VGC Helper vs DL Compendium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VGC Helper
This app assists players in building competitive teams for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's Ranked Battles. It offers tools for damage calculation, speed ranking, and live battle assistance, along with comprehensive team management and Poképaste integration.
- Team Builder
- Damage Calculator
- Speed Ranking Calculator
- Battle Assistant
- Poképaste Support
- Team Management
- Pokémon/Move/Ability/Item Search
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VGC Helper is your Ranked Battles companion app. • Features: - Team Builder - Damage calc - Speed ranking calc - Battle assistant for live calcs - Teams list management - Full Poképaste support - View team summaries such as type defenses, speeds, move coverage, etc. - Search Pokémon, Move, Abilities, and Items while sorting by convenient information - Search Pokémon, Move, Abilities, and Items from popular usage rankings • Disclaimer: Pokémon is a trademark of Nintendo, Creatures, and Game Freak. No copyright or trademark infringement is intended. VGC Helper is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with Nintendo, Creatures, and Game Freak.
DL Compendium
Access detailed information on game heroes, abilities, and video previews. Explore comprehensive item data and create custom builds with reordering options. View published builds from within the app.
- Hero stats and abilities
- Video previews
- Item information
- Custom build creation
- Build reordering
- Published build access
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Your essential guide to the game's heroes, items, and builds. This app provides: - In-depth hero stats, abilities, and video previews. - Comprehensive item information and categorization. - Customizable build creation with category and item reordering. - Access to in-game published builds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DL Compendium at none against VGC Helper's 3. DL Compendium also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 91%) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). VGC Helper's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (567 vs 12). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. VGC Helper sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. DL Compendium asks for nothing beyond the download.
VGC Helper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VGC Helper has 567 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of VGC Helper's written reviews are positive against 100% of DL Compendium's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
VGC Helper ships an update every 3 weeks, DL Compendium every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VGC Helper | DL Compendium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (567 ratings) — better | 4.5 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 567 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | John Rommel Estropia | Sougata Chatterjee |
Customer experience
VGC Helper
DL Compendium
Bugs and requests
VGC Helper
Reported bugs
5 issues- Tatsugiri only learns 4 moves (Draco Meteor, Helping Hand, Muddy Water, Celebrate)
- Level select for team building non-functional
- Team reorganization causes duplicate teams and override issues
- Overridden teams become uneditable until menu exit
- Missing Pokémon data for certain species (e.g., Emboar)
Requested features
10 requests- Shiny Pokémon option/toggle
- Pokémon Box for storing specific builds
- Save individual Pokémon builds across teams
- Ability to set exact EV values
- Level selection beyond level 50
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- Regulation G and Regulation I support
- Regulation E Pokémon and movesets
- Battle feature for playing against friends
- Folder system to organize teams
- Character images or Pokémon thumbnails
DL Compendium
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VGC Helper
- Tip a Sandwich$0.99
- Tip 5 Sandwiches$4.99
- Tip 10 Sandwiches$9.99
DL Compendium
No in-app purchases
