Comparison

Doctor Panic vs Colony Setup

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Doctor Panic

Enhance your board game experience with this app, featuring random tracks and integrated events. Compete in timed challenges to save patients, with four difficulty levels and cooperative play for up to nine players.

Highlights
  • Randomized cardiac arrest and event tracks
  • Four game stages/levels
  • Patient selection
  • Timed 12-minute gameplay
  • Cooperative play for 2-9 players
  • Publication of results on Facebook
Features
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This application is a companion to boardgame Doctor Panic. It will improve the fun you have when playing, thanks to its random track and its integrated events.  HOW TO USE THE APPLICATION Each game lasts 12 minutes. For optimal use, disable any timed sleep mode/standby timer on your smartphone.  When a cardiac arrest occurs, after the electro-shocks, make sure that one player presses the "shock given" button to validate the given code. It is possible that the patient heartbeat won’t recover at that point. If this is the case, a new code will appear and the electro-shocks will have to be re-applied. CONTENTS OF THE APPLICATION - selection of patients to be saved - 4 stages/levels of the game (initiation, easy, normal, difficult) - A track containing random cardiac arrests and events - publication of your results on Facebook (what horror!) GAME EXPERIENCE Enter the frenzied atmosphere of a hospital. Stitch, scan, revive..... Are you capable of saving the patient in less than 12 minutes? Eight different tests await you, and you have to succeed in all of them with your team-mates. Watch out, the random, unforeseen "events" will turn your operation topsy-turvy! Doctor Panic is a cooperative game for 2 to 9 players. (The Doctor Panic boardgame, published/produced by Repos Production, is required to use this application - www.rprod.com)

About

Colony Setup

This app helps board game players create randomized setups for variable cards. Customize card appearance frequency, from "Always On" to "Always Off", to tailor your game experience. It also includes options for card type balance and conditional defense card availability.

Highlights
  • Customizable randomized setups
  • Adjust card appearance frequency
  • Exclude disliked cards
  • Ensure specific cards appear
  • Balance card types
  • Conditional defense card logic
Features
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The Colony Setup app is designed to be used with the boardgame "Colony" from Bezier Games, Inc. It provides customizable randomized setups of all variable cards in the game. If there's a card you don't like, set it to "Unlikely" and it won't show up all that often. Despise a card? Set it to "Always Off" and it will never show up. Want to always see a card in your random setups? Set it to "Always On". There are a number of other options as well, including the ability to always have one of each type of card, and to ensure that defense cards are only present if there are attack cards available.

Screenshots

Doctor Panic4 screens
Colony Setup3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Doctor Panic at 5.0 against Colony Setup's 4.0. Doctor Panic also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 113 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 11.0). Colony Setup's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 40%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Doctor Panic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Doctor Panic's written reviews are positive against 50% of Colony Setup's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doctor Panic ships an update every 3 weeks, Colony Setup every 113 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Doctor Panic versus Colony Setup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoctor PanicColony Setup
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 113 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS6.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRepos ProductionBezier Games, Inc.

Customer experience

Doctor Panic

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative20.0%

Colony Setup

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Doctor Panic

No in-app purchases

None

Colony Setup

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Doctor Panic free?
Doctor Panic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Colony Setup free?
Colony Setup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Doctor Panic or Colony Setup?
Doctor Panic is rated higher. Doctor Panic averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Colony Setup averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Doctor Panic or Colony Setup have ads?
Neither Doctor Panic nor Colony Setup shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Doctor Panic or Colony Setup?
Doctor Panic ships an update every 3 weeks, and Colony Setup every 113 months. Most recently, Doctor Panic was updated on September 25, 2026 and Colony Setup on October 16, 2026.

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