When Origin wasn't showing my games I went into the app and tried to play offline as i didn't want to patch with the last patch due to the issues that came with it. The app was the only way I could play it appeared to me, but I couldn't find the way to play offline with the app. So I at first refused to use it. Then I found the play offline, but after I clicked that on the app, it said I needed to repair as one of my saves might be corrupted. So I started repairing. It repaired alright, but added the latest patch as well. I know this as after it repaired, there was no longer an update required button, but just the play button. So damage was done inadvertently on my part, and decided I would keep using the app, while Origin was still installed. I had to be sure Origin wasn't running for the app to work. No issues there. After a few days of playing on the app, my game started crashing every half hour or so. Frustrating. I tried everything even removing mods that yes were updated, but still did it. Then I decided to see if Origin was working again, and see if playing through Origin would fix the problem. I wasn't hopeful, but gave it a shot, and have had no crashing of my game since. So no app for me, I will stick with Origin.