Nethack Helper vs Dunil's Hold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nethack Helper
This app serves as a comprehensive toolkit for NetHack players, offering tools to master shops, spells, and character progression. It provides detailed information on items, spells, intrinsics, and includes animated solutions for puzzles. The app also features score logging and progress tracking.
- Item identification by price
- Spell success percentages
- Intrinsic monitoring
- Animated Sokoban puzzle solutions
- Score logging and ascension tracking
- Progress timeline chart
- Offline functionality
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NetHack Helper - Everything you need to remember in one tiny app The ultimate toolkit for NetHack adventurers. Master shops, spells, and character progression with precision tools designed by players, for players. • Identify items by price with charisma-based calculations • Covers potions, scrolls, rings, wands, armor & more • All 43 spell books with success-to-learn percentages • Factors Intelligence, XP level, and skill enhancements • Monitor 18 intrinsics, protection, and prayer status • Step-by-step animated solutions for all 8 Sokoban puzzles • Toggle between DawnHack tiles and classic ASCII views • Comprehensive score logging with ascension tracking • Hidden timeline chart reveals your progress over time • Uses DawnHack Tileset • Works offline with persistent data • Auto-resets between characters for streamlined gameplay Unofficial companion app - not affiliated with NetHack DevTeam - We use it with iNetHack2 on iPhones
Dunil's Hold
Explore a procedurally generated text-based dungeon with a hybrid interface. This roguelike RPG offers deep replayability, gear-based progression, and offline play. Experience a premium, ad-free adventure with a single purchase.
- Procedurally generated dungeons
- Text-based gameplay
- Gear-based progression
- Hybrid text/graphical interface
- 100% Offline & Private
- Deep replayability
- Autosave with one slot
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Descend into Dunil’s Hold, a sprawling, text-based procedurally generated dungeon where shadows hold secrets and every decision could be your last. A fusion of classic gaming lineages: text-based games and roguelikes, with gear-based progression, and the unforgiving brutality of Old School Renaissance (OSR) RPGs. FEATURES: * DunilsHold Engine: a custom game engine. * On-device LLM used for narration of certain non-critical aspects of the game. * Hybrid Text/Graphical Interface tailored for immersion. * Autosaves with one save slot. * 100% Offline & Private: Powered by on-device Apple MLX technology. No internet required, no data collection. * Deep Replayability: A massive, ever-changing dungeon filled with traps, secrets, monsters, and treasure. * Premium Experience: One price. No ads. No in-app purchases. No nonsense. * In active development.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Nethack Helper at Free against Dunil's Hold's $4.99. Nethack Helper also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads, 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
Nethack Helper is free to download; Dunil's Hold costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Nethack Helper | Dunil's Hold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 802 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | David Konshuh | Keith Mason Duke |
Customer experience
Nethack Helper
Dunil's Hold
In-app purchases
Nethack Helper
No in-app purchases
Dunil's Hold
No in-app purchases









