Spell DB App for Android

[Tim Schneider 908]

Hey all,

I've made a new Spell Database application for 2nd Edition Pathfinder. Just a little app to search spells & also has a few quick reference sheets for conditions, traits, monster abilities & other things you need at hand GM'ing. Also has a bookmarking feature so you can manage multiple bookmarked spell lists - good for tracking your spells available on different characters or just flagging a spell you're interested in returning to as you're browsing.

The app is available on the Google Play Store for Android. 100% free, no ads, just spells! Made it for my own use, figured I should share.

Big thanks to Archives of Nethys who did most the hard work digitizing all this data. I did some of my own data entry & cleanup, but there's no way I'd have made this app without being able to piggy-back their hard work by pulling some of the spell data from their site!

And also an obvious thanks to Paizo who actually owns all the data & their use of the OGL that lets community content like this exist! I hope this is both in the letter and spirit of your OGL :D

PS: App is open source, so if anyone's curious you can hit it up at the GitHub Repo.
PPS: Working on an offline usable browser version currently to handle iPhones & desktop use. Have shared it with my local group, one issue left to clean up so this shouldn't be too far behind.

[Jandronicos]

Can confirm, it is useful to be able to pull up those quick references and spells easily.

[Azurespark]

Awesome, thanks.

[WatersLethe]

Just downloaded it. It's really fast and snappy. The bookmark lists are an easy way to setup indivual spellbooks. Good sorting options.

Overall I think this is pretty close to ideal.

[MaxAstro]

Oh, WOW.

This app is amazing. It's a spell reference and an entire GM screen all in one place. Thank you so much! This is going to make running 2e so much easier!

[DM Livgin]

Looks good. I'll be giving it a try with a Demon's spells all in one bookmark later.

I couldn't find it by searching in the the store, I had to follow your link.

[Cellion]

Fantastic! Very clean and very fast.

[sadie]

Very nice.

[YogoZuno]

For those of us not browsing the forums on their phones, what is the exact name of the app?

And thanks, great work.

[gilaxus]

Jaw dropping, huge help getting my group interested in trying the new edition. Thank you!

[Tim Schneider 908]

Exact name of app is "Pathfinder 2E Spell DB".

It's starting to show up on searches now. Couldn't find it myself in the store even searching by it's name when I first announced it. I think that's cause I announced it quite quickly after Google approved it to go live & their store takes a while to catch up.

[sadie]

Is there any chance of a dark mode?

[Gaulin]

I love the app very much. Not to be unappreciative but are you going to keep adding to it or fleshing it out more? Especially the quick reference section

[bigtuffal]

Dude great job!

[Tim Schneider 908]

Yeah, I'm going to keep maintaining it going forward & fleshing it out. Currently have a few things on my list based on some reddit feedback (Mostly around a few minor issues & some formatting and search features).

Dark mode is a possibility - mostly just a UX thing of fitting in a toggle in for it... possibly in an options screen somewhere.

The next big thing I'm considering trying to find a nice way to track is Vancian casting prep. Main thing stopping me there is I don't want to clutter the UI for spell browsing. Thinking of having it only when viewing a bookmark list flagged for Vancian casting or something.

Quick reference wise I'll likely expand a few PFS lists from the new guides (Like the start of scenario school item availability). Don't want to over-fill it to the point it's not a quick reference so much as a rules catalog, so I'm trying to make sure it's something people actually need to quickly reference in game before I put it in :)

[gwynfrid]

A superb job. Thank you!

[Psi51]

Great job.

[Tim Schneider 908]

New version has just gone out fixing up some of the feedback I've gotten so far:
- Fixed a bug where Basic saving throws weren't showing
- Fixed an issue where cantrips are getting mixed in with level 1 spells when sorted by level.
- Added Earn Income quick reference - seems like it'll come up at the end of every PFS game.
- Allowed searching by duration of spell
- Allowed sorting by number of actions
- Improved the formatting of polymorph and morph spells to more closely reflect the formatting in the rulebook.

Also I've published on a website URL which supports offline mode to allow iPhone/iPad & desktop users to use the app too: https://fyjham-ts.github.io/Pathfinder-2E-Spell-DB/

Thanks all for the very positive & useful feedback that helped me find the above issues to fix :D

Known data issue to fix next release: Spells with afflictions haven't got full detail recorded- Abyssal Plague, Goblin Pox, Purple Worm Sting & Ghoulish Cravings. Will be fixing those next update.