Icy Veins vs RaiderBuddy

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).

RaiderBuddy is a companion app for ARC Raiders with event timers, maps, progress tracking, and loadout tools. Its timers show live conditions and upcoming events across five server regions. Interactive maps identify loot, ARC enemies, resources, locked rooms, and quest locations, and allow user-created markers. Players can track quests and weekly trial objectives, check needed items, and follow blueprint progress. Build tools support planning and sharing skill builds, viewing weapon stats, and creating shareable weapon tier lists. A free Windows overlay displays event timers, trials, and the user's list over the game. The tools work without an account; signing in allows progress to be kept across devices. RaiderBuddy is available on the web, as an extension, and for Windows, with no mobile apps. Premium adds an ad-free experience, event notifications, saved builds, private map markers, blueprint and progress syncing, and trial spawn locations. Premium Yearly is €2.99 a year, billed yearly, and Premium Monthly is €4.99 a month; both list a seven-day free trial. RaiderBuddy describes itself as a fan project unaffiliated with Embark Studios or ARC Raiders.