Warhammer 40,000 vs BattleScribe
Choose Warhammer 40,000 for a more engaging gameplay experience despite its issues.
Warhammer 40,000 offers a richer gaming experience with more engaging gameplay and character collection, although it has significant issues with microtransactions and crashes. BattleScribe, while useful for army list building, suffers from abandonment and lack of updates, making it less reliable for current gameplay needs.
Head to head
you want a more engaging and strategic gameplay experience and can tolerate some bugs.
you need a free tool for army list building and are okay with outdated content.
Evidence note: While Warhammer 40,000 has a larger number of reviews and a generally higher rating, the negative reviews highlight significant issues with gameplay and monetization. BattleScribe's negative reviews focus on abandonment and lack of updates, which are serious concerns for users looking for current gameplay support.
Frequently asked
Is Warhammer 40,000 worth playing?
What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R2] Warhammer 40,000 I HATEE YOUU: I was trying to get kharn and Trajann but instead of getting those two characters I got two legendary tau characters and I hate tau so now i have no more happiness 💔💔😔😔😭😭
- [R8] Warhammer 40,000 Best game: It’s amazing
- [R26] Warhammer 40,000 Fun: Very fun any faction being able to collect characters from any faction refreshing gameplay
- [R63] BattleScribe Update Star Wars Legion: Awesome app but the Star Wars Legion stuff needs to be updated to include all factions including Mercenaries Mandalorians ect. It’s way out of date.
- [R5] Warhammer 40,000 Crashing Game: Great game, I still rank it a 4… but for months now no matter the updates I do the game crashes after about 10 mins of playing. I’m no tech master, my luck it’s my own iPad fault but it’s my main game and I still try my best to play daily but the crashing is frustrating.
- [R21] Warhammer 40,000 Great game, but…: Game is great, only issue is that it occasionally has (no internet connection) which is an error on their part, as I am able to connect to multiple internet sources meaning the issue is not on my part. The issue is now progressing, I have taken multiple screen shots of (no internet) which is clearly making the game not playable, I have indeed made purchases so it’s frustrating
- [R36] Warhammer 40,000 Great game, frequent crashes: Great game! Very addictive, however game frequently crashes resulting in lost tokens, energy ect. You can raise a ticket of which they have claimed to respond to all. However my previous three tickets I’ve had no response.
- [R78] BattleScribe Cool but a lot of work: I love the free army building but, when it comes to different selections managing equipment is confusing and hard
- [R61] BattleScribe Abandonware for profit: The app was previously pulled off the app store due to the creator having an out of date card. Previously he went years without any improvements or updates but profited off the ad revenue it generated and was left afloat by the individuals who updated the resources for free. He then promised consistent updates on progress and disappeared again after two months. Save yoursel
- [R22] Warhammer 40,000 Money grab: It’s not a bad fame for what it is but it’s a constant money grab. Everything costs money and you are basically strangled by the pay wall.
- [R28] Warhammer 40,000 Atrocious cash grab: Everything is behind a time gate. You want good characters? They’re locked behind events, further barred by atrocious drop rates for materials to upgrade your existing characters you need to use to unlock the ones you actually want. You have to grind missions for said materials, but wait, you can’t! It’s all locked behind a slowly recharging resource and time gated missions un
- [R58] Warhammer 40,000 Micro transactions are abominable: it’s crazy that they can sell you $5 worth of three chances to get 20/40 shards for a character. Not to mention the $100 packages for your guild. Just because it’s the standard doesn’t mean you have to try to scalp whales for hundreds of dollars. Seriously a disgusting level of greed. the game is fun tho
- [R92] BattleScribe Perfect on a budget: This app is great when you’re on a budget and don’t want to have the Warhammer App+ when looking to make a new army before you start buying
- [R4] Warhammer 40,000 They delete these negative reviews: They constantly update the ai to force you to spend money. They have “creators” they pay to promote and make guides for the game and then make the guides obsolete. Do not let them get your money.
- [R10] Warhammer 40,000 Bogus purchases.: The game itself is great and loads of fun. However, when I make a purchase I get charged for the purchase and then some other purchase I never made. If I made a purchase for $7.99 I would get charged the 7.99 and also 39.99 or some other larger amount. I had to contact Apple to get refunds. This has happened about 6 times. So if you make a purchase keep a very close eye on how mu
- [R16] Warhammer 40,000 Micro transaction bombardment: Overwhelming Micro transactions everywhere, more than actual gameplay.
- [R64] BattleScribe No Support: Apps developers and overall team have shifted to New Recruit. This app is no longer being updated in any fashion.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store