Comparison

Assembly Line 2 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

Assembly Line 2

Build and manage a factory to craft and sell resources. Optimize your assembly line with various machines and upgrades to maximize profits, even while offline. Discover new resources and make strategic decisions to grow your industrial empire.

Highlights
  • Build and optimize 21 different machines
  • Unlock tons of upgrades
  • Craft around 50 unique resources
  • Offline progress generation
  • Informative machine and resource data
  • Progress backup
Features
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Welcome to Assembly Line 2, the sequel to the factory-building and managing game. Assembly Line 2 combines elements from idle and tycoon games. Make the most money by using different types of machines to build an assembly line to craft resources and sell them. Unlock upgrades to make it more efficient and expand your factory. The goal is simple, build resources and sell them. Starting with a few machines and very basic resources, and using them with more advanced machines to craft and create more complex resources. Your factory will continue generating money even when you are offline. When you return to the game you will have piles of money waiting for you, but don't spend it all in one place! While Assembly Line 2 is an idle game, because you make the layout of your factory, it is up to you to optimize it to make the most money possible. Don't worry if you get lost with all those machines to build, the game offers an information menu so you can see what each machine does at any time. It also offers information on each resource price, so you can make decisions on what to craft. You can also see stats on the amount you are producing. Features: - 21 different machines to build and optimize the best factory. - Tons of upgrades to increase productivity. - Around 50 different unique resources to craft. - Multi-language support. - Backup your progress. - No internet required.

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

Assembly Line 24 screens
Ficsit Field Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ficsit Field Guide at none against Assembly Line 2's shown. Ficsit Field Guide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Assembly Line 2's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 3) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ficsit Field Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Assembly Line 2 has 1.6K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Assembly Line 2 versus Ficsit Field Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAssembly Line 2Ficsit Field Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.6K — better3
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoao ReisJohn Robinson

Bugs and requests

Assembly Line 2

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent offline earnings
  • Crafters and splitters stop working
  • Crashes on launch

Requested features

4 requests
  • Copy/paste assembly lines
  • Rotate/flip multiple machines
  • Pause production
  • Better performance optimization

Ficsit Field Guide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Assembly Line 2

No in-app purchases

None

Ficsit Field Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Assembly Line 2 free?
Assembly Line 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ficsit Field Guide free?
Ficsit Field Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Assembly Line 2 or Ficsit Field Guide?
Ficsit Field Guide is rated higher. Assembly Line 2 averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Ficsit Field Guide averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Assembly Line 2 or Ficsit Field Guide have ads?
Assembly Line 2 shows ads; Ficsit Field Guide does not.

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