Comparison

ValBuddy vs empty

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ValBuddy

Track your Valorant progress, shop offers, and agent selections. Manage your skin collection and stay organized with real-time updates and detailed stats. Connect multiple accounts for a comprehensive gaming experience.

Highlights
  • Real-time shop and market offers
  • Rank and MMR tracking
  • Detailed match history
  • Battle Pass progress monitoring
  • Skin collection management
  • Agent selection
  • Multi-account support
Features
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ValBuddy is the ultimate companion app for every Valorant player. Stay up to date with your Daily Shop, Featured Bundles, and Night Market offers — all in real time with countdown timers so you never miss a deal. Track your competitive journey with detailed Match History, live MMR tracking, and rank progression. See your current rank, peak rank, and RR changes after every match. With the Battle Pass tracker, you always know your current level, XP progress, daily and weekly missions — so you never fall behind. Browse your full skin collection, customize your loadout with skins, chromas, and buddies, and manage your inventory with ease. Select and lock your agent directly from the app during agent select. Sign in quickly with Google Login and connect up to 5 Valorant accounts — perfect for players with smurfs or different regions. Switch between accounts in seconds. Features: - View your Daily Shop, Featured Bundles & Night Market in real time - Track your rank, MMR, and RR changes after every match - Browse detailed Match History with K/D/A stats and round breakdowns - Monitor your Battle Pass progress, daily & weekly missions - Browse and manage your complete skin collection - Customize your loadout with skins, chromas & buddies - Select and lock agents during agent select - Sign in with Google for quick and easy login - Connect and manage up to 5 Valorant accounts - Smart caching for fast loading and offline access - Clean, fast, and intuitive interface ValBuddy helps you make smarter purchase decisions, track your competitive progress, and keep your Valorant experience organized — all in one app.

About

empty

Features
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empty is a meditative iOS app for one quiet moment a day. Frosted-glass items drift down from a custom Metal-shader cosmic sky. Tap one to open a hidden message — a small piece of stillness written for the kind of pause most days never make room for. Save it, write a personal journal note on it, breathe with it, and watch your quiet days stack up over time. — SIX UNIVERSES TO SWITCH BETWEEN — Cosmos, Aurora, Ember, Ocean, Void, Sakura. Each is its own GPU-rendered sky with its own colors, motion, falling symbols, and a curated message set written for that mood. Swipe left or right to glide between them. — A LIBRARY THAT REMEMBERS — Every message you open is automatically saved to your personal Library. Search the full text, the author, or your own journal notes. Filter by favorites or by theme. Copy, share, or remove anything any time. — A JOURNAL FOR WHAT THE MESSAGE MADE YOU FEEL — Each saved message has its own free-form note attached. Write a short reflection in the moment of the reveal, or come back later and edit it. Notes are searchable and stay only on your device. — A BREATHING TIMER THAT BREATHES WITH YOU — Four guided modes: Box (4·4·4·4), 4-7-8, Calm (5·5), and Energize (6·2·4·2). The breathing orb expands on inhale and contracts on exhale; haptics tap softly at the end of each cycle. Pick a 1, 3, 5, or 10-minute target. — A STREAK THAT IS NEVER LOUD ABOUT IT — A heat-map calendar of your openings, current streak, longest streak, and a per-theme distribution bar. No leaderboards, no comparison. Just your own quiet days. — OPTIONAL DAILY REMINDER — A single, gentle local notification at a time you choose. No remote payload, no tracking. Toggle off any time. — BUILT WITH STILLNESS — No accounts. No analytics. No third-party SDKs. No servers. Library, journal, history, and breathing log live only on your device. — EMPTY PRO (OPTIONAL, ONE-TIME) — empty is free to download with three openings every day and full access to every other feature — themes, library, journal, breathing, streak, sharing, and reminder. To remove the daily limit on openings you can unlock empty Pro as a one-time, non-consumable lifetime purchase. No subscriptions, no recurring charges. Pricing is shown in your local currency on the in-app purchase screen. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The Pro unlock can be restored on any device signed in to the same Apple ID via Settings → Restore Purchase. — DESIGNED FOR THE QUIET MINUTES — empty is not a productivity tool. It is not a streak you have to keep. It is a deliberately small ritual. Open one drop today. Or don't. The void is not waiting for you to fill it. one drop. infinite void. LIVE OUTSIDE THE APP • Home Screen, Lock Screen & StandBy widgets with your daily message — tap to draw a new one, no app launch needed • Siri, Spotlight, Shortcuts & Action Button: "Reveal a message in empty" • Control Center control (iOS 18+) • Breathing sessions as a Live Activity on the Lock Screen & Dynamic Island GO DEEPER • Press and hold a falling glyph to charge it — release at full charge for a rare, deeper message curated for each universe ——— Privacy Policy: https://agezgin.github.io/emptyapp-ios/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://agezgin.github.io/emptyapp-ios/terms.html Support: https://agezgin.github.io/emptyapp-ios/support.html Contact: h.ahmetgezgin@gmail.com

Screenshots

ValBuddy4 screens
empty4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ValBuddy at none against empty's 1. ValBuddy also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.4). empty's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. empty sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ValBuddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ValBuddy ships an update every 4 days, empty every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ValBuddy versus empty: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterValBuddyempty
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (522 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings522 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick BenderHacı Ahmet GEZGIN

In-app purchases

None

ValBuddy

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

empty

One-time1
  • empty Pro$9.99

Questions

Is ValBuddy free?
ValBuddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is empty free?
empty is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ValBuddy or empty have ads?
ValBuddy shows ads; empty does not.
Which is updated more often, ValBuddy or empty?
ValBuddy ships an update every 4 days, and empty every 3 months. Most recently, ValBuddy was updated on October 19, 2026 and empty on October 6, 2026.

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