Comparison

Arkham Cards vs X

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

Head to head
About

Arkham Cards

Manage your investigator decks, track campaign progress, and explore game mechanics. This tool helps you build valid decks, log scenario results, and even simulate chaos bag draws. It's designed to enhance your gameplay experience for a popular card game.

Highlights
  • Deck creation and editing
  • Campaign progress tracking
  • Automatic campaign log
  • Investigator trauma management
  • Digital chaos bag simulation
  • Advanced card search
Features
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Create and edit decks for all of your investigators -- it will even check the deck-building rules to keep you honest. You can also group together decks into campaigns to track your progress combatting evils. The app can be used with local decks, or you can link your ArkhamDB account to sync changes on the go. • App can walk you through the setup + resolution of most campaigns, while maintaining the campaign log automatically. • Edit and upgrade your investigator's decks, either offline or by linking your ArkhamDB account. • Track scenario results and keep the campaign log up to date. • Keep track of investigator trauma and assign new random basic weaknesses as you take on new madnesses. • Draw tokens from the digital chaos bag, and calculate the odds of success before you do. • Use the advanced card search to search by trait, health, shroud etc. A great tool if you ever need to evaluate how many 'non-elite' enemies can be targeted by a card or know which locations a Flashlight wielding Zoey can actually stand a chance at investigating. Arkham Cards is not affiliated or endorsed by Arkham Horror: The Card Game, (c) 2016 Fantasy Flight Games.

About

X

This app serves as an unofficial assistant for popular board games like Gloomhaven and Frosthaven. It aims to provide a seamless user experience by consolidating most functionalities onto a single screen, minimizing the need for user input during gameplay.

Highlights
  • Unofficial helper for Gloomhaven family games
  • Replaces unavailable Gloomhaven Helper
  • Focus on user experience
  • Single-screen functionality
  • Minimizes user input
Features
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An unofficial helper app for the boardgames Gloomhaven, Frosthaven, Crmson Scales and other campaigns in the same family of boardgames. The aim is to be a good replacement for the Gloomhaven Helper by Esoteric Software that is no longer available. The focus is on good user experience, and to be like a boardgame component rather than a typical material style app. That means most of the functionality will be in one single screen, which makes it seem slightly busy at first glance, but is really necessary to minimize need for user input which is a key factor to good UX for a boardgame component.

Screenshots

Arkham Cards4 screens
X2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Arkham Cards at every 5 days against X's every 3 weeks. Arkham Cards also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Arkham Cards holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 243 and 88 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Arkham Cards's written reviews are positive against 86% of X's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arkham Cards ships an update every 5 days, X every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Arkham Cards versus X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArkham CardsX
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (243 ratings) — better4.7 (88 ratings)
Positive reviews91.5% of reviews — better86.4% of reviews
Number of ratings243 — better88
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size334 MB100 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperDaniel SalinasHans Moeller

Customer experience

Arkham Cards

All ratings242 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.4%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews164 reviews
Positive91.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative4.9%

X

All ratings87 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.1%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative11.4%

Bugs and requests

Arkham Cards

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

X

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Solo button not working
  • Menu keeps opening on iPad mini
  • Enemy attack cards re-appearing frequently
  • Connection issues make app worthless
  • Networking code is bad
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  • Statuses have to be manually removed
  • Cannot drag to alter initiative order
  • Ally and monster decks too close
  • Client/host syncing issues
  • Undo button doesn't work
  • Cannot place more monsters
  • Loot deck not visible

Requested features

10 requests
  • Indicate when turn is over
  • Automatically remove expired statuses
  • Allow dragging to alter initiative order
  • Make decks larger and easier to distinguish
  • Undo for accidentally ending a round
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  • Fix loot deck visibility
  • Improve UI scaling on tablets
  • Fix bug with placing monsters
  • Improve client/host syncing
  • Add undo button functionality

In-app purchases

None

Arkham Cards

No in-app purchases

None

X

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arkham Cards free?
Arkham Cards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is X free?
X is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Arkham Cards or X?
Arkham Cards is rated higher. Arkham Cards averages 5.0 out of 5 from 243 ratings, while X averages 4.7 from 88 ratings.
Do Arkham Cards or X have ads?
Neither Arkham Cards nor X shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arkham Cards or X?
Arkham Cards ships an update every 5 days, and X every 3 weeks. Most recently, Arkham Cards was updated on November 11, 2026 and X on November 12, 2026.

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