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
This fan-made digital companion helps players find all collectibles and side quests in Pywel for Crimson Desert. It features over 800 locations across 70+ categories, a progress tracker, and note-taking capabilities.
- Over 800 locations
- 70+ categories
- Quick search functionality
- Progress tracker
- Note-taking on map
- Website progress sync
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An unofficial fan-made map for Crimson Desert. Find all side quests and collectibles in Pywel with this digital companion! FEATURES: • Over 800 locations - Find all collectibles, abyss artifacts, faction quests and memory fragments! • 70+ categories - including resources, bosses, recipes & dye merchants • Quicksearch - just type the name of a location to instantly find what you're looking for. • Sync progress with the website: https://mapgenie.io/ghost-of-tsushima • 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. 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 Pearl Abyss (the developers behind Crimson Desert)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Assistant for No Man's Sky at none against MapGenie's 1. Assistant for No Man's Sky also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 55%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). MapGenie's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. MapGenie sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Assistant for No Man's Sky asks for nothing beyond the download.
MapGenie holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 324 and 212 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Assistant for No Man's Sky's written reviews are positive against 55% of MapGenie's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Assistant for No Man's Sky ships an update every 3 weeks, MapGenie every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Assistant for No Man's Sky | MapGenie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (324 ratings) | 4.8 (212 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.1% of reviews — better | 54.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 324 — better | 212 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| 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
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
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Assistant for No Man's Sky
No in-app purchases
MapGenie
- CD Pywel Map PRO Upgrade$9.99
Questions
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