Comparison

Survey Party vs Pathrules 2e

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

Head to head
About

Survey Party

This app simplifies complex bookkeeping for 18XX board games. It tracks player holdings, company share prices, cash flow, and game progress, allowing players to focus on strategy. Share game progress via PDF snapshots and custom URLs.

Highlights
  • Tracks player holdings and share prices
  • Manages cash flow, game turns, and phases
  • Facilitates tile and token placement
  • Supports train purchases, earnings, and dividends
  • Analyzes company prospects and player net worth
  • Generates PDF snapshots of game progress
  • Supports PBEM tournaments
Features
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A fan of 18XX board games? Not so much of the constant need for bookkeeping with regard to Train routes, earnings, dividends, asset worth, etc.? This app does the heavy lifting and allows players to concentrate on playing. Track player holdings & Company share prices. Keep the cash flowing and game turns & Phases rolling. Lay Tiles and Tokens, purchase Trains, collect Earnings, and issue Dividends. Analyse company prospects. Dig into each player's current & future net worth - all through a clutter-free and easy-to-use touch interface. Pass a match among players for an easy PBEM tournament. Publish your match configuration using a custom URL scheme. Capture and share a PDF snapshot of each step along the way to becoming the wealthiest Director among your peers. -- Supported 18XX titles (note that only a subset of specific game features might be implemented for some of them): 1800 1817 1824 1825 (all Units) 1826 1829 (South & North) 1829 Mainline 1830 (incl. variations & scenarios) 1835 1837 1841 (both editions) 1843 1844 (original & Mayfair edition) 1846 1848 Australia 1849 1850 1853 (both editions) 1854 (original & Mayfair edition) 1856 1858 1860 1861 1862EA 1865 Sardinia 1867 1869 (Alan Moon) 1870 1880 1881 1886 1889 1899 18AL 18CZ (base game) 18Dixie 18EU 18FL 18GA 18GB 18MEX 18Neb 18NY 18PA 18Scan 18VA Poseidon Steam over Holland

About

Pathrules 2e

This app provides a streamlined reference for Pathfinder 2nd Edition rules, simplifying complex cross-references. It allows players and Game Masters to easily search and filter for actions, spells, feats, and more. The app aims to make navigating the game's extensive trait system more accessible.

Highlights
  • Pathfinder 2e rules reference
  • Simplified cross-references
  • Search by name
  • Filter options
  • Actions, spells, feats, skills, attributes, traits, conditions, creature abilities
Features
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Pathrules 2e The Pathfinder 2e rules reference app. Perfect for players and GMs alike. The Pathfinder 2e trait system is great, but it ends up with cross-references, which makes it a bit difficult to read. Pathrules 2e aims to solve this problem by easily showing the references. In addition, the app also allows you to search by name and apply filters, to make it easy to find what you are looking for. For now there are actions, spells, feats, skill, attributes, traits, conditions and creature abilities, but more are to come.

Screenshots

Survey Party4 screens
Pathrules 2e4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pathrules 2e at Free against Survey Party's $0.99. Pathrules 2e also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 64%). Survey Party's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Pathrules 2e is free to download; Survey Party costs $0.99 up front. Survey Party sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pathrules 2e sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pathrules 2e holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Survey Party's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pathrules 2e's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Survey Party ships an update every 6 weeks, Pathrules 2e fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Survey Party versus Pathrules 2e: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurvey PartyPathrules 2e
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAntti HautaniemiVitor Abreu Martins

Customer experience

Survey Party

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

Pathrules 2e

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Survey Party

One-time1
  • Remove adverts$3.99
1 purchases

Pathrules 2e

One-time1
  • Remove Ads Forever$2.99

Questions

Is Survey Party free?
Survey Party costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Pathrules 2e free?
Pathrules 2e is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Survey Party or Pathrules 2e?
Pathrules 2e is rated higher. Survey Party averages 3.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Pathrules 2e averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Survey Party or Pathrules 2e have ads?
Pathrules 2e shows ads; Survey Party does not.
Which is updated more often, Survey Party or Pathrules 2e?
Survey Party ships an update every 6 weeks, and Pathrules 2e fortnightly. Most recently, Survey Party was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pathrules 2e on October 24, 2026.

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