AC Pocket Guide vs Nook Circle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AC Pocket Guide
This companion app helps players track fish, insects, and flowers in their island life game. It provides detailed information on each item, including selling price, occurrence times, and locations. Supports multiple languages and hemispheres, with offline functionality.
- Comprehensive fish and insect lists
- Detailed occurrence and selling price data
- Sorting and searching capabilities
- Multi-language support
- Northern and Southern Hemisphere support
- Offline functionality
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Start a new life on an island is not easy! Fortunately AC Pocket Guide is your best friend/companion when you play the game. * Fish list includes 80 fish, including fish name, selling price, time of occurrence, place of occurrence, best seasons to catch, etc * Inset list includes 80 insects, including insect name, selling price, time of occurrence, place of occurrence, best seasons to catch, etc * You can sort by name, A to Z or Z to A, sort by price, low to high, high to low * You can search fish or insect name in 4 different languages * Support English, Japanese, Chinese simplified and Chinese traditional * Supports both Northern and Southern Hemisphere, so don’t worry your location * Fully offline-support * Keep updated game data * More features will be added * NO Ads, NO subscription. Less than a cup of coffee price Enjoy your new life on your island. Enjoy the fun of the game!
Nook Circle
A comprehensive guide for "Animal Crossing: New Horizons." Access information on gameplay, items, and more to enhance your island life. Perfect for both new players and seasoned enthusiasts.
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons support
- Related handbook information
- Gameplay tips
- Item database
- Island life enhancement
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Nook Circle is an unofficial catalog, custom-design, and online companion for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. KEY FEATURES • Catalog: Villagers, furniture, clothing, creatures, DIY recipes, artwork and more, with filtering and sorting. • Turnip predictions: Estimate the week's price trend from the prices you have recorded. • Online tools: A turnip market, visit invitations and Dream Address posting, with room queues. • Island diary: Record events on your island, with a daily checklist and villager check-ins. • Weather forecast: Work out your island's weather from a seed or meteor shower data. • Collection tracking: Record and filter your progress to see what is still missing. • Pro Custom Designs: Create shirts, dresses and hats on your phone, with a 3D preview. • Widgets and reminders: Home Screen widgets, queue progress in the Dynamic Island, and reminders for events and birthdays. • Multiple saves and sync: Manage islands and players separately, and sync existing data across devices after signing in. Supports iOS features such as Dynamic Island, Home Screen widgets and dark mode, and calculates weather seeds on your device. Unofficial app, not affiliated with Nintendo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AC Pocket Guide at $0.99 against Nook Circle's $4.99. AC Pocket Guide also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). Nook Circle's advantage is review sentiment (84% vs 75%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
AC Pocket Guide costs $0.99 and Nook Circle $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AC Pocket Guide ships an update every 4 days, Nook Circle every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AC Pocket Guide | Nook Circle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 84.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yang Liu | Beijing Stardust Universal Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
AC Pocket Guide
Nook Circle
In-app purchases
AC Pocket Guide
No in-app purchases
Nook Circle
No in-app purchases
