U.GG is a build and stats site first, Mobalytics is an improvement coach first. Here is the side-by-side with October 2026 prices, what each install costs your PC, and who should pick which.
One disclosure before going further: we build Hexgate, an in-game build overlay for League of Legends. It shows up below as a third option: it adapts your items to the enemy team during the game, which neither app you searched for is built around, and Pro+ adds lane scouting and a breakdown of every game. Everything else is a straight comparison, with prices taken from each company's own pricing page.
Pick U.GG if you want the right build, runes and counters fast, filtered by rank, role and lane matchup, from a light standalone app or straight from the website. Pick Mobalytics if you want to know why you lose: its GPI score, matchup advice and post-game review are built to change how you play over months. U.GG is also the cheaper way to go ad-free, at $2.49 per month billed yearly against $5.83 for Mobalytics Plus.
Every question a player asks, from champ select to a season of games, tagged with the app built to answer it. Pick yours.
Before the game
During the game
After the game
Across many games
"What should I pick and build this patch?"
Its champion pages give the highest win rate build, runes, skill order and counters, and you can filter them by rank, role and the champion you are laning against. The website covers all of that without installing anything.
"Which runes for this lane matchup?"
The desktop app brings the data into champ select: auto-imported loadouts tailored by rank, role and matchup, plus champion select scouting.
"How do I play this lane?"
The Live Companion prepares you for the next game with information on every player, matchup advice and build recommendations. Plus adds matchup-specific advice and champion combos, so you learn how to play a lane, not just what to buy.
"How does my lane opponent play, and which lane does their jungler gank?"
Lane Scouting reads your lane opponent's and the enemy jungler's own recent ranked or Swiftplay games and shows their habits on the loading screen, before minions spawn: where the jungler starts, which lane he ganks first and how your opponent plays the early lane.
"Am I keeping up with my rank right now?"
The desktop app's live stat tracker benchmarks you by rank, champion and role while you play, next to in-game builds, a skill leveling order and a team gold difference overlay.
"What do I buy against these five enemies?"
Neither app is built around this one: both hand you the build that won most often across thousands of games, decided before you see the enemy team. Hexgate reads the enemy team from Riot's Live Client Data API and reorders the situational item slots against their damage split, crowd control, healing, shields, tankiness and who is fed. Every move shows its reason in the overlay.
"How much LP did that game cost me?"
Profiles show LP gained or lost on every ranked game, which most stats sites still do not show. The post-game screen adds a Carry Score and timeline data.
"What were my best plays?"
Smart Highlights, part of Plus, pick out your top plays after a game.
"Why did I win or lose that game, and what do I fix next?"
The Match Breakdown reads the game's own timeline after every ranked, Normal Draft and Swiftplay game: a one-line verdict, what hurt and what helped, each with the evidence from your game, and one tip for your next game.
"How exactly did I die?"
Clips records your games while you play and keeps every death, kill and assist as a clip on your PC, ready to rewatch in slow motion when the game ends. Nothing is uploaded.
"Why do I keep losing?"
Its signature Gamer Performance Index (GPI) scores your play across skills like farming, fighting, vision and survivability and tracks how they move over time. It gives you a per-skill picture you cannot get from a win-loss column, and Plus adds GPI progress tracking.
"Which mistakes do I keep repeating?"
Across your breakdowns, Hexgate lists the habits that keep coming back for your role, such as dying far from objectives, counted over your last 10 games, and marks one as fixed once it stops showing up.
Count the tags: U.GG answers the questions about this game, Mobalytics the ones about you as a player. They overlap less than the "vs" suggests. The question in the middle of the game, what to buy against the enemy team in front of you, is the one neither is built around. That is where Hexgate fits, and with Pro+ it also scouts your lane before the game, breaks down every game after it and tracks the habits you repeat.
Hexgate is the third column because it is the tool we would add next to either app, not a replacement for them. It answers the in-game item question for free, and Pro+ adds coaching before and after the game.
| Feature | U.GG | Mobalytics | Third optionHexgate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built to answer | What to pick and build this game | Why you lose, across many games | What to buy against this enemy team, in game; with Pro+, why you won or lost |
| Builds | Highest win rate build, runes, skill order and counters | Recommended builds plus matchup advice | Situational items re-ranked against the five enemies |
| Lane matchup | Filter builds by lane opponent | Matchup-specific advice (Plus) | Lane matchup scoring Pro; each lane's gold difference on League's scoreboard Free |
| Scouting before the game | Champion select scouting | Live Companion with information on every player | Lane opponent and enemy jungler habits on the loading screen Pro+ |
| Progress over many games | No | GPI, with progress tracking in Plus | Habits you repeat, marked fixed when they stop Pro+ |
| After the game | Carry Score, timeline data, LP per ranked game | Smart Highlights (Plus) | Match Breakdown and Clips of every death Pro+ |
| Install | Standalone Windows app, or the website | Mobalytics Desktop on Overwolf, or the website | Native Tauri/Rust app, typically under 100 MB |
| Needs Overwolf | No | Yes, for the desktop app | No |
| Ads on free | Yes | Yes | No |
| Paid plan | Plus: $3.99/mo or $29.88/yr | Plus: $9.99/mo, $24.99 per 3 months or $69.99/yr | Pro €9.99/mo (€7.49/mo yearly); Pro+ €14.99/mo (€11.24/mo yearly) |
| Games | League, Valorant, Deadlock, World of Warcraft | League, TFT, Valorant and others | League of Legends |
U.GG answers "what should I do this game?" Its champion pages give the highest win rate build, runes, skill order and counters, and you can filter them by rank, role and the champion you are laning against. The website covers all of that without installing anything. The desktop app adds the same data in champ select and in game: auto-imported loadouts tailored by rank, role and matchup, champion select scouting, in-game builds, a skill leveling order, a team gold difference overlay and a live stat tracker with benchmarks by rank, champion and role.
Mobalytics answers "why do I keep losing?" Its signature feature is the Gamer Performance Index (GPI), which scores your play across skills like farming, fighting, vision and survivability and tracks how they move over time. The Live Companion prepares you for the next game with information on every player, matchup advice and build recommendations, and Plus adds champion combos, challenges and Smart Highlights that pick out your top plays after a game.
So the honest framing is: U.GG makes each individual game easier to prepare. Mobalytics tries to make you a better player across dozens of games. Many players want both, and they overlap less than the "vs" suggests.
What U.GG does well
Speed and precision. U.GG's build pages are clean, load fast and let you narrow the data to your rank and lane matchup, which matters because the best Emerald+ build and the best Iron build are often not the same. Profiles track LP on every ranked game, which most stats sites still do not show. The post-game screen gives a Carry Score and timeline data, and the app covers League, Valorant, Deadlock and World of Warcraft from one install.
Where U.GG falls short
What Mobalytics does well
Feedback over time. If your problem is "I play a lot and do not improve," the GPI gives you a per-skill picture you cannot get from a win-loss column, and the matchup advice explains how to play a lane, not just what to buy. Mobalytics also covers more games than most rivals (League, TFT, Valorant and others), and Plus works across all of them for one price.
Where Mobalytics falls short
Both apps are free to use with ads. Both sell one subscription that removes the ads and unlocks extra features, and both offer a 7-day free trial.
| Plan | U.GG Plus | Mobalytics Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $3.99 per month | $9.99 per month |
| Longer plans | $29.88 per year ($2.49 per month) | $24.99 per 3 months, $69.99 per year ($5.83 per month) |
| Free trial | 7 days | 7 days |
| What paying adds | No ads on the site and app, personal counters and stats, a personal tier list, profile customization, priority support | No ads in every game and on the blog, matchup-specific advice, champion combos, GPI progress tracking, challenges, Smart Highlights, early access |
| One year, month to month | $47.88 | $119.88 |
Paid yearly, Mobalytics costs $40.11 more than U.GG. That gap is the price of coaching features U.GG does not try to offer, so it is only worth it if you will actually use them. If all you want is no ads on a build site, U.GG Plus is the better deal.
This is the clearest practical difference. U.GG's desktop app installs as its own Windows program and does not ask you to install the Overwolf client, and U.GG is no longer listed in the Overwolf app store. Mobalytics Desktop is distributed through Overwolf, which means two layers: the Overwolf host and the Mobalytics app inside it. If your PC struggles to hold steady FPS in team fights, the lighter install is a real reason to prefer U.GG; with 32 GB of RAM it will not decide anything.
Rule of thumb: on a weaker PC, use U.GG's website or app for builds and open Mobalytics on the web for your GPI review after a session. You get both tools without running Overwolf during games.
Both are long-running, mainstream League apps that work from Riot's official data and stay within Riot's third-party rules (U.GG labels its app "Riot Games Compliant"). Neither modifies game files or automates input. Using either one will not get your account banned; for the full picture of what Riot allows, see can you get banned for LoL apps.
Look at where each app's build comes from. U.GG gives you the build that won most often for your champion, filtered by rank, role and lane opponent. Mobalytics gives you its recommended build plus advice for the matchup. Both are decided by data across thousands of games, before you know whether the enemy team is four AD champions and a Malphite or five mages.
Hexgate starts from the same kind of win rate data and then does the part neither app is built around: during the game it reads the enemy team from Riot's Live Client Data API and reorders the situational item slots against their damage split, crowd control, healing, shields, tankiness and who is fed. The first core items stay data-driven, because they rarely change; the later slots move, and every move shows its reason in the overlay ("armor up: 3 AD threats").
What Hexgate adds
What it does not replace
Free, Hexgate answers the question both apps skip: what to buy against this enemy team. Pro+ covers the rest of the game too: Lane Scouting before it, a Match Breakdown and Clips after it, and the habits that repeat across games. It runs next to U.GG or Mobalytics, with no Overwolf and no ads.
Rank and matchup filters, LP per game, a standalone app or no install at all, and the cheapest ad-free plan of the two. Best for players who already know how they want to improve and just want accurate data.
GPI, matchup advice and post-game highlights give you a feedback loop U.GG does not attempt. Accept Overwolf, the ads on free, and $5.83 to $9.99 a month to unlock the best parts.
Free: items re-ranked against the five enemies, runes with one-click import, each lane's gold difference on League's scoreboard, no Overwolf and no ads. Pro+ adds Lane Scouting before the game, a Match Breakdown and Clips after it, and the habits you keep repeating. It also runs fine next to U.GG or Mobalytics.
Try Hexgate freeU.GG is better for fast, accurate builds, runes and counters, filtered by rank and lane matchup, and for a light install. Mobalytics is better for improving over time: its GPI score, matchup advice and post-game highlights explain why you lose. Pick by the question you want answered.
U.GG Plus. In October 2026 it costs $3.99 per month or $29.88 per year ($2.49 per month). Mobalytics Plus costs $9.99 per month, $24.99 per 3 months or $69.99 per year ($5.83 per month). Both have a 7-day free trial.
No. The U.GG desktop app installs as its own Windows program and does not need the Overwolf client. Mobalytics Desktop does run on Overwolf.
Yes. A common setup is U.GG for builds and runes during the game and Mobalytics on the web for a GPI review after a session, which avoids running Overwolf while you play.
Both recommend builds from aggregate data, decided before the game; U.GG lets you filter by rank, role and lane matchup. Hexgate is a separate overlay that reorders the situational items against the five enemies in your game while you play, free for 3 games a day; with Pro+ it also breaks down every ranked, Draft and Swiftplay game afterward.
U.GG and Mobalytics are rarely a real either-or. U.GG is the fastest way to get a good build for this game; Mobalytics is the most serious attempt at telling you what to fix across many games. If you can only run one app during games, the lighter, cheaper U.GG is the safer default, and Mobalytics' web profile still works without the desktop app. If you would rather have builds for the enemy team in front of you plus coaching from your own games, with no Overwolf at all, that is what Hexgate does.
For more options, see our Mobalytics alternatives, the Blitz vs U.GG comparison, Hexgate vs U.GG, and the best LoL overlays in 2026.
Sources: prices and features were checked on u.gg/plus, u.gg/app, mobalytics.gg Plus and the Overwolf app store on October 4, 2026. Prices are in US dollars as shown to visitors at that date and can differ by region, by currency and during promotions.