Warhammer 40,000: The App 12+

The app itself is solid and well thought out. I also appreciate the continual addition of features by the dev team (like command bunker).

Where I do have an issue is the pricing and the value proposition over time. I don’t have an issue with GW charging for this app. It takes money to pay a team to manage/develop it, I get that. The problem is that unless you buy every codex that comes out, over time the value you are getting for your money that you spent on the app gets lower and lower. When I first bought the app, I paid $60 and had access to all faction data. I now have access to 4 less factions, and that number will continue to grow over time. By the end of the edition, I will have access to only one faction (the one I play), and will likely have paid the same price at renewal for the app. It just feels bad as a customer to get less and less over time for what you paid for. In my opinion, the release of content on WarhammerTV does not make up for this, mostly because it’s so infrequent.

That being said, I would strongly suggest GW rethink what or how they charge for this app. I think the cost for a yearly subscription should be at least halved, to account for the diminishing value over time. Either that, or rethink how the codex paywall is handled/priced. Allowing to one to pay a nominal fee to access codex info for factions in the app would be a good start.

I paid for this app to have list building convenience and access to faction rules and data cards, I was sold as you gain access to all factions and as 10th is progressing it seems this is not true and falsely advertised. Why am I paying for the app of o have to buy every codex or data cards for each faction to use it? If that’s the case then the app should be free. Or it should be as it was advertised, paid access to all data sheets and rules in one place, I would even pay a bit more if this was the case, however 60 for the year with no acess to anything but list building capabilities is not worth at all, ( there are free apps for this function alone), the whole point was to have access to ALL DATA, if you raise the price to 100 for the year and include all the data and rules for the game it would be worth. But currently this app is false advertising and sub par to what it could be, not what is was sold as when originally was released, listen to your fan base ( who keeps you in business and loves the lore and game) not your investors (those that do not love the 40K universe and will dilute the brand for short term profit)

The only *real* complaint I have with this app is that it lumps all of your unit’s wargear selections into one card, making it so that my two units of Cadian Shock Troops share a profile. This forces me to sift through compounded lines of text to find the weapon I’m using, and is somewhat inconvenient as a learner and newcomer to 40K.

In addition, the Command Bunker cards don’t show how many of the weapons are in the squad itself, so I have to keep multiple mental notes of how many weapons are in each of my units, alongside strategizing and keeping track of the many stratagems at my disposal. This is yet another hurdle for new players like me, as I tend to spend a very long time making sure I’m not using too many or too little of one weapon selection.

So if those are my only two grievances, then why the two stars? It’s because the official Warhammer 40K App is trumped by BattleScribe, a free app that does all of the things mentioned above and more, all the while having the gall to push a horrible business model that is very obviously not popular.