MHGU Database vs MHR Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MHGU Database
A comprehensive offline reference guide for Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate. Access detailed information on equipment, monsters, quests, skills, item combinations, and more. Features universal search and quick, load-time-free access to game data.
- Monster weakness and habitat data
- Equipment and weapon trees
- Quest details and rewards
- Item combination recipes
- Skill list and decorations
- Offline access
- Universal search
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Quick and easy to use Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate reference, including equipment, monsters, quests, skills, and more! This app is open source! Anyone who would like to help make the app better can contribute on github: https://github.com/JoeLago/MHGUDB-iOS Features Include: * Quest List with Goals, Subquest, and Rewards * Monster Weakness, Carves, and Habitats * Gathering Points with Drop Percentages * Full Weapon Trees with creation and upgrade materials * Armor List with Skills and creation materials * Palico Weapons with creation materials * Item Combinations * Decorations * Skill List * Linked cross-referencing for all data * Universal search for all the data in the app * Quick reference with no load times, no internet connection needed * Accurate data gathered from the game itself Email support@hunterdb.com if you are having issues or just want to request a feature!
MHR Guide
This fan-made guide provides comprehensive data for MH Rise, including monsters, weapons, and armor. It features tools to manage your equipment, suggest builds based on skills and owned items, and track your progress in quests and collections.
- Equipment suggestions based on skills
- Build and manage custom equipment sets
- Track owned talismans, armors, and decorations
- Detailed monster, weapon, and armor information
- Quest and material data
- Map information with mining positions
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MHR Guide is a fans made guidebook for 「 MHR / MH Rise 」. This program provides data of MH Rise / MHRise / MHR. Come and join us. Let's enjoy the fun with MH Rise. Special Features: 「Equipment Suggest」- Check out equipment suggestions based on your selected skills, your owned/not owned armors, talismans and decorations. 「Manage Equipment」- Build your own equipment set and check out the skill and stat. 「Talismans」- Record your owned talismans. You can use it in the「Equipment Suggest」function. Game information. You can check out all the information and mark as collected / owned / clear: 「Monsters」- List all monsters information including ecology, aliments, materials and quests. You can record your gold crown records. 「Weapons」- List all weapons information including attack,sharpness, slots etc. And you can record your 'owned' weapons. 「Armors」- List all armors information including skills, craft materials. And you can record your 'owned' armors. 「Skills」- List all skills information including related armors and decorations. 「Decorations」- List all decoration information including slots, skills and craft materials. And you can record your 'owned' decorations. 「Rampage Skills」- List all rampage skill information including related weapons. 「Quests」- List all quests information including related monsters and monster status. And you can record your 'cleared' quests. 「Materials」- List all material information including source info and usage. 「Maps」- List all maps information including mining position and related quests *DISCLAIMER* This is an unofficial app for MH Rise. This app is not affiliated with the Capcom brand.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MHGU Database at none against MHR Guide's 1. MHGU Database also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (5.6K vs 277). MHR Guide's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. MHR Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MHGU Database asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for MHGU Database against 4.8 for MHR Guide. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MHGU Database has 5.6K ratings behind it against 277, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of MHGU Database's written reviews are positive against 82% of MHR Guide's.
MHGU Database ships an update every 5 months, MHR Guide every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MHGU Database | MHR Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (5.6K ratings) — better | 4.8 (277 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.4% of reviews — better | 81.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5.6K — better | 277 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joe Lagomarsino | Lung Kin Cheng |
Customer experience
MHGU Database
MHR Guide
Bugs and requests
MHGU Database
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incorrect quest information
- Search bar not working
Requested features
5 requests- Add armor set builder
- Improve search functionality
- Include more details on quests and items
- Add monster descriptions
- Expand to other Monster Hunter games
MHR Guide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MHGU Database
No in-app purchases
MHR Guide
- Remove ads$3.99
