Icy Veins vs MapGenie

Icy Veins is a gaming guides and news site, with resources for World of Warcraft, Diablo IV and III, Path of Exile, Final Fantasy XIV, and HoYoverse games including Genshin Impact and Zenless Zone Zero. Its material includes strategies, builds, talent trees, and tier lists. The site says its writers curate guides alongside skilled players, top raiders, competitive team members, and streamers, with new content and updates each week and attention to patches and expansions.

A companion desktop app brings World of Warcraft material to the desktop and currently covers Retail WoW. Its Class Codex addon gives in-game recommendations for talents, best-in-slot gear, stats, and rotations. The app runs through the U.GG app platform. A free plan is supported by ads; paid plans remove ads and include WoW masterclass videos and Discord expert help. The app is available for Linux, macOS, Windows, and web. Paid plans start at $3.99/mo (annual).

MapGenie is an interactive game map website for tracking progress and locating game features. Its maps cover titles including Far Cry, Grand Theft Auto and Assassin's Creed, and it also publishes Android map apps for games such as Elden Ring, RDR2, Tears of the Kingdom and Genshin Impact. The service has a free plan and is available on the web, Android and iOS. On PC, users can right-click a map location to submit a suggestion for moderator review. The team shares updates about maps in progress and released maps; planned titles it has listed include Kingdom Hearts III, Titan Quest 1 and Dragon Age: Inquisition. MapGenie does not publish plan prices on its site. A representative says PRO upgrades are one-time purchases that provide lifetime features for the specific game's map or maps. The iOS app supports iPhone and iPad on iOS 15 or iPadOS 15 and later, and Macs with Apple M1 chips or later on macOS 12 or later. Its listing includes advertising and reports possible collection of email, user ID, usage and crash data not linked to identity; usage data may be used to track users across other companies' apps and websites.