Cassonade vs VgateFwUpdater
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cassonade
This app enhances your Carcassonne gameplay by generating unique game setups based on owned expansions. It also provides combined rules for selected expansions and includes a score tracker to simplify point calculation during play.
- Game Generator with expansion selection
- Combined rules for selected expansions
- In-game score tracker
- Supports multiple expansions
- Enhances gameplay for novices and experts
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Cassonade is the companion for your tile-laying game nights: pick the expansions, check a rule, keep the score, without searching. EXPANSION DRAW • Tick the expansions you own once: major expansions, mini expansions and promos. • Choose how many to play and Cassonade draws selection. • Not convinced? Redraw in one tap. COMBINED RULES • The fairy and the tower, the dragon and the bridges… find out what happens when figures from different expansions meet. • Select your major expansions: only the rules that matter are shown. • The first rule is free to try. SCORE SHEET • 2 to 6 players, one color each. • Quick-add for the most common points, free entry, undo the last move. • Game timer that keeps running in the background. • Game history and wins per color. • The first round is free to try. WIDGETS AND LIVE ACTIVITY • Draw widget: redraw from the Home Screen without opening the app. • Games widget: your last game and the color leaderboard. • Live Activity: score and game duration on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. ONE-TIME PURCHASE No subscription, no ads. Unlock the rules, the score sheet or the full pack once and for all, shared with your family. Cassonade is an unofficial app, compatible with the Carcassonne board game. Carcassonne is a trademark of Hans im Glück. Cassonade is not affiliated with or endorsed by Hans im Glück.
VgateFwUpdater
This utility tool allows users to upgrade the firmware for various compatible automotive diagnostic chips. It supports a range of specific chip models, ensuring optimal performance and functionality of your devices.
- Firmware upgrades
- Supports Icar01, Icar03, MIC3311, MIC3312, MIC3313, MIC3422, MIC1103, MIC3425 chips
- Ensures optimal device performance
- Easy-to-use upgrade tool
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VgateFwUpdater is an upgrade tool that can upgrade the firmware of Icar01(iCar 1/2/3), Icar03(iCar Pro), MIC3311(vLinker BM), MIC3312(vLinker FD), MIC3313(vLinker MC), MIC3422(vLinker FS), MIC1103(iCarPro 2S) and MIC3425(vLinker MS) chips.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: VgateFwUpdater at Free against Cassonade's $0.99. VgateFwUpdater also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (46 vs 2). Cassonade's advantage is rating (3.5 vs 2.5) and review sentiment (50% vs 27%). On 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
VgateFwUpdater is free to download; Cassonade costs $0.99 up front. Cassonade sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. VgateFwUpdater asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cassonade holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VgateFwUpdater has 46 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Cassonade's written reviews are positive against 27% of VgateFwUpdater's.
Cassonade ships an update every 2 weeks, VgateFwUpdater every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cassonade | VgateFwUpdater |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better | 2.5 (46 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 26.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 46 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aurelien Grifasi | 昌云 沈 |
Customer experience
Cassonade
VgateFwUpdater
Bugs and requests
Cassonade
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
VgateFwUpdater
Reported bugs
18 issues- Hard to connect
- App offers older version as upgrade
- Cannot update and use with iPhone
- Not connecting
- Doesn't actually update
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- Doesn't recognize iCar Pro
- Will not update
- Progress bar shows red, nothing happens
- Restore Factory Settings don't work
- Stuck on update page
- QR code scanning from phone screen is problematic
- vLinker MC+ not working
- Adapter doesn't work
- No connection established
- Cannot update or connect
- Update function doesn't work
- Cannot connect
- Doesn't connect
Requested features
3 requests- German language option
- Clearer instructions
- Guidance on which Bluetooth standard to buy
In-app purchases
Cassonade
- Tip$0.99
- Scoring$0.99
- Rules$0.99
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- Support for the developer$1.99
- Complete bundle$2.99
VgateFwUpdater
No in-app purchases
Questions
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