengrau's Generator is Free and Open SourceGM Friend is Free and Proprietary
  3. Dungeon Maker Sketch icon
     1 like

    Make your own maps in a hand drawn style for your favourite tabletop rpg games like Dungeons and Dragons (DnD). Save your time by using this tool to create maps effortlessly instead of drawning them from scratch. You can even export, edit and print them!

    21 Dungeon Maker Sketch alternatives
    Dungeon Maker Sketch screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Dungeon Maker Sketch Features

    1.  Map-Editor
    Dungeon Maker Sketch iconGM Friend Icon

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    • Dungeon Maker Sketch is the most popular Windows alternative to GM Friend.

    • Dungeon Maker Sketch is the most popular commercial alternative to GM Friend.

    • Dungeon Maker Sketch is Paid and ProprietaryGM Friend is Free and Proprietary
  4. Dungeon Map Doodler icon
     2 likes

    Dungeon Map Doodler is a free to use drawing tool accessible from any web browser. Easily create maps for your favourite tabletop RPGs in minutes!.

    15 Dungeon Map Doodler alternatives
    Dungeon Map Doodler screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Dungeon Map Doodler Features

    1.  Map-Editor
    Dungeon Map Doodler iconGM Friend Icon

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  5. Gridmapper icon
     1 like

    A little Javascript/SVG application to create dungeon maps for role-playing games.

    25 Gridmapper alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Online

    Gridmapper Features

    1.  Map-Editor
    Gridmapper iconGM Friend Icon

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  6. donjon.bin.sh icon
     3 likes

    donjon.bin.sh is a freely accessible, online collection of random generators and other tools for pen-and-paper role-playing games. The collection provides a comprehensive range of advanced generators for creating names, demographics, maps, adventures and even entire worlds.

    17 donjon.bin.sh alternatives
    donjon.bin.sh screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    donjon.bin.sh Features

    1.  Web-Based
    donjon.bin.sh iconGM Friend Icon

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  7. DJ's Dungeon Mapper icon
     1 like

    Dungeon Mapper is a map-making tool to easily create grid based maps for your computer games (dungeon-crawler,rpg) in browser and online publishing.

    11 DJ's Dungeon Mapper alternatives
    DJ's Dungeon Mapper screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    DJ's Dungeon Mapper Features

    1.  Map-Editor
    DJ's Dungeon Mapper iconGM Friend Icon

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  8. Tabletop RPG Map editor 2 icon
     1 like

    RPG Map Editor is the new version of ANAmap, an online grid-based map editor for role-playing games with emphasis on simplicity.

    17 Tabletop RPG Map editor 2 alternatives
    Tabletop RPG Map editor 2 screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Tabletop RPG Map editor 2 Features

    1.  Pixel graphics
    2.  Map-Editor
    Tabletop RPG Map editor 2 iconGM Friend Icon

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  9. Hextml icon
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    Hextml is a web-based map maker and campaign manager. It uses the best of HTML5 to let you make beautiful hexagonal maps. Maps can be linked together with submaps to design some location with more details. Custom tiles can be imported into the software.

    18 Hextml alternatives
    Hextml screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Hextml Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  Map-Editor
    3.  Online collaboration
    Hextml iconGM Friend Icon

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  10. Dungeon Sketch icon
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    Dungeon Sketch is a lo-fi tactical combat map for tabletop roleplaying games such as Dungeons and Dragons. This is meant to replace the whiteboard or graph paper that sits in the middle of a gaming table.

    28 Dungeon Sketch alternatives
    Dungeon Sketch screenshot 1
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    Dungeon Sketch screenshot 3

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Android

    Dungeon Sketch Features

    1.  Map-Editor
    Discontinued

    No longer available on the play store. Latest commit 3fba6a9 on Apr 15, 2015: https://github.com/timbocek/DungeonSketch

    Dungeon Sketch iconGM Friend Icon

    Dungeon Sketch VS GM Friend

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    • Dungeon Sketch is the most popular Android alternative to GM Friend.

    • Dungeon Sketch is Free and Open SourceGM Friend is Free and Proprietary
  11. Ye Olde Map Maker icon
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    Throw away that graph paper, Ye Olde Map Maker is the way to creating quick and easy maps for your RPG adventures. Design and print RPG game maps on any device with thousands of maps instantly available for your use. An incredible resource for your next campaign!

    23 Ye Olde Map Maker alternatives
    Ye Olde Map Maker screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone

    Ye Olde Map Maker Features

    1.  Map-Editor
    Ye Olde Map Maker iconGM Friend Icon

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    • Ye Olde Map Maker is the most popular iPhone alternative to GM Friend.

    • Ye Olde Map Maker is Paid and ProprietaryGM Friend is Free and Proprietary
  12. PaperDungeonMaker icon
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    PaperDungeonMaker is a simple, free online tool to randomly generate tiled, dungeon maps for use with tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons.

    21 PaperDungeonMaker alternatives
    PaperDungeonMaker screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    PaperDungeonMaker iconGM Friend Icon

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