SV Guide vs MapGenie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SV Guide
An unofficial companion app for Stardew Valley players. Quickly access essential game information like villager gift preferences, shop hours, and crop details through an intuitive interface. Enhance your gameplay by easily finding the data you need.
- Villager gift preferences
- Shop opening hours and inventory
- Crop sales prices and growth times
- Fish and foraging locations
- Artisan good sales prices
- Villager locations
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This unofficial guide to Stardew Valley, strives to improve your gaming experience through a simple, intuitive interface that allows you to quickly find the info you need, so you can focus on the most important thing: Playing Stardew Valley! BROWSE AND YOU WILL FIND This app’s content is based on the Stardew Valley Wiki and centers around the core of your gameplay. Through a simple and intuitive interface, the app makes it easy to access information that you continuously need to look up while you are playing Stardew Valley. Quickly look up what a villager loves getting as a gift, what sales price an artisan good has, whether a shop is open and much more. Current available information: – Every season’s crops, fish and foraging Sales prices Growth time Where and when to find or buy Who would love/like this as a gift – Shops Opening hours Shop inventory Upgrade prices How to unlock items – Villagers Birthday What do they like/love as gifts Where are they located in town right now? Can I marry this villager? And many more features are coming! Don't hesitate to contact us with any feature requests. This is an unofficial app for Stardew Valley. This app is not affiliated with the Stardew Valley brand.
MapGenie
An unofficial interactive map for a popular adventure game, helping players discover over 1000 locations. Track your progress, find collectibles, and add notes to mark points of interest across all in-game maps.
- Interactive map of Hyrule
- Progress tracker for collectibles
- Over 1000 locations marked
- 50+ location categories
- Quick search functionality
- Note-taking on the map
- Sync progress with website
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An unofficial fan-made interactive map for TOTK - use the progress tracker to hunt down every last collectible in Hyrule! FEATURES: • Over 1000 locations - Find all Shrines, Korok Seeds, Armor, Bosses, Materials, Side Quests, Treasure & more! • 50+ categories - including Dragon Tears, Chasms, Schematics, Wells and Bluepees! • Quicksearch - just type the name of a location to instantly find what you're looking for. • Sync progress with the website: https://mapgenie.io • Progress Tracker - mark locations as found and track the progress of your collectables. • Take Notes - marking places of interest by adding notes to the map. • All Maps - Maps for the Sky, Surface & Depths (+ dungeon maps!) NOTE: This game is H U G E, and the map is still work-in-progress. We're adding more locations & maps every day so stay tuned! If you find a bug, or have any suggestions for the app, please use the 'Send Feedback' option below to let us know! Disclaimer: MapGenie is in no way affiliated with the developers of this game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SV Guide at none against MapGenie's shown. SV Guide also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 52%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 39 months). MapGenie's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (349 vs 85). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. SV Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MapGenie sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MapGenie holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 85 and 349 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of SV Guide's written reviews are positive against 52% of MapGenie's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SV Guide ships an update every 3 weeks, MapGenie every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SV Guide | MapGenie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (85 ratings) | 4.7 (349 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.2% of reviews — better | 52.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 85 | 349 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 39 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Martin Bech | Magic Lamp Technologies Limited |
Customer experience
SV Guide
MapGenie
User reviews
SV Guide
From 85 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful and clean UI design
- 👍 Easy to navigate and user-friendly
- ⚡ Fast and smooth performance
- 📚 Comprehensive game information
- 🎯 Well-organized content layout
Room to improve
- 🔐 Aggressive paywall for essential features
- 💰 Community center bundles locked behind premium
- ❌ Incomplete information in some sections
- 🐛 App crashes during purchase attempts
- 📊 Outdated bundle information
MapGenie
From 349 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Comprehensive map with multiple regions and locations
- 🎮 Helpful for finding items and achieving 100% completion
- 🎨 Well-designed and visually appealing interface
- 📍 Extensive coverage of shrines, dungeons, and collectibles
- ⚡ Good performance and optimization when working
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent login failures and authentication issues
- 🐛 Cannot mark locations as found (Failed to Mark Location error)
- 🐛 Settings not saved between sessions
- 🐛 Inaccurate location positioning on map
- 🐛 Screen auto-pans away from selected points
Bugs and requests
SV Guide
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes when attempting premium purchase
- Community center bundles not registering completion
- Incorrect item descriptions (soggy paper, etc.)
- Wrong upgrade costs (house upgrade pricing)
- Spelling error: 'gifiting' instead of 'gifting'
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- Incorrect crafting recipes
- Missing item information
- Outdated community center bundle data
Requested features
17 requests- Museum collection tracker
- Checklist for bundles and achievements
- Romance/relationship tracking
- Golden walnut location checklist
- Perfection requirements tracker
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- Calendar for events and birthdays
- Dislikes and hates section for villagers
- Progress tracking buttons and counters
- Favorite/pin items feature
- Building and upgrade tracking
- Dark mode toggle independent of device settings
- Detailed upgrade explanations
- Monster eradication goals checklist
- Notes section for quests
- Map with location highlights
- 1.6 update compatibility
- Ad-supported free tier option
MapGenie
Reported bugs
12 issues- Login fails with 'couldn't log in :(' error message
- Cannot stay logged in or session drops unexpectedly
- Failed to Mark Location error when checking off found items
- Settings and filter selections not persisting after app close
- Marked items not being removed from map display
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- App resets zoom level and icon selections when switching apps
- Location markers positioned inaccurately on map
- Screen auto-pans away from selected point of interest
- Account deletion button non-functional
- iPad app login fails while iPhone app works
- Inconsistent marking functionality across devices
- Missing items in certain categories despite being in game
Requested features
13 requests- Add fuse guide with damage calculations and special effects
- Include bubbul gems location tracking
- Add enemy level indicators (blue, black, silver, white)
- Remember user filter selections and zoom level
- Add splash fruit locations
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- Offline map download capability
- In-app feedback and issue reporting system
- Reset progress option accessible from app settings
- Improved puzzle guides with detailed instructions
- Add Far Cry 6 map support
- Separate old maps from key items category
- Boot to blank selection or saved selections instead of all selected
- Expand Misko's treasure filter locations
In-app purchases
SV Guide
- Pro$5.99
MapGenie
- TOTK Map PRO Upgrade$9.99
Questions
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