Assemble vs Assistant for Arkham Horror
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Assemble
This app streamlines game setup for Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game. It randomly selects game components like schemes, masterminds, and heroes, with options to filter and save preferred setups. It also provides scheme-specific instructions and supports all expansions and player counts.
- Randomly selects schemes, mastermind, henchmen, villains, and heroes
- Filters cards, expansions, and teams
- Provides scheme-specific setup instructions
- Saves and loads game setups
- Supports all expansions
- Supports 1-5 players and advanced solo mode
- Creates custom cards
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Quickly generate the setup for your next game of Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game. FEATURES: • Randomly selects schemes, mastermind, henchmen, villains and heroes. • Easy filtering of specific cards, expansions or teams. • Provides details of scheme specific setup instructions • Save and load setups • Supports all expansions. • Supports setups for 1-5 players. • Supports all difficulty levels and advanced solo mode. • Supports a Mastermind player. • Create custom cards. • Keyword reference
Assistant for Arkham Horror
This app acts as a digital substitute for physical game components for Arkham Horror. It includes interactive sheets for investigators and ancient ones, game rules, and reference materials. Additional content is available through in-app purchases.
- Interactive Investigator sheets
- Ancient One tracking
- Game rules reference
- Player reference sheet
- Custom community sheets
- Expansion content via IAP
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The Game Assistant for Arkham Horror serves as a substitute for the game elements to the Arkham Horror. It contains all the Investigators and Ancient Ones sheets from base edition of Arkham Horror (other expansions are available through in-app purchases). It also contains simple game rules. Cards are interactive and can be used with the game itself as a substitute for classic tokens and sheets. The Game Assistant for Arkham Horror includes: • Investigator tracking sheet, usable for more players • Ancient One tracking sheet • Game rules • Players Reference Sheet • Herald, Guardian and Institution cards (iPad only) • Investigator Personal Story cards (iPad only) • Custom game sheets from community
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Assemble at Free against Assistant for Arkham Horror's $4.99. Assemble also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (135 vs 6). Assistant for Arkham Horror's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Assemble is free to download; Assistant for Arkham Horror costs $4.99 up front. Assemble sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Assistant for Arkham Horror sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Assemble holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Assemble has 135 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Assemble's written reviews are positive against 67% of Assistant for Arkham Horror's.
Assemble ships an update every 2 months, Assistant for Arkham Horror every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Assemble | Assistant for Arkham Horror |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (135 ratings) — better | 3.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.6% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 135 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Baby Marsupial Creations LLC | Petr Hejkal |
Customer experience
Assemble
Assistant for Arkham Horror
Bugs and requests
Assemble
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes when adding new expansions
- Break The Planet Asunder scheme has swapped hero/scheme numbers
- Negative Zone Breakout scheme shows as missing
- Thor hero sets not properly differentiated
- Dimensions Circus Of Crime henchmen double selection issue
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- Guardians of the Galaxy set causes app crash
- App crashes when customizing expansion filters
- Dark mode rendering issues
- Purchase not recognized on new devices
- Saved data fails to transfer between devices
- Ad-free purchase not functioning properly
- Solo mode Master Strike count incorrect
Requested features
15 requests- Add missing expansions (Weapon X, What If, Midnight Suns, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, World War Hulk, Champions, Venom, Phase 1, Realm of Kings, Buffy, Bond, Big Trouble)
- Cloud save synchronization across devices
- Save personal expansion collection as default
- Difficulty analysis for specific scenarios
- Epic mastermind randomization option
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- Smart randomization considering hero-villain synergy
- Stat tracking for wins/losses and card usage
- Custom keyword creation
- Sortable expansions by release date and alphabetically
- Search functionality in keyword reference
- Force hero team sharing requirement
- Ability to lock in specific cards and randomize rest
- Grievous Wounds and Specialized Bystanders support
- Graphics improvements for visual appeal
- Support for other game variants (Buffy, Bond, Big Trouble)
Assistant for Arkham Horror
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Assemble
- Remove Ads$3.99
Assistant for Arkham Horror
- Kingsport Horror$1.99
- Game Rules$1.99
- Dunwich Horror$2.99
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- Innsmouth Horror$2.99
Questions
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