Assassin's Creed Unity has its own companion app for Android and iOS, and there's a chance it might not be entirely pointless

There's a companion app out right now for Assassin's Creed Unity. It's called the Assassin's Creed Unity App, but it should really be called Appassin's Creed Unity. It's more streamlined.

You get the usual companion app fare here. There's an interactive 3D map, and a database of the gear and equipment you can unlock, but there's also some reasonably interesting stuff thrown in too.

A heat map of the levels shows you where other players have headed during their runs, letting you figure out a safer route.

There's a companion app exclusive Nomad Brotherhood that you can send out on missions to unlock exclusive content in the game.

There are Glyph Puzzles as well, which unlock extra missions to send your Nomad Brotherhood out on. It all sounds very exciting. You'll need a Uplay account to sync your device to your game though.

You can grab the Assassin's Creed Unity App right now from the App Store [download] and the Google Play Store [download] for nothing at all. Probably best if you have the game on PC, Xbox One, or PS4 first though.