DL Compendium vs Start.gg
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DL Compendium
Access detailed information on game heroes, abilities, and video previews. Explore comprehensive item data and create custom builds with reordering options. View published builds from within the app.
- Hero stats and abilities
- Video previews
- Item information
- Custom build creation
- Build reordering
- Published build access
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Your essential guide to the game's heroes, items, and builds. This app provides: - In-depth hero stats, abilities, and video previews. - Comprehensive item information and categorization. - Customizable build creation with category and item reordering. - Access to in-game published builds.
Start.gg
Discover and participate in competitive gaming events, from online tournaments to major esports conventions. Track your progress, follow favorite players, and receive real-time tournament updates. Manage your competitive gaming experience on the go.
- Find online tournaments
- Discover esports conventions
- Follow favorite players
- Receive tournament notifications
- Browse player profiles and rankings
- Support for hundreds of games
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Start.gg is your home for competitive gaming events - from online tournaments to the world's biggest esports conventions. Find tournaments near you, play in online brackets, or follow your favorite players in top-level competitions. Receive push notifications for every stage of a tournament, from registering to playing your matches. Browse player profiles, rankings, and event history across hundreds of games including Super Smash Bros., Street Fighter, Rocket League, Pokémon Champions, League of Legends, trading card games, and more. Whether you're running an event, playing to win, or just spectating, start.gg keeps the entire tournament experience in your pocket.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DL Compendium at none against Start.gg's shown. DL Compendium also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Start.gg's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for DL Compendium against 4.6 for Start.gg. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 7 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of DL Compendium's written reviews are positive against 75% of Start.gg's.
DL Compendium ships an update every 10 days, Start.gg every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DL Compendium | Start.gg |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (12 ratings) | 4.6 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sougata Chatterjee | Startgg, Inc. |
Customer experience
DL Compendium
Start.gg
In-app purchases
DL Compendium
No in-app purchases
Start.gg
No in-app purchases
