# Empires & Puzzles: Guide

> Companion for the Empires Puzzles: heroes, events, calculator, calendar, chests

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.factory.epguide](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.factory.epguide)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.factory.epguide`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Guide Factory
- **Category:** ENTERTAINMENT
- **Downloads:** 168,750
- **Rating:** 4.13 / 5 (3,786 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-07
- **First published:** 2020-03-20
- **Publisher country:** UA
- **Size:** 125 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.factory.epguide)
- **Website:** [https://epguide.factoryguides.de/](https://epguide.factoryguides.de/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://epguide.factoryguides.de/en/privacy](https://epguide.factoryguides.de/en/privacy)

## Description

**Empires & Puzzles: Guide** is your ultimate companion app for the Empires & Puzzles game, offering detailed information on heroes, events, quests, titan battles, and optimal chest locations. It includes an extensive hero database complete with characteristics, abilities, emblem calculators, and strategic tips to aid both new and experienced players.

The app also features up-to-date news, game building info, resource calculators for food, iron, and time, plus coverage of major in-game events like Atlantis, Valhalla, Legend Tavern, and Masquerade. Continuous development ensures new tools such as troop descriptions and beginner-friendly articles are on the way. This free resource embraces player feedback through integrated community links, fostering an engaged gaming experience—all while operating independently from the official game developers.

## Rankings

- #173,062 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.amazon.privacypass.ATTEST`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.factory.epguide.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES`

## Review summary

User reviews praise the guide as beginner-friendly with solid hero information and a clean, easy-to-use layout. It’s especially useful for older heroes and strategy references. The primary drawbacks are outdated content and missing recent heroes, poor updates, and intrusive monetization (ads and pay-to-win concerns), which erode usefulness. The app works best when kept current.

### Pros

- Very helpful information for beginners.
- Easy-to-use, well-organized interface.
- Comprehensive hero guides, including older heroes.
- Valuable reference for strategy and hero data.

### Cons

- Outdated content and slow updates; many new heroes missing.
- Search and indexing don’t show latest heroes.
- Advertising is intrusive; frequent ads degrade the experience.
- Monetization concerns: pay-to-win feel and frustrations with removing ads.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.factory.epguide)