Assistant for No Man's Sky vs MapGenie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Assistant for No Man's Sky
Access all crafting and refining recipes for No Man's Sky offline. Plan your resource farming and discover trade item and product creation. Features a fast interface and multi-language support.
- Offline crafting recipes
- Resource refining information
- Farming planning tools
- Fast user interface
- Multi-language support
- No paywalls
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You no longer need to scroll through the menus in No Man's Sky to see how an item is crafted or guess how to refine a resource. This app will be your Assistant, with all the recipes you need. Roadmap: https://assistantapps.com/nms-roadmap Discord: https://assistantapps.com/discord - Save your data, everything is offline - All the recipes (for Raw Materials, Trade Items, and Products) - Plan out what you need to farm - Blazing fast User Interface - Support for multiple languages (Your help would be appreciated) - No paywalls - Partially Open Source This App is not affiliated with Hello Games or No Man's Sky, its subsidiaries, or its parent companies, whose names, logos and products are displayed in this App
MapGenie
Explore the vast world of The Elder Scrolls V with this fan-made map. Discover over 2500 locations, including Dragon Priest Masks, followers, and rare item spawns. Track your progress, take notes, and quickly search for any point of interest.
- Over 2500 locations
- 90+ categories
- Base game & Solstheim maps
- Quick search functionality
- Progress tracking
- Note-taking on map
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A fan-made map for The Elder Scrolls V. We've compiled thousands of locations across to help you explore this massive world (including Solstheim)! FEATURES: • Over 2500 locations - Find all Dragon Priest Masks, Followers, Merchants, skillbooks, Unusual Gems & more! • 90 different categories including Trainers, Ore Deposits and Rare Item spawns • Includes maps for both the base game & Solstheim (Dragonborn DLC) • Quicksearch - just type the name of a location to instantly find what you're looking for. • Sync progress with the website: https://mapgenie.io/skyrim • Progress Tracker - mark locations as found and track the progress of your collectables. • Take Notes - mark places of interest by adding notes to the map. NOTE: This map is a work-in-progress - the game is huge! So we're continually adding new locations! If you find a bug, or have any suggestions for the app, please use the 'Send Feedback' option below to let us know! Disclaimer: MapGenie is in no way affiliated with Bethesda (the guys behind TES:V)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Assistant for No Man's Sky at 80% against MapGenie's 18%. Assistant for No Man's Sky also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 75 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). MapGenie's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Assistant for No Man's Sky holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 295 and 247 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Assistant for No Man's Sky's written reviews are positive against 18% of MapGenie's.
Assistant for No Man's Sky ships an update every 3 weeks, MapGenie every 75 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Assistant for No Man's Sky | MapGenie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (295 ratings) — better | 4.3 (247 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 17.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 295 — better | 247 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 75 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 311 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kurt Lourens | Magic Lamp Technologies Limited |
Customer experience
Assistant for No Man's Sky
MapGenie
User reviews
Assistant for No Man's Sky
From 295 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Helpful for new players
- 🚀 Efficient inventory management
- 👍 Comprehensive database of items and recipes
- 🚀 Fast and responsive
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes or fails to open on some devices
- 🐛 Inventory management features not fully functional
- 🐛 Outdated information or lack of updates
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer game versions
MapGenie
From 247 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great map when it works
- 💡 Interactive tool for gamers
- 👍 Saves time finding collectibles
- 👍 Helps discover new locations
- 👍 Useful for tracking progress
Room to improve
- 🐛 Map background not loading
- 🐛 Blank map screen
- 🐛 Only shows icons, no map
- 🐛 Map visuals are broken
- 🐛 Inconsistent 'Show All' feature
Bugs and requests
Assistant for No Man's Sky
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on launch for some users
- Inventory management features not working as expected
- Outdated information not being updated
- Compatibility issues with latest iOS/Android versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add more information on item locations and sources
- Improve inventory management with ability to edit quantities
- Implement syncing between app and in-game inventory
- Add support for more platforms like Nintendo Switch
- Provide translations in more languages
MapGenie
Reported bugs
16 issues- Map background does not load
- Map is completely black
- Map is blank
- Map does not load after download
- Map landscape never loads
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- Map does not appear on iOS
- No map image appears, only waypoints
- Background of the map is white with only icons
- Background won't load
- Map doesn't appear, only icons (iOS 16)
- Map does not appear
- Map is not visible
- Map background doesn't load
- Map background only partially loads
- Cannot log back in
- Pro version not recognized after purchase
Requested features
5 requests- Add maps for The Witcher 3
- Add Far Cry maps
- Add Assassin's Creed maps
- Japanese language support
- Ability to purchase Pro version on iOS
In-app purchases
Assistant for No Man's Sky
No in-app purchases
MapGenie
No in-app purchases
Questions
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