Helper for Terraria vs SV Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Helper for Terraria
This comprehensive strategy guide offers tips and tricks for crafting, items, enemies, and more. It serves as an ultimate resource to find what you need across all platforms, featuring searchable item lists, crafting recipes, enemy details, and NPC information.
- Searchable item list
- Item filtering
- Crafting recipes
- Enemy encyclopedia
- NPC guide
- Armor set details
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Helper for Terraria contians a full strategy guide giving you tips and tricks on crafting, items, enemies and more! Helper for Terraria is the ultimate resource for finding what you need for each platform. Features include: + A fully indexed and searchable list of all items. + A filter option to specify which types of items you wish to see. + Crafting details including items recipes and what objects can be crafted with it. + Full list of enemies that you may battle with. + A complete guide to NPCs that you may encounter. + A full list of armor sets, plus the option to specify which types you own. Please Note: This app is not affiliated with Re-Logic or 505 Games. Thanks to Andrew "Redigit" Spinks for such a great game. Please let us know if you find we are missing any information or would like to suggest features added to the next version! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: http://www.ngdevelopment.org/privacypolicy.html
SV Guide
An unofficial companion app for Stardew Valley players. Quickly access essential game information like villager gift preferences, shop hours, and crop details through an intuitive interface. Enhance your gameplay by easily finding the data you need.
- Villager gift preferences
- Shop opening hours and inventory
- Crop sales prices and growth times
- Fish and foraging locations
- Artisan good sales prices
- Villager locations
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This unofficial guide to Stardew Valley, strives to improve your gaming experience through a simple, intuitive interface that allows you to quickly find the info you need, so you can focus on the most important thing: Playing Stardew Valley! BROWSE AND YOU WILL FIND This app’s content is based on the Stardew Valley Wiki and centers around the core of your gameplay. Through a simple and intuitive interface, the app makes it easy to access information that you continuously need to look up while you are playing Stardew Valley. Quickly look up what a villager loves getting as a gift, what sales price an artisan good has, whether a shop is open and much more. Current available information: – Every season’s crops, fish and foraging Sales prices Growth time Where and when to find or buy Who would love/like this as a gift – Shops Opening hours Shop inventory Upgrade prices How to unlock items – Villagers Birthday What do they like/love as gifts Where are they located in town right now? Can I marry this villager? And many more features are coming! Don't hesitate to contact us with any feature requests. This is an unofficial app for Stardew Valley. This app is not affiliated with the Stardew Valley brand.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SV Guide at 4.4 against Helper for Terraria's 4.0. SV Guide also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (83% vs 71%). Helper for Terraria's advantage is ratings volume (927 vs 85). 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. Helper for Terraria sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and SV Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SV Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Helper for Terraria has 927 ratings behind it against 85, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Helper for Terraria's written reviews are positive against 83% of SV Guide's.
Helper for Terraria ships an update every 3 months, SV Guide every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Helper for Terraria | SV Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (927 ratings) | 4.4 (85 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.7% of reviews | 83.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 927 — better | 85 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nicole Hankinson | Martin Bech |
Customer experience
Helper for Terraria
SV Guide
User reviews
Helper for Terraria
From 927 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Helpful guide
- 👍 Great for beginners
- 🔍 Useful information
Room to improve
- 🔒 Locked content behind paywall
- 🐛 Outdated information
- 🔍 Missing key items/features
- 💤 Ads even in premium version
SV Guide
From 85 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful and clean UI design
- 👍 Easy to navigate and user-friendly
- ⚡ Fast and smooth performance
- 📚 Comprehensive game information
- 🎯 Well-organized content layout
Room to improve
- 🔐 Aggressive paywall for essential features
- 💰 Community center bundles locked behind premium
- ❌ Incomplete information in some sections
- 🐛 App crashes during purchase attempts
- 📊 Outdated bundle information
Bugs and requests
Helper for Terraria
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incomplete item/recipe descriptions
- Inconsistent information across platforms
Requested features
4 requests- Update to latest Terraria version
- Add more detailed information
- Improve organization and navigation
- Remove ads for premium users
SV Guide
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes when attempting premium purchase
- Community center bundles not registering completion
- Incorrect item descriptions (soggy paper, etc.)
- Wrong upgrade costs (house upgrade pricing)
- Spelling error: 'gifiting' instead of 'gifting'
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- Incorrect crafting recipes
- Missing item information
- Outdated community center bundle data
Requested features
17 requests- Museum collection tracker
- Checklist for bundles and achievements
- Romance/relationship tracking
- Golden walnut location checklist
- Perfection requirements tracker
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- Calendar for events and birthdays
- Dislikes and hates section for villagers
- Progress tracking buttons and counters
- Favorite/pin items feature
- Building and upgrade tracking
- Dark mode toggle independent of device settings
- Detailed upgrade explanations
- Monster eradication goals checklist
- Notes section for quests
- Map with location highlights
- 1.6 update compatibility
- Ad-supported free tier option
In-app purchases
Helper for Terraria
- Premium$0.991 Month
- Premium7 Days trial$6.991 Year
- Premium$3.99
SV Guide
- Pro$5.99
Questions
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