AI Game Master vs Friends & Fables: Plan & Feature Comparison

12/4/2025By Friends & Fables

AI RPGs are all over the place right now, and they all lean in slightly different directions. AI Game Master and Friends & Fables both give you an AI game master, character sheets and leveling, but one is built as a mobile, story-first text adventure, and the other is built as a full 5e-style tabletop with maps, tokens, and rules. This article lines up their plans and core features so you can quickly see which one matches how you like to play best.

Free Tiers and Entry Plans

AI Game Master Pricing (as of late 2025)

(Plans from the official pricing page; prices are in USD and may vary by region.)

Beginner – Free
- 5 free tokens every 4 hours; tokens are spent when the AI takes a turn or generates images.
- Up to 5 active story slots.
- Access to the core text adventure, basic themes, and progression system.
Explorer – $15/month
- 500 tokens each month.
- Premium themes, 6 story slots, and discounts on revivals/sequels.
Enthusiast – $25/month
- 1,000 tokens each month.
- Premium themes, 10 story slots, and free revivals/sequels.
Game Master – $25/month (marked “Best Value”)
- Unlimited tokens per month (with normal fair-use limits).
- Premium themes, unlimited stories, and VIP perks like early access and priority support.

AI Game Master’s plans are very token-driven: you’re basically choosing how many AI responses and images you want per month, with the Game Master tier removing that ceiling entirely.

Friends & Fables Pricing (as of late 2025)

If you're interested in checking out any of the subscription tiers to Friends & Fables, go ahead and click the link below:

Friends & Fables Pricing Guide

Free – $0/month
- Between 5-25 AI turns per day (Franz’s responses).
- Long-term memories, unlimited campaign slots, and access to all public and featured worlds.
- Up to 3-player campaigns, plus basic customization options.
Starter – $19.95/month ($16.63/month with a yearly subscription)
- Unlimited turns.
- Text-to-speech narration, 4-player campaigns, larger custom block size, and 100 bonus monthly credits.
Pro – $29.95/month ($24.96/month with a yearly subscription)
- Unlimited turns for up to 5-player campaigns.
- Larger custom blocks and 300 bonus monthly credits.
Legend – $39.95/month ($33.29/month with a yearly subscription)
- Unlimited turns for up to 6-player campaigns.
- Biggest custom block size and 600 bonus monthly credits.

Credits in Friends & Fables are used for premium narration models (like higher-end story AIs) and premium image generation in the Image Studio, while the base AI GM and free world-building tools remain available without extra cost.

Feature & Focus Comparison

High-level feature comparison for AI Game Master vs Friends & Fables:

Features & Focus	AI Game Master	Friends & Fables
Text-based AI roleplay and story chat	✅	✅
Message-metered free tier	✅	✅
Built-in image generation and regenerations	✅	✅
5e-style rules	❌*	✅
AI Game Master that tracks HP, inventory, and conditions automatically	✅	✅
Character sheets	✅	✅
Turn-based combat system	✅	✅
Tokens & battlemaps with in-game movement / location tracking	❌	✅
Chat-based virtual tabletop (world maps, quests, NPCs, items, sheets)	❌	✅
Dedicated AI world-building suite (chars, monsters, items, spells, locations)	❌	✅
World-building tools free to use with no ads	❌	✅
Long-term lore system (lore pages / notes that the AI reads during play)	❌	✅
Monthly credit system for premium narration and images	❌**	✅

*Uses its own lightweight trait + free-text combat system rather than D&D 5e mechanics.

**Tokens are the main play currency, not an extra layer for premium models.

At a glance, AI Game Master covers the essentials for a solo or small-group text RPG on mobile: AI GM, leveling, free-text combat, and visual flair. Friends & Fables stretches further toward being a full tabletop platform: AI Game Master + virtual tabletop + a deep, free world-building suite and lore system that Franz reads during play.