Ultimate Guide for Minecraft vs MC Status Widget for Minecraft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultimate Guide for Minecraft
This comprehensive guide provides crafting recipes, mob information, item details, and wiki data for all popular Minecraft versions. It's a free, ad-free resource for players across PC, Pocket Edition, PlayStation, and Xbox.
- Crafting recipes
- Mob information
- Item details
- Wiki information
- Support for all Minecraft versions
- New player guides
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This Minecraft guide supports ALL popular Minecraft versions. PC, Pocket Edition, Playstation AND Minecraft Xbox! Over 1.5 million users of the best Minecraft guide around. And it's free and no ads! From Seejaykay, makers of Skin Creator for Minecraft comes the ultimate guide for Minecraft. Crafting recipes, Mobs, items, wiki information, achievements, and more! Features Include: - New player guides available! - Support for all four major Minecraft versions. PC, Pocket Edition, Playstation and Xbox - All Mobs, Recipes, Items and more are available. - Wiki information about Minecraft - All-in-one complete guide - Universal app that works on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch Download the best guide for Minecraft today! -- Important -- This app and Seejaykay LLC are not affiliated with Mojang AB or Notch Development. Mojang AB is the legal creator of Minecraft. All graphical assets of Minecraft and its trademark are owned by Mojang AB.
MC Status Widget for Minecraft
Monitor the status of your favorite Minecraft servers directly from your device. View player counts, online player lists, server version, and ping. Integrates with iOS features like widgets and Apple Watch for quick access.
- Server online status
- Player count and list
- Server version and ping
- Home Screen/Lock Screen Widgets
- Apple Watch app and complications
- Siri and Shortcuts support
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This app is for anyone who plays on a Minecraft server (Java edition & Bedrock/MCPE). Add any server to the app and see useful information about it, including: * Online Status * Number of players online * List of players who are online** * Host * Port * Message of the day * Server Version * Ping * Domain SRV records **Only supported on servers with 1.7+, on Java Edition. In addition, server owners can disable this feature This app also supports many of your favorite iOS integrations, such as Home Screen/Lock Screen Widgets, Apple Watch app/complications, Shortcuts supports, Siri Support, Dark/Tinted icon support, CloudKit support and more! This app is also open source. If you want to contribute, request a feature, or report a bug, please do so at https://github.com/eclair4151/MinecraftServerStatusWidget *This app is neither made by nor endorsed by Mojang/Microsoft
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MC Status Widget for Minecraft at 4.6 against Ultimate Guide for Minecraft's 2.8. MC Status Widget for Minecraft also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 46%). Ultimate Guide for Minecraft's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Ultimate Guide for Minecraft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MC Status Widget for Minecraft sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MC Status Widget for Minecraft holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 190 and 339 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Ultimate Guide for Minecraft's written reviews are positive against 84% of MC Status Widget for Minecraft's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultimate Guide for Minecraft | MC Status Widget for Minecraft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (190 ratings) | 4.6 (339 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.6% of reviews | 84.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 190 | 339 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seejaykay LLC | Tomer Shemesh |
Customer experience
Ultimate Guide for Minecraft
MC Status Widget for Minecraft
User reviews
Ultimate Guide for Minecraft
From 190 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Helpful app
- 👍 Useful information
- 💡 Good layout and organization
Room to improve
- 🐛 Outdated information
- 🐛 Inaccurate recipes and descriptions
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 📢 Too many ads
- 🔍 Lack of search functionality
MC Status Widget for Minecraft
From 339 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Efficient and reliable
- 💡 Useful widget integration
- 🔒 No ads or in-app purchases
Room to improve
- 🐛 Widget issues on iOS 14
- 🐛 Compatibility problems with some servers
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
Bugs and requests
Ultimate Guide for Minecraft
Reported bugs
3 issues- Potion recipes are wrong
- Certain items/mobs not listed correctly
- App crashes frequently
Requested features
4 requests- Update to latest Minecraft versions
- Add more details and recipes
- Improve search and navigation
- Translate to other languages
MC Status Widget for Minecraft
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widget not showing up in iOS 14
- Issues with IPv6 server addresses
- Bedrock server status not working correctly
Requested features
3 requests- Push notifications for server status changes
- Advanced server analytics and reporting
- Apple Watch app and complications
In-app purchases
Ultimate Guide for Minecraft
- Player Guides$0.99
MC Status Widget for Minecraft
- Tip Developer $1.99$1.99
- Tip Developer $4.99$4.99
- Tip Developer $9.99$9.99
Questions
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