# Catan Universe — user reviews > 3,265 indexed App Store user reviews of Catan Universe by United Soft Media Verlag GmbH, rated 3.80/5 from 30,848 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/catan-universe/id1220346113/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/catan-universe/id1220346113.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 18,023 · 4★ 3,203 · 3★ 1,908 · 2★ 1,799 · 1★ 5,915 ## What do users think of Catan Universe? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Great representation of board game - 👍 Lots of game modes and expansions - 🎨 Good visual design **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches - 🔁 Unreliable connectivity and server issues - 🤖 Unfair and unbalanced AI - 💰 Expensive in-app purchases **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezes and gets stuck during play - Frequent log-out and login issues - Inconsistent enforcement of game rules - Disappearing resources and settlements **Most requested features** - Add ability to mute group chat - Improve trade interface and AI trading behavior - Randomize dice rolls and resource distribution - Provide more customization options for game setup ## Newest reviews (20 of 3,265) ### 4/5 — Annoying bug *2026-08-26, version 2.7.5* Love the game but there is one persistent bug that’s not been fixed. If you hit a trade too quickly it seems to freeze the whole game and you have to exit and abandon it. ### 2/5 — Frustrated *2026-08-24, version 2.7.5* I’ve been playing the solo version for years. Since the last update, if I don’t finish the game in one setting, it closes down and I lose the game when I open it back up. So I have to use another sun and start a new game. And if I don’t get that one finished in one setting, I have wasted two suns and never get a game completed. It used to be that the game would save and I could go back into it and finish the game if I didn’t get it all done in one setting. And the sun would show how much longer for it to recharge. Now it doesn’t. Very frustrating ### 2/5 — Not Random *2026-08-23, version 2.7.5* The odds are stacked against you in this. ### 3/5 — Frustrating Robber *2026-08-23, version 2.7.5* The number of times 7 is rolled is ridiculous and the bots absolutely target the non-bots. Completely unenjoyable! ### 2/5 — Don’t purchase! *2026-08-23, version 2.7.5* How is it possible that a game so simple to program and set up, is so poorly created? The thing bugs out, you get kicked, and you have to start the game all over again. If it takes less than a grand to get this fixed, I will personally donate to whoever the developer is so that we can all play this game virtually once and for all. ### 1/5 — More bugs than Starship Troopers 3 *2026-08-21, version 2.7.5* This app has fatal crashes almost every day. ### 3/5 — When game works, it’s fun *2026-08-20, version 2.7.5* Every fifth game or so, there is a glitch and ruins a game. Also the AI players are terrible. How hard is it to have logic to steal from the player with the most points? It just randomly targets one of the players regardless of points ### 2/5 — Games freeze often *2026-08-20, version 2.7.5* Really disappointing. In the middle of a game and timer freezes, or dice freeze. Far too often you have to quit a game because of the issues. ### 3/5 — Good quality but so hard to beat the AI *2026-08-20, version 2.7.5* The game quality is great but the AI is so hard to beat. They refuse to trade with you no matter what but indiscriminately trade with themselves. 7’s roll almost every time you have over 8 cards and it feels like the dice are not random at all. It’s a great game & a lot of fun but so difficult to beat the AI it gets really frustrating. Feels like 3 against 1. ### 2/5 — Constant bugs *2026-08-20, version 2.7.5* The game itself is great…..when it works. About 20% (1 in 5 games) of the time it glitches out to where you cannot place your resource, the timer finishes but it doesn’t move, or you get “frozen” where you can’t play the game but can chat, send emojis, etc. it seems to require a delete and reinstall, of the app and that still doesn’t always fix it. There is no mechanism for report errors or communicating with the developers, and it doesn’t adjust your drop in ELO or rankings to account for “losses” that occur because of an error on the software side. ### 2/5 — Recharge *2026-08-20, version 2.7.5* The game is fun but the suns taking 12 hours to recharge is ridiculous when your new you play one game then you have to wait 12 hours to play again .. it’s all pushing you to pay for suns and gold!!! MICRO-TRANSACTIONS RUIN GAMES!!! You should provide enough suns to play a couple games to get achievements started !!! 👎🏼 👎🏼 👎🏼 👎🏼 👎🏼 ### 2/5 — I can’t build anything *2026-08-19, version 2.7.5* My first game on and the controls are already pissing me off but I’m figuring it out, then I’m ready to build my second city or roads, either one I’m fine with, and it won’t let me do either of them I press on the empty space or my settlement to build and nothing is happening. There is no robber or anything, why would I even play ### 1/5 — NOTHING LIKE THE REAL GAME *2026-08-19, version 2.7.5* AI will constantly put the robber on you even when there’s an AI multiple points ahead. I just watched an AI build 3 settlements and 7 roads before I could get the resources from one 9 square or a 4 square. It only rolls the number you need when the robber is on it. If you’re gonna play against the AI if you put yourself up against 2 or 3 just expect it will be essentially 3v1. Horrible experience. Deleted after 2 games and I’ve played Catan for 15 years. ### 1/5 — Fun game - glitchy app *2026-08-18, version 2.7.5* Wish app didn’t error out ### 1/5 — Do not waste your time *2026-08-17, version 2.7.5* Horrible UI. Dev don’t update at all. So many bug. You play half way. Then lag out. Can’t play after. Garage ### 1/5 — Bought but doesn’t work offline *2026-08-17, version 2.7.5* It’s a great game. Perfect for long plane journeys except it won’t work without active server connection. Simply the dumbest architecture of a game design. Just store the fact I paid and let me play. ### 3/5 — It’s fun but full of software bugs. 🙄😢 *2026-08-16, version 2.7.5* I really enjoy playing Catan Universe as a method to play the AI or with others without the board. There seems to be a constant issue with software bugs after every important update or most times I have to leave the app. That forces me to cancel a game I am already well into. The admins who run the programming behind the app need to put some attention into it to where it doesn’t happen as often as it does now. ### 1/5 — Ridiculous *2026-08-16, version 2.7.5* Whoever made this game is not only incompetent but sleazy and criminal. Years of playing and somehow the bugs keep getting worse and they do not fix them. I wouldn’t care if it was a free game, but it costs $5 to play with your friends. Imagine making money off of selling a broken product and getting away with it on a consistent basis. Fraudulent work. They also wiped their servers a few years ago, got rid of all of the paid accounts and made me pay for another account. Disgusting work. ### 1/5 — Has not worked for months *2026-08-16, version 2.7.5* Cannot start a game. Keeps logging into a match that froze months ago as soon as I start the app. Nothing I can do. ### 1/5 — Scammed my money *2026-08-16, version 2.7.5* Logged me off after purchasing before I could create an account and now I lost my money and game progress ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — the servers bug all the time *2026-08-30, version 2.7.5* at least 50% of the games get corrupted, players can't play, spiny wheels and freeze. (update) I wrote that review months ago, still true. Worst app on my ipad ### 1/5 — Fix the CPU player bugs *2026-08-29, version 2.7.5* I love this game irl. The app sucks because the cpu bugs out so often. The timer shouldn’t reset every time a cpu player trade offer expires. And other bugs occur all the time, for example player clock timeouts expire and the code isn’t written to move on to the next player’s turn properly. These bugs have been around for years and your code hasn’t been addressed in updates. Pretty pathetic. ### 1/5 — PLAY COLONIST INSTEAD *2026-08-26, version 2.7.5* Paid for the full game version and very disappointed. Game constantly crashes. Timer doesn’t apply to their own bots when someone quits the game or loses signal. ### 1/5 — Crashes 1/3 games *2026-08-26, version 2.7.5* Literally just bugs out and crashes 1/2 games out of 3 ### 1/5 — Ai *2026-08-25, version 2.7.5* The ai for some reason acts in a way that it knows what numbers will be rolled for each turn and will also know what development cards are next. Very frustrating to play with ai players simply because it just feels stupidly rigged. Would recommend the ai be reviewed. I understand that the ai is simply choosing the most logical play but it seems as if the AI constantly targets me when getting robber or knight. Game is stupid with the ai. ### 1/5 — Paid and lost access *2026-08-24, version 2.7.5* Paid for this yrs ago and now some of the features r gone. It says I need to pay for it. ### 1/5 — Buggy *2026-08-23, version 2.7.5* The bot will glitch out and keep offering a trade without accepting, stopping the game from progressing. Often times game will crash😒 ### 1/5 — Years and Still Poor AI Programming *2026-08-23, version 2.7.5* Game could be great, but the bots have never worked. Freeze your game, screw up your rating, leave you locked. Game is a good example of why bots and AI should not be relied upon. Game would be better just leaving a quitters pieces on board and skipping that players turn the remainder of the game the way humans would do if they were in person. ### 1/5 — Deception *2026-08-22, version 2.7.5* Es practicamente terminar un partido. Sí estás jugando y se va un jugador ponen a un Bot q se frisa y no se puede terminar ### 1/5 — Bots break game *2026-08-22, version 2.7.5* Nothing worse than when someone leaves a game(it happens often) and a bot replaces them only to send me the same trade over and over(i insta decline) causing a never ending turn. For some reason the time limit will reset over and over for the bot to try to force me to trade my 1 stone for a goat just to make the game continue. Horrible game breaking bots. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Relaxing strategy game *2026-08-03, version 2.7.5* Worth buying the first board which gains you unlimited online play. Games last 20 plus minutes and I find the music relaxing. Great strategy game :) ### 5/5 — No subscriptions! *2026-08-01, version 2.7.5* Team behind this is awesome. No SaaS but just a one off purchase and continued support. Amazing. Also awesome game! ### 5/5 — 👍 *2026-07-23, version 2.7.5* I play 1 or 2 games every morning on non-school days. It’s entertaining but not social (God knows I’m not ready for conversation in the morning), and is overall a great game! I hope new expansion are being made soon (Catan: New Energies is like a million dollars, and I would love to play it on this app) ### 5/5 — My opinion *2026-07-22, version 2.7.5* Bring back tournaments ### 5/5 — Me encanta *2026-07-16, version 2.7.4* Mil puntos!! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-06-26, version 2.7.4* Best game ever ### 5/5 — Brilliant Catan app 👌 *2026-06-06, version 2.7.4* Really good Catan app. Good graphics, easy to navigate, and a nice Catan community of people around the world that are mostly friendly. You can tell the makers are good people as they gift us with free tournaments at times that are a lot of fun. Love it ### 5/5 — 超次元CPU×理不尽ダイスを冷笑するゲーム *2026-06-01* 後ろにオンライン対戦について書いてます ★基本的にプレイヤー側の手札は完全に見られています。 →村/街が出来そうな手札状況では絶対に交渉に乗ってくれません。 （対策）手札が揃わないうちから交換を申し出ておくと稀に受けてくれることがある。 →robber（盗賊）を出したCPUはプレイヤーの枯渇している資源をピンポイントで盗んでいきます。確率なんてものはない （対策）資源を使う直前に交換してすぐに消費する。手札が多くなってバーストするのは対策のしようがない。 ★プレイヤーだけが持っている出目は基本的に出ません。公式は否定していますが、海外でも多数報告されています。 （対策）CPUと同じマス、同じ出目を共有する。1人のCPUとばかり共有していると、他のCPUの出目ばかり出て面白い。 >>> このようにCPU対戦は理不尽極まりなく、やるだけ無駄です。難易度ルーキーにすると途端に爆勝ち出来るので、イライラしたくない人はルーキー以外オススメしません。 ※ちなみにオンライン対戦は重課金勢が勝ちやすいという報告があり、実際ほとんどのスキンを持っている友達とやると物凄い勢いでダイスが偏っていて二人で大爆笑しました。 見知らぬ人とすると放置切断→AI降臨→理不尽ダイスでボロ負け これが多発してやらなくなりました。 ### 5/5 — Similar to board *2026-05-31, version 2.7.4* Excellent ### 5/5 — Muito bom *2026-05-26* Joguei apenas a versão gratuita. Nela Você pode jogar online sem restrições e jogar contra Ia a cada 12horas. 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