Comparison

Assistant for No Man's Sky vs Tears Map

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Offline crafting recipes
  • Resource refining information
  • Farming planning tools
  • Fast user interface
  • Multi-language support
  • No paywalls
Features
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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

About

Tears Map

This app provides a comprehensive map for a popular adventure game, featuring locations like Skyview Towers, Shrines, and Korok Seeds. Users can track their in-game progress by marking discovered items and access additional game content such as meal recipes, weapons, and armor.

Highlights
  • Interactive game map
  • Track game progress
  • Skyview Tower locations
  • Shrine of Light markers
  • Korok Seed locations
  • Quest markers
  • Meal recipes, weapons, and armor data
Features
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Map for Tears of the Kingdom. The map contains lots of data as shown in the screenshots, including Skyview Tower, Shrine of Light, Quest, Korok Seed, Bosses and many other collections. User can mark map data to trace game progress. Meal Recipe, Weapons, Armors are also included.

Screenshots

Assistant for No Man's Sky4 screens
Tears Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Assistant for No Man's Sky at none against Tears Map's 1. Assistant for No Man's Sky also leads on ratings volume (321 vs 15). Tears Map's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tears Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Assistant for No Man's Sky asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Assistant for No Man's Sky against 4.6 for Tears Map. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Assistant for No Man's Sky has 321 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Assistant for No Man's Sky's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tears Map's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Assistant for No Man's Sky versus Tears Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAssistant for No Man's SkyTears Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (321 ratings) — better4.6 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews80.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings321 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size311 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKurt LourensWeibin Lv

Customer experience

Assistant for No Man's Sky

All ratings295 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive80.5%
Neutral5.2%
Negative14.3%

Tears Map

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Tears Map

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Assistant for No Man's Sky

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tears Map

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Assistant for No Man's Sky free?
Assistant for No Man's Sky is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tears Map free?
Tears Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Assistant for No Man's Sky or Tears Map?
Assistant for No Man's Sky is rated higher. Assistant for No Man's Sky averages 4.6 out of 5 from 321 ratings, while Tears Map averages 4.6 from 15 ratings.
Do Assistant for No Man's Sky or Tears Map have ads?
Both Assistant for No Man's Sky and Tears Map show ads.
Which is updated more often, Assistant for No Man's Sky or Tears Map?
Assistant for No Man's Sky ships an update every 3 weeks, and Tears Map every 3 weeks. Most recently, Assistant for No Man's Sky was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tears Map on October 24, 2026.

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