Gloomhaven Attack Deck vs X
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gloomhaven Attack Deck
Streamline your tabletop combat experience by digitally managing your attack modifier decks. Never forget to shuffle, easily add special cards, and track your deck's contents. Supports multiple characters and all expansions.
- Digital attack modifier deck management
- Automatic shuffling
- Add curses, blesses, and scenario cards
- Track deck contents
- Supports multiple characters and decks
- Spoiler-free class support
- Unlock advanced classes via in-app purchase
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UPDATED WITH FULL SUPPORT FOR FROSTHAVEN! Tired of your Gloomhaven game slowing to a crawl when someone realizes they should have shuffled their attack modifier deck last round? Looking for a way to play Gloomhaven with 5 players? Or just looking for an additional way to speed up the game further and reduce book-keeping? Features: • Simple interface: Tap on your deck to draw a card • Never forget to shuffle your deck again • Shuffle by just tapping a button • Add curses, blesses, or scenario -1 cards with a simple tap • Easily see in the menu how many blesses and curses remain in your deck • Easily choose class perks for your deck • Spoiler-free support for all classes in Gloomhaven, Forgotten Circles, Jaws of the Lion, and Frosthaven • Supports having multiple characters with different decks - perfect for multiple people sharing one device, or for solo play • Full support for the special abilities in the new expansion (to avoid spoilers, they only show up under "Undo or Reshuffle" in the menu once you have unlocked the appropriate class) • View all cards in your deck, or manually modify your deck card by card Completely free to use for all basic Gloomhaven classes and basic Frosthaven classes. In-app purchase of only $0.99 to unlock all advanced Gloomhaven & Forgotten Circles classes. In-app purchase of only $0.99 to unlock all Jaws of the Lion classes and Frosthaven advanced classes. Purchases go toward continued development and support of the app.
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.
- Unofficial helper for Gloomhaven family games
- Replaces unavailable Gloomhaven Helper
- Focus on user experience
- Single-screen functionality
- Minimizes user input
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: X at none against Gloomhaven Attack Deck's 2. Gloomhaven Attack Deck's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and ratings volume (470 vs 86). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Gloomhaven Attack Deck sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. X asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gloomhaven Attack Deck holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gloomhaven Attack Deck has 470 ratings behind it against 86, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Gloomhaven Attack Deck's written reviews are positive against 86% of X's.
Gloomhaven Attack Deck ships an update every 4 weeks, X every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gloomhaven Attack Deck | X |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (470 ratings) — better | 4.7 (86 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.6% of reviews — better | 86.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 470 — better | 86 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Ross Bayer | Hans Moeller |
Customer experience
Gloomhaven Attack Deck
X
User reviews
Gloomhaven Attack Deck
From 470 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Speeds up gameplay
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 No intrusive ads
- 👍 Streamlines game setup/cleanup
- 👍 Great for solo play
Room to improve
- 🐛 JoTL perks not fully updated for Frosthaven
- 🐛 Does not rotate with iPad
- 🐛 No landscape mode
- 🐛 Lacks status, HP, and XP tracking
X
From 86 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Streamlines setup and teardown
- 👍 Greatly improves gameplay experience
- 💡 Automates busywork and tracking
- ✅ Eliminates table clutter
- 🆓 Free and valuable resource
Room to improve
- 🔋 Drains phone battery quickly
- 🔥 Makes phone heat up
- 🐛 Connection issues and instability
- 🐛 Networking code is problematic
- 🐛 Manual status removal required
Bugs and requests
Gloomhaven Attack Deck
Reported bugs
3 issues- JoTL perks not fully updated for Frosthaven
- Does not rotate with iPad
- No landscape mode
Requested features
4 requests- Option to use official Frosthaven Crossover Character Sheets for JoTL characters
- Way to track statuses, HP, and exp
- Advantage and disadvantage draw buttons
- Monster deck feature
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
Gloomhaven Attack Deck
- Gloomhaven & Forgotten Circles$0.99
- Jaws of the Lion & Frosthaven$0.99
X
No in-app purchases
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