TMHelper vs X
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TMHelper
A companion app for Terraforming Mars and its Ares Expedition expansion. It allows players to easily track global parameters, manage player boards, and keep score for up to five players. Designed for quick, touch-friendly adjustments.
- Track global parameters (oxygen, temperature, oceans)
- Manage player boards with production/resource controls
- Keep Terraforming Rating and player scores
- Dedicated Ares Expedition mode
- Smart, touch-first controls
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TMHelper is a fast, table‑friendly companion for Terraforming Mars and Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition. Features: - Track global parameters (oxygen, temperature, oceans) at a glance - Manage player boards with quick production + resource controls - Keep Terraforming Rating and player scores for up to 5 players, color‑coded - Switch between Terraforming Mars and Ares Expedition with a dedicated Ares mode - Use smart, touch‑first controls designed for fast, mistake‑free adjustments
X
This app serves as an unofficial assistant for popular board games like Gloomhaven and Frosthaven. It aims to provide a seamless user experience by consolidating most functionalities onto a single screen, minimizing the need for user input during gameplay.
- Unofficial helper for Gloomhaven family games
- Replaces unavailable Gloomhaven Helper
- Focus on user experience
- Single-screen functionality
- Minimizes user input
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An unofficial helper app for the boardgames Gloomhaven, Frosthaven, Crmson Scales and other campaigns in the same family of boardgames. The aim is to be a good replacement for the Gloomhaven Helper by Esoteric Software that is no longer available. The focus is on good user experience, and to be like a boardgame component rather than a typical material style app. That means most of the functionality will be in one single screen, which makes it seem slightly busy at first glance, but is really necessary to minimize need for user input which is a key factor to good UX for a boardgame component.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: X at none against TMHelper's 6. X also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (87 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. TMHelper sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. X asks for nothing beyond the download.
X holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: X has 87 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of TMHelper's written reviews are positive against 86% of X's.
TMHelper ships an update every 10 months, X every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TMHelper | X |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (87 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 86.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 87 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Mike Mailyan | Hans Moeller |
Customer experience
TMHelper
X
Bugs and requests
TMHelper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
X
Reported bugs
12 issues- Solo button not working
- Menu keeps opening on iPad mini
- Enemy attack cards re-appearing frequently
- Connection issues make app worthless
- Networking code is bad
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- Statuses have to be manually removed
- Cannot drag to alter initiative order
- Ally and monster decks too close
- Client/host syncing issues
- Undo button doesn't work
- Cannot place more monsters
- Loot deck not visible
Requested features
10 requests- Indicate when turn is over
- Automatically remove expired statuses
- Allow dragging to alter initiative order
- Make decks larger and easier to distinguish
- Undo for accidentally ending a round
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- Fix loot deck visibility
- Improve UI scaling on tablets
- Fix bug with placing monsters
- Improve client/host syncing
- Add undo button functionality
In-app purchases
TMHelper
- TMHelper 7-day Free TrialFree
- Mars$0.99
- Earth$1.99
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- Saturn$2.99
- Jupiter$3.99
- TMHelper Lifetime$9.99
X
No in-app purchases
