X vs Frosthacker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Frosthacker
Manage your Frosthaven character sheets digitally. Track perks, experience, gold, health, items, and more. The app also automates attack deck building and modifier handling for a smoother gameplay experience.
- Digital character sheet management
- Track perks, experience, gold, and health
- Manage items, loot, and retirement goals
- Automatic attack deck building
- Handle attack deck modifiers
- Select battle goals for scenarios
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Frosthacker is an innovative digital companion app designed specifically for the captivating board game "Frosthaven". This comprehensive app allows players to manage their character sheets effortlessly in a digital format. With Frosthacker, users can keep track of their perk selections, experience points, gold, health, recent deck usage, items, loot items (such as lumber, metal, and more), retirement goals, notes, and card unlocks. The app simplifies gameplay by automatically building attack decks based on the player's perk selections and handling attack deck modifiers. Additionally, Frosthacker enables players to select a battle goal for their current scenario, further enhancing the immersive gaming experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: X at none against Frosthacker's 1. X also leads on ratings volume (87 vs 10) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Frosthacker's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Frosthacker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. X asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for X against 4.7 for Frosthacker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: X has 87 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of X's written reviews are positive against 100% of Frosthacker's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | X | Frosthacker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (87 ratings) | 4.7 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hans Moeller | Jonathan Weick |
Customer experience
X
Frosthacker
Bugs and 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
Frosthacker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
X
No in-app purchases
Frosthacker
- Unlock All Characters$1.99







