Builder for Fire Emblem Heroes vs MapGenie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Builder for Fire Emblem Heroes
This utility app helps players manage their characters in a popular mobile game. It allows you to view hero stats, skills, and IVs, customize builds, and simulate battles. You can also share your hero data and builds with others.
- View hero stats, skills, and IVs
- Customize unit and team builds
- Share hero and build data
- Quickly search skill origins
- Battle simulator
- Backup build data
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With this utilitiy App you are able to: * Read heroes' stats, skills, IV * Share your heroes * Quick search the skill origins * Customize units'/teams' builds * Backup/share your builds data * Battle simulator Legal Disclaimer: This is an unofficial game guide for Fire Emblem Heroes. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by Nintendo. "Fire Emblem Heroes" and its logos are trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd.
MapGenie
This fan-made map app helps players navigate a popular fantasy RPG. Discover over 3,000 locations, including gear, quests, and secrets, with a progress tracker and note-taking features. It covers all game acts and offers quick search functionality.
- Over 3,000 locations
- 40+ categories
- Quicksearch functionality
- Progress tracker
- Note-taking
- All Acts covered
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An unofficial fan-made map for BG3. Explore the map to track down legendary gear and discover hidden quests! FEATURES: • Over 3,000 locations - Find all Waypoints, Side Quests, Puzzles, Unique Equipment, Illithid Tadpoles & Chests! • 40+ categories - including Bosses, Inspirational Events, Companions, Soul Coins & more! • Quicksearch - just type the name of a location to instantly find what you're looking for. • Sync progress with the website: https://mapgenie.io/baldurs-gate-3 • Progress Tracker - mark locations as found and track the progress of your collectables. • Take Notes - marking places of interest by adding notes to the map. • All Acts - maps for Act 1, Act 2 & Act 3 included! If you find a bug, or have any suggestions for the app, please use the 'Send Feedback' option below to let us know! Disclaimer: MapGenie is in no way affiliated with Larian (the developers of BG3!)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MapGenie at 4.8 against Builder for Fire Emblem Heroes's 4.3. Builder for Fire Emblem Heroes's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 17 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 47%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Builder for Fire Emblem Heroes sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and MapGenie sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MapGenie holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 104 and 162 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Builder for Fire Emblem Heroes's written reviews are positive against 47% of MapGenie's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Builder for Fire Emblem Heroes ships an update every 8 days, MapGenie every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Builder for Fire Emblem Heroes | MapGenie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (104 ratings) | 4.8 (162 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.3% of reviews — better | 46.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 104 | 162 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ka Ting Sun | Magic Lamp Technologies Limited |
Customer experience
Builder for Fire Emblem Heroes
MapGenie
Bugs and requests
Builder for Fire Emblem Heroes
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes frequently
- Cannot edit merges, boon/bane, or dragon flowers
- Nothing shows up when trying to edit unit details
- Last update broke the app
- New heroes in focus not displayed
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- Some skills no longer displayed
- Error message: symbol not found : __NSDictionary0__
- App not displaying full screen on iPhone X
- Top buttons overlap with control center on iPhone X
- Bottom interface overlaps with home bar on iPhone X
- App crashes after 1/18 update
Requested features
10 requests- Update with latest units and skills
- Add widget for quick access
- More colorful UI resembling the game
- Import heroes with camera or screenshots
- Show recommended IVs for heroes
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- Add labels for categorizing bench units
- Add text field for notes on units
- Add SP cost for skills
- Full screen display on iPhone X
- Fix overlapping UI elements on iPhone X
MapGenie
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Builder for Fire Emblem Heroes
- Remove all Ads$1.99
- Buy Developer a Coffee$1.99
MapGenie
- BG3 Map PRO Upgrade$9.99
Questions
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