SessionKeeper: Smart D&D Notes

TLDR; this app helps with DM prep, player engagement, and has great customer service. Get it! I stumbled on this app while looking for something else, and I’ve never been happier for an accidental find. I run 2 games and it can be really hard to keep track of stories and all the bits and pieces that pop up. The session summaries and threads list are so helpful to review when prepping the next game, the suggestions given in the DM email are helping me run my games better, and my players are loving the summaries and awards they get after every game. My one game is a group of preteens playing, and the parents are even enjoying getting to read about their kids’ game. Lastly, the customer service is impeccable. I had an issue with my account that even I didn’t realize and the developer reached out to me and showed me how to fix it. So excited to keep using this!

First of all top of the line customer service. I personally have talked many times with ideas and suggestions and if there is ever a hiccup they first the problem ASAP. As for the functionality of this app it is amazing. The use of AI to generate recaps, make portraits, assign achievements, and design wiki’s is amazing. Also the AI podcast makes me feel as a DM like I am actually running a professional game. My players are so much more engaged now because they can’t wait to see what is said about their characters in the podcast. The achievements alone generate more excitement than I have ever seen from my players. So in conclusion do yourself a favor and get this app your players will thank you.

This is an early review. I have used SessionKeeper twice so far. I used the trial / demo during a one-shot and once again during the session 0 of our Daggerheart campaign. I was impressed with how it picked up and summarized the chaotic brainstorming that we did during our session. Because the first session gives you the top tier features for free, the podcast summary was very intriguing and offered some extra view points and observations that I don’t not see originally. The automatic creation of the wiki was something as a GM will very much take advantage for my own notes. The app is not without flaws though. It is still early in its release so it is expected. One player could not claim his profile. It was fixed by deleting the profile and having them start the process over again. Unfortunately it does not recognize Daggerheart ancestry and class names and comes up with weird misinterpretations of some of the words. For example the Fungril ancestry comes up as Fun-girl and thinks one of the player is a “Fun-girl”. A manual edit fixed this. But it does require some proofreading. Overall I am impressed but like I said this is an early review. I may change my review as I use SessionKeeper more.