Launch Bay vs Adept Roll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Launch Bay
This app helps players build custom squads for X-Wing The Miniatures Game. It offers a clean interface, frequent updates, and cloud saving for your creations. It's a fan-made tool for enthusiasts of the tabletop game.
- Squadron builder for X-Wing
- Clean user interface
- Frequent updates
- Cloud saving for squadrons
- Fan-made tool
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Launch Bay is a Squadron builder for X-Wing The Miniatures Game with a clean user interface, frequently updated (mostly over the air) and ability to save your squadrons in the cloud in case something happens to your phone! ----------------- Disclaimer: X-Wing: The Miniatures Game is a trademark of Fantasy Flight Games Launch Bay is the work of a fan, and is not in any way endorsed by Fantasy Flight Games, Lucasfilm Ltd., Disney och Twentieth Century Fox and is intended for entertainment and information purposes only. Star Wars, the Star Wars logo, all names and pictures of Star Wars characters, vehicles and any other Star Wars related items are registered trademarks and/or copyrights of Lucasfilm Ltd., and their respective trademark and copyright holders. For mor information on X-Wing: The Miniatures Game please visit http://www.fantasyflightgames.com
Adept Roll
This app provides advanced statistical analysis for tabletop wargaming army matchups. It allows users to import unit profiles, simulate combat scenarios with various abilities and modifiers, and export results for further review. Optimize your strategy with detailed combat simulations and ROI calculations.
- Army vs Army combat simulation
- Import hundreds of unit profiles
- Create multiple weapons per unit
- Apply abilities and modifiers
- Export results to CSV
- Calculate Return on Investment
- Tournament Mode
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• MathHammer for whole Army vs Army scenarios • Export all results to CSV for further analysis • Leader and Bodyguard MathHammer• Quickly import 100s of Attacker and Defender profiles for MathHammer processing • Create multiple weapons per Attacker • Abilities and Modifiers for Attackers: Lethal/Sustained Hits, Devasting Wounds, +/- to Hit/Wound, ReRoll Hits/Wounds, Auto Hits • And even more; Blast, Twin-Linked, Anti-X+, and much more • Abilities and Modifiers for Defender: -1 Damage, Half Damage, Feel No Pain, etc • Tournament Mode, for focusing on what matters when it matters during games • Instantly run MathHammer simulations against any profile • Profile tagging and search for efficiently organising your unit profiles • Input points cost for Return on Investment EULA Terms and Conditions for in-app purchases at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Adept Roll Privacy https://adeptroll.com/privacy/ Adept Roll Help https://adeptroll.com/help/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Launch Bay at none against Adept Roll's 3. Launch Bay also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). Adept Roll's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Adept Roll sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year. Launch Bay asks for nothing beyond the download.
Adept Roll holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Adept Roll has 199 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Launch Bay's written reviews are positive against 80% of Adept Roll's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Launch Bay ships an update every 4 weeks, Adept Roll every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Launch Bay | Adept Roll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (21 ratings) | 4.8 (199 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 199 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andre Lind | Original Midnight Limited |
Customer experience
Launch Bay
Adept Roll
Bugs and requests
Launch Bay
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Adept Roll
Reported bugs
8 issues- App is outdated for chaos factions
- Some incorrect results observed (exploding 6s, auto-wounding)
- Could not get it to work
- Not updated for 9ed
- Errors in calculations
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- No support from developer
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
16 requests- Ability to attach leaders to units
- More intuitive import mechanics
- Reverse button to swap attacker/defender
- Ability to edit custom profiles
- Update for newer editions (e.g., 9ed)
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- Add melee support
- Input for abilities like Death to the False Emperor
- Allow multiple attackers for comparison
- Add support for 3+D3 damage
- Add support for exploding 6s and auto-wounding on 6s calculation
- Preloaded profiles for GEQ, MEQ
- Support for multiple attacker/defender profiles simultaneously
- Reroll 1s and 2s for specific abilities (e.g., disgustingly resilient)
- Add a dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Add leader to squad functionality
In-app purchases
Launch Bay
No in-app purchases
Adept Roll
- Annual Pro Subscription7 Days trial$5.991 Year
- Adept Roll Pro$5.991 Year
- Adept Roll Super Pro$12.991 Year
Questions
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