This is a comparison of popular companion apps. Since this is created by the author of Gloomhaven Secretariat, it's biased. If you want to have features listed here that are missing, feel free to contact me!
- Gloomhaven Secretariat (GHS)
- X-Haven Assistant (XHA)
- Frosthaven Official Companion (FOC)
- Gloomhaven Full Stack (GHFS)
- Gloomhaven Helper (GHH) [discontinued]
Please notice, that GHS, XHA and FOC are mostly clones/successors of GHH while GHFS is as the name suggested not only a companion app, but a full-stack app. So GHFS allow playing completely online and having way more features than the other apps (and listed here) like full scenario map support and many more (see gloomhaven.smigiel.us/#features). But since GHFS can be also used to replace Companion Apps like GHH, I listed it here.
This is not a comparison of usability, performance or any visuals, so personal taste and expectation may differ from just a table listing features!
| Tracking | GHS | XHA | FOC | GHFS | GHH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track all figures (Character, Monster + Standees, Summons, Objectives, Escorts) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Track basic data (HP, Conditions) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Track Initiative (incl. sorting) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Monster Abilities | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Monster Attack Modifier Deck | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Curse & Bless Attack Modifier | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Ally Attack Modifier Deck | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 |
| Scenario Setup (Monster, Objectives, Escorts) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Sperate Rooms/Sections | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Character Attack Modifier Deck | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Character Perks | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Character Scenario XP | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Character Scenario Gold | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Character Progress | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Character Abilities | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Campaign Progress | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| City- & Road-Events | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Multiple Parties/Campaigns | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Loot Deck | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Editions | GHS | XHA | FOC | GHFS | GHH |
| Gloomhaven | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Forgotten Circles (including Diviner Mechanics) | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Jaws Of The Lion | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Frosthaven | ✔️1 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️2 | 🚫 |
| The Crimson Scales | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✅3 | 🚫 |
| Solo Scenarios (for supported Editions) | ✅ | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Seeker Of Xorn | ✔️4 | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 |
| Blood and Sand | ✔️4 | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 |
| Trail Of Ashes | ✅5 | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 |
| supports Envelope X | ✔️4 | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Additional Features | GHS | XHA | FOC | GHFS | GHH |
| Synchronize multiple clients | ✔️6 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Right Management for clients | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 |
| Undo/Redo function | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️7 | ✔️ |
| Calculate Abilities (based on stats) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Add Basic Values to Stats | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Update Elements | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Consume Elements by Monsters | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Expire Conditions | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Apply Conditions | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Assign Loot Cards to Character | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Special Scenario Rules/Notes | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Apply Special Scenario Rules | ✔️ | ✅8 | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Automatic Standees | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Assign Standee Numbers | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Sort Standees | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Select multiple standees | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 |
| Random Standees | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Active Standees | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Hide Standees | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✔️ |
| Drag Values (Initiative, HP, XP, Gold) | ✔️ | ✅9 | ✅9 | 🚫 | ✔️ |
| Play without initiative required | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✔️ |
| Automatic level calculation | ✔️ | ✅10 | 🚫 | ✔️ | ✅10 |
| Ability Card Names | ✔️11 | ✔️ | ✔️12 | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Named Summons | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Summon Stats | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Support ≥ 5 Players rules | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Absent Characters | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫 |
| Localization | ✔️13 | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✅14 |
| Offline Support | ✔️15 | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✔️ |
| Devices | GHS | XHA | FOC | GHFS | GHH |
| Web | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫16 |
| Windows | ✔️17 | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✅17 | ❗18 |
| MacOS | ✔️17 | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✅17 | ❗18 |
| Linux | ✔️17 | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✅17 | ❗18 |
| Android | ✅17 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅17 | ❗18 |
| iOS | ✅17 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✅17 | 🚫16 |
| Contribution | GHS | XHA | FOC | GHFS | GHH |
| OpenSource License | ✔️19 | ✔️20 | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 |
| Custom Content | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 |
| Monster Editor (Stats + Abilities) | ✔️ | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 | 🚫 |
Footnotes
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Some special rules data not complete, but fully playable ↩
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Some special rules and setups missing, but fully playable ↩
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Not all scenarios available yet, but WIP, some Attackmodifier Rules missing ↩
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Some special monsters missing ↩
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Need seperate server component GHS Server, public instance available ↩
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Unlimitied Undo/Redo ↩
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Only spawns rules yet ↩
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By default only shown on hovering card or fullscreen card, can be activated permenent in settings ↩
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only shown on full screen card view ↩
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Support for English, German, French and Korean (missing translations for CS and FH) ↩
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Many languages supported, but many label missing: English, Czech, Hungarian, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portugues, Russian, Spanish ↩
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Installable as PWA ↩