Hyrule Compendium vs Sandypad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hyrule Compendium
This app serves as a comprehensive guide for completing your in-game compendium. It helps you discover rare creatures, items, and explore the entire map with detailed location information. A checklist feature allows you to track your progress effectively.
- Creature and item details
- Progress checklist
- Detailed map with locations
- Treasure finding
- Unlockable features
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Do you need a little help completing your Hyrule Compendium? Want to explore the entire map, find all the treasures, unlock the most valuable features? This app will help you to find all rare creatures or items. It is an indispensable pocket companion for your fun times. Features that the app offers: - Details of all creatures, equipment, creatures and so on - A checklist to keep track of your progress - A map with detailed location *Some items are only unlocked after purchase. Hyrule Compendium is a third party App. The developer of this software is not affiliated with Nintendo Co. Ltd. in any way. However, the creation and maintenance is permitted until withdrawal from Nintendo.
Sandypad
This app is a specialized timer designed for speedrunning. It allows users to set up multiple games and categories, customize timer precision, and display key run statistics. Sync times across devices and analyze past runs with an intuitive interface.
- Multiple game and category setup
- Adjustable timer precision
- Countdown start option
- Display run statistics (sum of best, best possible)
- Segment time tracking
- iCloud synchronization
- Home screen widgets
- Past run analysis
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Sandypad is a speedrun timer. The app was made for iOS, taking advantage of the platform technologies. Add one or more games, and for each of them, add as many categories as you’d like. Adjust the timer by defining the precision (seconds, tenths, hundreths or thousandths). It is also possible to set a countdown to adjust the start of the run. Set which information are displayed during a run like the sum of best or the best possible time. For each category, show the segments and their time, and modify them with an intuitive user interface. Sync your times on all your devices using iCloud. Take advantage of widgets which allow you to quickly access the last runned games and open them right from the home screen. The app saves all you runs times, allowing you to come back to and analyse any previous run. On iPad, take advantage of keyboard shortcuts to manage your run without even touching the screen.
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Verdict
Hyrule Compendium and Sandypad both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Sandypad's written reviews are positive against 46% of Hyrule Compendium's. Hyrule Compendium's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (421 vs 24). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Hyrule Compendium sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sandypad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Hyrule Compendium against 4.6 for Sandypad. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hyrule Compendium has 421 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of Hyrule Compendium's written reviews are positive against 88% of Sandypad's.
Hyrule Compendium ships an update fortnightly, Sandypad every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hyrule Compendium | Sandypad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (421 ratings) | 4.6 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.7% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 421 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Felipe Braunger Valio Desenvolvimento de Sistemas Ltda | Vivien BERNARD |
Customer experience
Hyrule Compendium
Sandypad
Bugs and requests
Hyrule Compendium
Reported bugs
6 issues- Unable to purchase
- Data copied and pasted, inaccurate
- Numbering is wrong
- Text doesn't fit properly
- Blue moblins don't have 3000 health
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- Cannot add things to compendium
Requested features
8 requests- Add tips section
- Add enter button
- Add TOTK health, defense, durability, damage
- Add Spanish language option
- Make everything free
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- Unlock all sections at once
- Fix text fitting on screen
- Add a button that says enter
Sandypad
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hyrule Compendium
- Full version$0.99
Sandypad
- Gift Lootbox™$1.99
Questions
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