RoR2 Handbook vs Tarnished Academy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RoR2 Handbook
This comprehensive guide provides all the necessary information for playing Risk of Rain 2. Quickly find stats, challenges, unlocks, and details on items, equipment, survivors, and artifacts with a powerful search function. Supports dark mode and iPad.
- Item information
- Equipment details
- Survivor stats
- Artifact descriptions
- Challenge tracking
- Powerful search
- Dark Mode support
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This handbook has all of the Risk of Rain 2 information you could need while playing, with a powerful search for filtering. Find what you're looking for quickly and view stats, challenges and unlocks, and more. This guide currently contains info on - Items - Equipment - Survivors - Artifacts - Challenges * Dark Mode support * iPad support (portrait and landscape) Feedback always welcome.
Tarnished Academy
This app lets users showcase their in-game creations and find inspiration from others. Explore a database of builds or simply browse for ideas. Designed by fans for fans, it's a community space for showcasing and discovering in-game content.
- Showcase in-game builds
- Search for build inspiration
- Browse available builds
- Fan-designed interface
- Community showcase
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Tarnished Academy. Designed by fans, for fans. This app allows you to show off that ridiculous new build you made and bring in all the appraisals. Stuck on your build and need some ideas? Search our database for some inspiration. Want to just look around and see what's available? We have that too. Come on in, Tarnished. We're glad to have you. Sword icon template created by Smashicons - Flaticon
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RoR2 Handbook at 89% against Tarnished Academy's 0%. RoR2 Handbook also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (220 vs 12). Tarnished Academy's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
RoR2 Handbook holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RoR2 Handbook has 220 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of RoR2 Handbook's written reviews are positive against 0% of Tarnished Academy's.
| Parameter | RoR2 Handbook | Tarnished Academy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (220 ratings) — better | 3.6 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 220 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kevin Lee | Arian Mohajer |
Customer experience
RoR2 Handbook
Tarnished Academy
Bugs and requests
RoR2 Handbook
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes when viewing REX information
- Inability to exit larger item description windows
Requested features
4 requests- Update with Seekers of the Storm DLC content
- Add enemy and map information
- Implement a checklist for challenges/artifacts
- Include lore entries and artwork
Tarnished Academy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RoR2 Handbook
No in-app purchases
Tarnished Academy
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is RoR2 Handbook free?
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