Comparison

IITC vs Intel Stack

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

IITC

Enhance your Ingress intel map experience with this powerful tool. It offers a faster, more feature-rich alternative to the standard intel map, providing advanced functionalities for gameplay.

Highlights
  • Faster intel map loading
  • Expanded feature set
  • Customizable map overlays
  • Improved performance
  • Enhanced gameplay tools
Features
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IITC is a browser add-on that modifies the Ingress intel map. It is faster than the standard site, and offers many more features.

About

Intel Stack

Manage IITC-CE scripts and plugins natively within Safari. Update scripts from various channels, load external scripts, and add plugins from URLs or source code. Includes specific fixes for Safari.

Highlights
  • Native script and plugin management
  • Update scripts from release/beta
  • Load external scripts from folder
  • Add plugins from URL/source
  • Safari-specific fixes
  • Open source project
Features
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Intel Stack is an IITC-CE script and plugins manager designed for Safari. Features - Full-featured native app to manage script and plugins - Update scripts from release or beta channel - Load external scripts from selected folder - Add external plugin from URL and source code - Additional fixes for Safari Intel Stack is an open source project, fell free to make some contributions! GitHub repository: https://github.com/lucka-me/intel-stack Intel Stack is NOT officially affiliated with Ingress, Niantic Labs or IITC-CE.

Screenshots

IITC4 screens
Intel Stack3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Intel Stack at 5.0 against IITC's 3.6. Intel Stack also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). IITC's advantage is ratings volume (70 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. IITC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Intel Stack asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Intel Stack holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IITC has 70 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IITC ships an update every 3 months, Intel Stack monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
IITC versus Intel Stack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIITCIntel Stack
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (70 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings70 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYangkun Zhang劼 赵

Customer experience

IITC

All ratings70 ratings
Positive58.6%
Neutral12.9%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive28.9%
Neutral19.0%
Negative52.1%

Intel Stack

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

IITC

Reported bugs

92 issues
  • Login issues
  • App doesn't let users in
  • Bugged and needs fixing
  • Login doesn't work
  • Double-tap zoom no longer works
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  • User scripts do not work
  • Machina portals not differentiated
  • Search function not working correctly
  • App not functioning
  • Blank screen on login
  • Login through Google goes to blank screen
  • Old version worked fine
  • App says unavailable
  • Maps littered with Machina portals
  • User scripts do not work
  • iPadOS 16 doesn’t show portals, links, fields
  • Incorrectly display all links
  • Not rendering portals, links, or fields on iPad
  • Cannot see portals, links, and fields
  • Suddenly stopped being able to log in through Facebook
  • App freezes and becomes unresponsive
  • Blank screen, cannot sign in
  • Blank screen and cannot log in to Google
  • Issues with CE release for Apple devices
  • Fields aren’t drawn
  • Cannot turn off comm view
  • Comm overlay prevents viewing portal info
  • Doesn’t confirm to install user scripts
  • Clicking 'info' makes everything disappear
  • Latest update messed up map view
  • Map view seems to be in desktop mode
  • Desktop view is on all the time
  • Cannot turn off desktop view in settings
  • Draw tools and cross links plugin not working
  • Link maker pops up but nothing happens
  • Cannot see if links are blocking planned field
  • Google changed authentication methods
  • Intel for Ingress automatically fails
  • Google removed support for authentication method
  • Details of portals inaccessible
  • Google login failure
  • App needs to be recompiled with latest Auth versions
  • ERROR 403 when trying to login with Google
  • Login issues after updates
  • Error: disallowed_useragent
  • Google sign-in not supported inside the app
  • Google login not working
  • 403 error on Google login
  • Draw tools not showing on maps
  • Cannot move tables around
  • Problem loading map tiles
  • Map tiles not working
  • Vector layer floating on grey-blue sea
  • App mostly un-usable after iOS updates
  • Intel updates pause and freeze display
  • COMM chat overlays map and can’t be cleared
  • Panning can freeze the app
  • Draw Tools Export Doesn’t Work on iPhone X
  • Copy code section doesn't work
  • Bookmarks won’t work on the go
  • Cannot bookmark new portals
  • Copy/paste/select all problem in draw tools
  • Sync plugin authorization issue
  • Authorization quit working for syncing
  • Cannot click authorize for Sync plugin
  • Draw tools export needs fixing
  • Cannot select entire string for draw tools export
  • Game plugin issues
  • Cannot connect through G+ account
  • Map doesn't load behind portals
  • Add-ons/plugins stop displaying altogether
  • Battery drain
  • Uses more battery than Ingress
  • Freezes when zooming out
  • Update freezes map
  • App is very slow
  • Map isn't working
  • Latest version has a bug
  • Puts user in the middle of an ocean
  • Requires force close to reset/refresh map
  • Latest version freezes when loading map
  • Fields and portals data not loading
  • Status 'map: pauses'
  • Zooming out takes user to North pole
  • Mostly non-functional
  • Stuff is broken
  • Ingress Intel updates not allowing things to work
  • This is not IITC
  • Draw tools don't work at all
  • Randomly turning addons on/off
  • Features that simply don't work
  • Freezes regularly

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add search bar in plugins list
  • Ability to generate Google Maps links
  • Fix copy/paste/select all in draw tools
  • Fix authorization for syncing
  • Fix draw tools export
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  • Fix game plugin issues
  • Fix draw tools

Intel Stack

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

IITC

One-time1
  • IITC Debug Console$2.99
None

Intel Stack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IITC free?
IITC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Intel Stack free?
Intel Stack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IITC or Intel Stack?
Intel Stack is rated higher. IITC averages 3.6 out of 5 from 70 ratings, while Intel Stack averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do IITC or Intel Stack have ads?
Neither IITC nor Intel Stack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IITC or Intel Stack?
IITC ships an update every 3 months, and Intel Stack monthly. Most recently, IITC was updated on September 19, 2026 and Intel Stack on September 8, 2026.

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