TUSOM Companion vs 8BitDo Ultimate Software
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TUSOM Companion
This app provides essential resources for Tulane School of Medicine faculty, staff, residents, and students. It aims to support learning needs and offers a platform for suggestions to enhance its functionality.
- Support for Tulane School of Medicine community
- Helpful learning resources
- Resource for faculty, staff, residents, and students
- Platform for user suggestions
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The TUSOM Companion App is designed to support Tulane School of Medicine Faculty, Staff, Residents and Students. It contains helpful resources to support learning needs at Tulane School of Medicine. All eligible individuals are invited to download it, become familiar with it, and use as needed. We hope you find it helpful and welcome your suggestions for improvements and for additional tools to be added in the future.
8BitDo Ultimate Software
Gain complete control over your compatible gamepad. Customize button layouts, fine-tune analog stick and trigger responses, and manage vibration intensity. Create custom macro commands for advanced gameplay.
- Button mapping customization
- Stick and trigger sensitivity adjustment
- Vibration power control
- Macro creation
- Controller compatibility management
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8BitDo Ultimate Software gives you elite control over every piece of your controller: customize button mapping, adjust stick & trigger sensitivity, vibration power control and create macros. Controller Compatibility: * 8BitDo Pro 2 Bluetooth Controller * 8BitDo Pro 2 Wired Controller for Xbox * 8BitDo Ultimate Wired Controller for Xbox * 8BitDo Ultimate Bluetooth Controller * 8BitDo Micro Gamepad * 8BitDo Ultimate 3-mode Controller for Xbox Please visit support.8bitdo.com for further information and additional support.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TUSOM Companion at 5.0 against 8BitDo Ultimate Software's 2.4. TUSOM Companion also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). 8BitDo Ultimate Software's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (197 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TUSOM Companion holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 8BitDo Ultimate Software has 197 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TUSOM Companion ships an update every 13 months, 8BitDo Ultimate Software every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TUSOM Companion | 8BitDo Ultimate Software |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.4 (197 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 26.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 197 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tactuum, LLC | 8BitDo |
Customer experience
TUSOM Companion
8BitDo Ultimate Software
Bugs and requests
TUSOM Companion
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
8BitDo Ultimate Software
Reported bugs
4 issues- App unable to detect connected controllers
- Key mapping not working as expected
- Profiles resetting after app restart
- Firmware update issues bricking controllers
Requested features
5 requests- Support for more controllers (e.g. 8bitdo Zero 2, SN30 Pro+)
- Add ability to remap command/option keys for macOS/iOS
- Improve macro functionality (e.g. adjustable delay, ability to hold keys)
- Add media control key mapping options
- Implement Bluetooth firmware update capability
In-app purchases
TUSOM Companion
No in-app purchases
8BitDo Ultimate Software
No in-app purchases
Questions
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