# Colonist.io - Catan Inspired — user reviews > 685 indexed App Store user reviews of Colonist.io by Colonist, rated 4.50/5 from 3,961 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/colonistio-catan-inspired/id6444831129/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/colonistio-catan-inspired/id6444831129.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,355 · 4★ 150 · 3★ 51 · 2★ 65 · 1★ 340 ## What do users think of Colonist.io? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Great Catan experience - 👍 Intuitive and easy to use - 🤝 Fun to play with friends - 💰 Free to play **Cons** - 🐛 Dice rolls are biased and unrealistic - 🔋 Battery-draining - 🔒 Questionable algorithm and randomness - 👎 Frequent crashes and disconnects - 💸 Expensive subscription model **Commonly reported bugs** - Dice rolls are predictable and favor certain players - Frequent crashes and disconnects during games - Compatibility issues with older devices - UI elements not scaling properly on smaller screens - Inability to rejoin games after disconnects **Most requested features** - Improve dice algorithm to be more random - Add offline/single-player mode - Improve UI and user experience - Provide more customization options - Improve stability and reduce crashes ## Newest reviews (16 of 685) ### 3/5 — Constant Audio Issues, Nice UI *2026-08-17, version 1.3.1* UI is very clean and arguably better than original Catan. There is a constant sound bug on iOS where the game is completely mute. No known workaround and I've tried everything, makes it irritating to play after a while. ### 4/5 — Very good game *2026-08-15, version 1.3.1* It is a pretty good game I like that you can play against bots and change the difficulty of the bots, but then also play against real people. There is a few things that I don’t like and a few bugs but generally a really good game at the end of the day. ### 2/5 — TERRIBLE DICE ALGORITHM *2026-08-11, version 1.3.1* Operationally it works fine but the dice algorithm is awful. No way in a game should a 7 roll 23 times considering that would never ever happen in a real game. Also, when I do put the robber on someone after having it on me for several turns, immediately my opponent rolls a 7 and it goes right back on me. This has happened up to 4 times in a game several times. Lastly, if a player disconnects from a game, they are replaced with bots that roll every number they need and rob you of exactly what they leave. Lastly, in the first 5 points NOBODY trades. This is unlike real catan when 90% of the trading is done. ### 2/5 — Random dice not being random *2026-08-10, version 1.3.1* This game has some of the worst “random” dice I’ve ever seen I’ve played too many games where the dice just consistently hits one number the whole game. It makes the game unfun and not fair when you do everything you need to win and end up losing too fixed dice rolls. ### 2/5 — Ranked *2026-08-02, version 1.3.1* After playing for 2 months in ranked , my rank reset to zero ### 1/5 — I love Catan, but this ain’t it *2026-07-31, version 1.3.1* After playing this game multiple times I’ve noticed that the dice rolls aren’t really fair when you play against actual online players. The game has this like Karma mode, which makes it very fair for everyone to get to the top. You will spend hours playing this game not winning. It’s honestly a waste of time even when you have a good placement. ### 1/5 — Joke of a game *2026-07-30, version 1.3.1* Garbage game with terrible dice rolling ### 2/5 — Rank System Broken *2026-07-30, version 1.3.1* Great game for casuals but I just unlocked rank (silver 1) and tried to play a ranked game. I got matched with all players in platinum after 3 mins queue ### 2/5 — buggy af keeps ruining the game *2026-07-30, version 1.3.1* I love this game and play it all the time. however, pretty often the map will disappear entirely so I keep getting resource cards but can’t play them or place any developments. It’s a huge bummer when I’m on a roll or about to win and then have to resign and lose karma because I can’t see the game anymore. :( otherwise happy with it and love the 1v1 ### 1/5 — The game just out of the box decides winner the very start of the game *2026-07-29, version 1.3.1* Dice roll Not balanced ### 1/5 — Trash Game *2026-07-28, version 1.3.1* This game is such a pay to win, I can’t stand playing it but it’s the only online option. ### 1/5 — 2 Player Mode is awful *2026-07-27, version 1.3.1* The balanced dice mechanic and wherever they do to the dev cards randomizer is terrible. ### 1/5 — ADS *2026-07-26, version 1.3.1* STOP THE ADS ### 2/5 — Ads Ruined this Game *2026-07-26, version 1.3.1* Didn’t used to have ads and they recently added it. Now it just loops ads and they expect you to pay. RIP ### 1/5 — Most Rigged game *2026-07-25* The game always chooses a player and the dice will roll completely in his favour! Worst game i have ever played. And the app team never seems to fix this issue. Most rigged game. Waste of time. So biased dice! 😡 ### 1/5 — Terrible bias *2026-07-24* Its biased towards the US players and slow internet conversion ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Mysteriously biased towards non-paying subscribers *2026-08-25, version 1.3.1* Catan has always been a game of strategy with a bit of luck needed to win the game. It’s one thing to be unlucky here and there. It’s another thing to be unlucky for 15+ games in a row and you start to question these supposedly “random” dice rolls heavily favoring your opponent every single game. This spree suddenly started very very recently after the developers started pushing more expensive subscription plans. I understand! If I’m not going to hand over any money, then I’ll see my way out. ### 1/5 — Chat doesn’t work *2026-08-24, version 1.3.1* Keeps saying toxic language detected when there is none ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2026-08-24, version 1.3.1* This game is almost a ragebait version of Catan. The rolls don’t follow probability. If you are new, the dice will roll low probability numbers randomly and does not follow the actual probability distribution, making it more of a luck game than a strategy game. The original board game dice does not roll 12 3 and 11 constantly. This is a very frustrating game. ### 1/5 — NOT Random, I don’t care what anyone says *2026-08-21, version 1.3.1* Algorithm is broken. A very noticeable pattern of rolls and cards drawn from opponent. Rolls of the number the robber is on happens almost immediately after it is placed (nearly every time). Could have 7 brick but your opponent will pull the 1 ore you need for a city. 3 3s will be rolled to start a game but your 8 won’t be rolled for another 7 turns (but it will be rolled 2-4 times once the robber is moved on that exact spot). Then you pull a development card and get everything BUT a knight when you need it most. As soon as you play a knight, a 7 will be rolled by your opponent. Not very fun when the pattern is so obvious and definitely not random. ### 1/5 — Rigged *2026-08-20, version 1.3.1* Rigged ### 1/5 — Honestly Rigged *2026-08-19, version 1.3.1* This game is like a casino. It gives you enough to want more then rips it all away. I’ve tried to learn and watch games and watch their youtube videos to get better. They reset every season and sometimes reset your ranked scores and I can never get near what my top ever was. I swear the dice are rigged to make sure you do not progress consistently. Also players are super mean honestly. People will gang up on you for no reason. Poor culture and ethics, expensive, and not very inclusive. The game makers could do way better. ### 1/5 — Rigged *2026-08-18, version 1.3.1* I’d normally never go out of my way to leave a review, but this game isn’t worth your time. The dice is 100% rigged. Yeah sevens have a high frequency, but 8 in a row when you’re in the lead is ridiculous. Then suddenly you go on a four game win streak because the app wants to keep this gambling mindset that maybe just maybe you’ll win. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME!! ### 1/5 — Game is rigged *2026-08-08, version 1.3.1* Always 7s out after settlement. Don’t know the point of not making the game similar to catan and instead choosing dice rolls to ruin games ### 1/5 — winners/losers scripted to drive engagement *2026-08-06, version 1.3.1* this game selects a winner, obviously to drive engagement and encourage addiction. COD does the same thing with lobby selection and hitbox modulation. colonist does this by scripting sevens. devs call it “balanced sevens” but every game there’s an obviously advantaged player with lower skill. i’m a former statistician and demonstrated in a reddit thread at the .001 significance level (with n>10,000 rolls) that there is a negative correlation between MMR difference and difference in number of sevens rolled. do yourself and society a favor and don’t download, don’t play, and certainly don’t throw them $90 PER YEAR to skip their ads. ### 1/5 — Rigged Dice *2026-08-01, version 1.3.1* I want a truly random experience. They’ve literally admitted to rigging the dice. No thanks. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Ads like everything else that has ever been released that I as a consumer has allowed to grow 👍 *2026-08-26, version 1.3.1* $15 a month to play a game I love. What are we doing. I’m still going to play, but I will truly get upset at myself being forced to watch a 30 second ad every 6-12 minutes. For someone who only plays 1v1, it gets insanely ridiculous. Very happy I chose to love a game that does this to someone who played 500-1500 1v1 games a season, and now only plays 100 at most. Thanks Colonist, seriously. Let me pay $40 as a one-time purchase, I would. Insane. Just a joke. ### 5/5 — Gameplay *2026-08-18, version 1.3.1* Really fun ### 5/5 — Best Catan I have found *2026-07-30, version 1.3.1* The game has a great learning mode and excellent online play. I also like the two player mode. ### 5/5 — WHAT A HORRIBLE APP *2026-07-26, version 1.3.1* The dice rolls are rigged, or else I’d be world champion so yeah ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-07-22, version 1.3.1* Best game ever ### 5/5 — Excellent game. Excellent app *2026-07-07, version 1.3.1* Title says it all. App works great. Lots of fun ways to play. Colonist Rush is my favorite ### 5/5 — Best app for the best board game *2026-06-26, version 1.3.1* The Colonist Rush game mode is probably my favourite mobile game there is. It’s Catan at a speed everyone should play at. No turns, and 10 seconds to trade or build before a robber could be rolled. The subscription is expensive but you don’t need it to play in random lobbies (thank you colonist), the developers are passionate and regularly update the game. Gona have to convince one of my friends to buy it so we can all play together lmao. Thank you Colonist, maybe I’ll see you in a tournament. ### 5/5 — Best catan *2026-06-24, version 1.3.1* Best catan version in the market ### 5/5 — Almost exactly like the board game *2026-06-20, version 1.3.1* I wanted to play Catan with my brother, but he didn’t want to play the board game and in my opinion the board game is slightly better than this, but this is what got me to be able to play catan with my brother and this game is almost exactly like the board game ### 5/5 — Good for brain & chillin *2026-06-19, version 1.3.1* Like how I Can find someone on my level and kills time --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-05.*