Sunderfolk Controller vs Pico Pal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sunderfolk Controller
Enhance your turn-based tactical RPG experience with this companion app. It transforms your mobile device into a controller, rule book, and inventory manager for up to four players. Requires the full game to be purchased separately.
- Mobile controller functionality
- Digital rule book
- Inventory management
- Card hand display
- Couch co-op enhancement
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This is the Sunderfolk™ Controller companion app. It requires the full Sunderfolk game, now available on your favorite console or PC! This app will not provide the game experience on its own! Sunderfolk is a new turn-based tactical RPG adventure built with a couch co-op experience in mind. Inspired by gathering around a table and role-playing with friends, up to four players can adventure through the magical and dangerous Sunderlands together in the same room or virtually. This app transforms your phone or tablet into your Sunderfolk controller, hand of cards, rule book, inventory, and more. With the free Sunderfolk controller app, all you and your friends need is in-hand.
Pico Pal
This app serves as an unofficial companion for the Pico Tabletop Role-Playing Game. It provides tools and resources to enhance your TTRPG experience.
- Companion app for Pico TTRPG
- Enhances TTRPG experience
- Unofficial resource
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An unofficial companion app for the Pico Tabletop Role-Playing Game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pico Pal at 5.0 against Sunderfolk Controller's 4.5. Pico Pal also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%). Sunderfolk Controller's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (93 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pico Pal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sunderfolk Controller has 93 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Sunderfolk Controller's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pico Pal's.
Sunderfolk Controller ships an update monthly, Pico Pal every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sunderfolk Controller | Pico Pal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (93 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 93 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 429 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dreamhaven, Inc. | Andrew Sheridan |
Customer experience
Sunderfolk Controller
Pico Pal
Bugs and requests
Sunderfolk Controller
Reported bugs
2 issues- Keeps disconnecting during first encounter
- Incompatible with older Xbox hardware
Requested features
4 requests- More characters
- Landscape mode support
- Dedicated iPad app
- 5-6 player game mode
Pico Pal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sunderfolk Controller
No in-app purchases
Pico Pal
No in-app purchases
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