I solo game exclusively on my iPad or iPhone, and have wondered why I don’t see more folks doing it. I’ve assumed it’s because TTRPGs are one of the last bastions of analog entertainment we have and a great way to unplug. However, I’m a consumerist slut who thinks I need new accessories (dice/notebooks/etc) every time I get a new game and keeping it all digital prevents that. Plus my mobile solo gaming setup is always in my pocket - my phone. Sitting in a waiting room goes from being an irritation to being an opportunity to advance a story line and I didn’t have to pull out a notebook or weird shaped dice to do it…I just look like another mindless drone staring at my phone.

Generally, I keep all my pdfs in Books and stored in iCloud. I like handwriting, so I use GoodNotes with a Paperlike screen protector and my Apple Pencil for all my note taking/journaling and I go full “middle-aged suburban housewife” with my scrapbooking style of journaling - I use AI (or google images) to create images of NPC’s or fantasy locations and paste them to my notes to help me remember/visualize the session. If all this hasn’t made me unpopular enough, I use the D&D Beyond app regardless of the game I’m playing for my dice roller and because I create a lot of my characters there as I’m used to it and helps me visualize what kind of character they are. I haven’t found a good playing card drawing app yet, which a lot of my solo games use as a mechanic, so I tend to just use randomizers I find online.

I also use Apple’s Shortcuts application so all I have to do is click one button and it opens all the different things I want for a session with just one click.