Comparison

Builderment vs Ficsit Field Guide

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Builderment

Build and automate complex production lines on an alien planet. Harvest resources, craft items, and research new technologies to send goods back to Earth. Expand your factories and optimize your resource extraction.

Highlights
  • Build factories on a massive scale
  • Automate item crafting
  • Use conveyor belts for transport
  • Research new technologies
  • Harvest diverse resources
  • Expand production lines
Features
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Builderment is a factory building game at heart. It’s all about crafting and automation. You start by harvesting resources and crafting items in factories. Use those crafted items to research new technology and recipes to craft ever more complex items. Earth has run out of resources... You have been sent to a distant planet to extract its infinite resources and craft items to send back to Earth. You'll need to establish a base on this planet to build factories and production lines to automate the assembly of items. Features * Build factories on a massive scale * Use conveyor belts to transport items between factories * Craft dozens of unique items * Research technology to build more advanced buildings * Expand to harvest every resource on the map

About

Ficsit Field Guide

This companion app helps players plan factory production, track world resources, and monitor game progress for Satisfactory. It offers detailed production chains, world map data, and progress tracking features, all while working offline and without ads.

Highlights
  • Factory production planning
  • World map with resource nodes
  • Progress and milestone tracking
  • Save file import for unlocks
  • Offline functionality
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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Field Guide is a companion for Satisfactory: a production planner, a world map and a progress tracker in your pocket, built for a second screen beside the game. PLAN ANY FACTORY • Pick what you want to make and how fast. Get every machine, the power it draws and the raw resources it needs. • See the whole chain as a list or as a production network, with each step and every belt and pipe between them. • Overclock individual steps, add Somersloops, and watch the plan re-solve. • Batch mode for fixed amounts: how many crafts, how long, and what's left over. • Power mode: choose a generator and fuel, and plan the fuel's production chain too. • Compare every recipe for an item, alternates included, across the whole chain. • Save plans and come back to them. KNOW THE WORLD • Every resource node, well and geyser, with its purity and altitude. • All 1,242 power slugs, 106 Somersloops, 298 Mercer Spheres and 89 crash sites. • Double-tap a collectible to mark it collected, and long-press to mark where you are. • Find the nearest pure iron node, or the nearest slug you haven't picked up yet. • Claim the nodes you're mining, and see your total extraction at a glance. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Milestones, MAM research and alternate recipes. The planner only uses what you've unlocked. • Space Elevator phases and milestones, each one plannable in a tap. • A crash site checklist showing what each site needs before it opens. IMPORT YOUR SAVE Open a .sav file from your PC and Field Guide reads your unlocks and every collectible you've picked up. You check a summary before anything changes, and one tap undoes it. YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE • No account, no ads, no tracking. Everything stays on your device. • Works offline, with the whole game database and map built in. • Back up everything to a single file you can keep, or move to another device. Field Guide is an unofficial fan-made companion app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with Coffee Stain Studios AB. Satisfactory is their trademark.

Screenshots

Builderment4 screens
Ficsit Field Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ficsit Field Guide at none against Builderment's 10. Ficsit Field Guide also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Builderment's advantage is ratings volume (3.4K vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Builderment sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Ficsit Field Guide asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ficsit Field Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Builderment has 3.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Builderment versus Ficsit Field Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuildermentFicsit Field Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.4K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.4K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBuilderment LLCJohn Robinson

Bugs and requests

Builderment

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Disappearing resources when moving storage
  • Conveyor belt pathing issues and clipping
  • Inconsistent resource production rates

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to run the game in the background
  • Multiple research labs for parallel progression
  • More varied and customizable map layouts
  • Conveyor belt color-coding or labeling
  • Overflow and smart splitter mechanics
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  • Prestige mode or new game+ options

Ficsit Field Guide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Builderment

One-time9
  • Pile of Gems$2.99
  • Pile of Gems$4.99
  • Bunch of Gems$6.99
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  • Bunch of Gems$9.99
  • Sack of Gems2 variants$19.99
  • Advanced World Settings$19.99
  • Chest of Gems$29.99
  • Chest of Gems$39.99
  • Vault of Gems$79.99
None

Ficsit Field Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Builderment free?
Builderment is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ficsit Field Guide free?
Ficsit Field Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Builderment or Ficsit Field Guide?
Ficsit Field Guide is rated higher. Builderment averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.4K ratings, while Ficsit Field Guide averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Builderment or Ficsit Field Guide have ads?
Builderment shows ads; Ficsit Field Guide does not.

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