Having only had the Companion App for about 2 hours now since I was running a Pixel 2 XL with Android 9 Pie. I would like to go over my initial thoughts.

Firstly I'm digging some of the features, for instance I really like that I can create chat groups, then create events based on those groups and instantly send invites out to anyone in the group. This is great for FC events or impromptu raid night changes.

I am disappointed with some of the limitations of the chat features though, I would love it to be linked to the in-game chat somehow... Maybe someday. Also it seems really slow when loading and sending messages.

Inventory management is amazing, I just sold a hand full of junk items while I was sitting on the toilet... Not going to lie, potty time is best time for inventory management.

The downside of inventory management is having your retainers locked behind the paywall. that kind of sucks. The other thing that sucks is not being able to be logged into the game to do it, but more on that later.

I feel this is a good time to straight up call out the Moogle Coins, they are complete BS. "We don't want people to exploit the market.... Unless they pay us." Whatever SE GTFO. That being said, the monthly subscription does come with a retainer. So if you're already paying for a retainer, you can cancel it and pick up the app, effectively reducing the app price to $3 a month.

Back tracking a little, I know the event system they're using in the app is the same one we've had on the lodestone, but I think they could have updated it a little. Reoccurring events option would have been greatly appreciated.

And finally back to simultaneous logins. I'm super disappointed I cannot check market board prices for an item that dropped before I lot on it. That was one of the things I had been looking forward to the most, now I still have to rely on a random FC member being close to a market board and looking it up for me.

A side note, since I'm on a Pixel 2 XL, I am rather impressed they managed to update the app within a few days. I was fully expecting a few weeks to months before I had access to it. For those still waiting for the update, I had to uninstall the app and then reinstall it.