I've been playing Stardew Valley for years and like most of you I've always had the wiki open on my phone, ten browser tabs going, constantly alt tabbing to check who likes what gift or whether I can still catch a certain fish in the mountain lake.
So I built the thing I wished existed.
It's called JunimoGuide and it's basically everything I kept looking up crammed into one app that you leave open while you play. The main thing I wanted to nail was a daily dashboard. You set your current season and day and it just tells you what's happening. Whose birthday it is, what to plant, what fish you can catch, if the travelling merchant is around, if there's a festival coming up. No more running to Pierre's to check the calendar.
Beyond that it's got a gift guide with friendship tracking for all 34 villagers, a fish finder you can filter by season, weather and time of day, a crop calculator that actually does the gold per day maths with profession toggles, full bundle tracker with checklists, cooking and crafting recipes, artifact tracking, shipped items log, the whole lot.
The things I'm most proud of though are a bit different. There's an AI portrait maker that turns your photo into a Stardew Valley pixel art character, which is genuinely fun to mess around with (and you can use it as your in-app profile picture). And I built a playable Junimo Jump game right inside the app with a global leaderboard because why not.
I have also really tried to keep the design true to the game. I wanted it to have that pixilated, cosy Stardew feel, each character and item image has been created to represent that item as close as possible (without using actual in-game art to respect ConcernedApe and the copyright). And to be honest, I'm really happy with how it has come together.
The whole thing is free. No ads, nothing locked behind a paywall. I got so annoyed with other companion apps shoving pop up ads in my face that I made this one completely clean. There's an optional tip jar if anyone wants to support it but that's it and absolutely not expected.
I'm still actively working on it and adding stuff so I'd genuinely appreciate any feedback. What's missing? What's broken? What would make you actually keep it open while you play? Rip it apart if you want, I'd rather hear the honest stuff now than find out later.
Link if you wanted to check it out: https://junimoguide.com/
Thanks for reading this far. Happy farming.
by TMADOC
12 Comments
Any chance you could add something related to mail quests you get?
Like, on 19 spring, Jodi sends mail asking for a cauliflower, but since they take 12 days to grow, you can’t finish the quest unless you plan ahead of time.
So maybe add a note on Spring 7 advising you grow a cauliflower or keep one spare for that mission, and all the other missions you get in the mail.
yo do u have a plan on making a mobile version for this?
I set river for fish location and the site shows no fishes.
Since you wanted some honest feedback. You have some tough competition here with Gunther’s Library which is essentially what your app does but has a lot more polish and friendlier UI.
https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/1nzjgoe/i_made_a_free_companion_app_for_sv/
You could pivot though and try make a more in-depth profit calculator with a planner. Such as kegs, beehives etc!
I looooveeee the “today’s tasks” feature! I get so overwhelmed trying to remember what I need to do that day.
Wow this is so cool!
This looks sick honestly, the daily dashboard alone is something I’ve wished the wiki had for years.
Only thing I’d love is a “today’s priorities” style view where it surfaces time sensitive stuff like: last day to plant X, last chance to catch Y, travelling cart must buys, etc. That plus maybe a toggle for spoilers vs blind-ish playthrough and I’d 100% keep this open on my second monitor every session.
You’re really cool
Thank you! I will try this out. Looks awesome.
I know a lot of people are asking for it as an app, but i just have to say *thank you* for making something that is friendly to all users regardless of the phone maker they use
So many people set out to make something like this and it ends up being android only because apple is so difficult to make apps for, not to mention expensive.
I hope you keep developing this, and have fun while you do it!!
this is cool, I like it, keep up
Esta super buena! Felicitaciones !