Sector vs SectorMaker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sector
Generate and explore detailed star maps for your Sci-Fi RPG campaigns. Features include automatic world generation with UPP data, trade routes, and editable maps. Export maps as PDFs or text listings.
- Automatic sector generation (16 subsectors)
- Full UPP generation for worlds
- Random name generation
- Trade route calculation and display
- Editable map (add/remove worlds)
- PDF and text export
- Import plain text sector listings
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Sector is a mapping tool for classic tabletop Science Fiction Roleplaying games. With a single click Sector will generate an entire sector (16 subsectors) of worlds for you and your players to explore. • Full UPP (Universal Planetary Profile) generation for every world • Random name generation for all worlds, sectors and subsectors. • Beautiful mapping that shows the mainworld size, atmosphere and surface type at a glance. • Minor and major trade routes calculated and drawn on the map • Clusters, chains and voids are automatically detected and named • Pan and zoom the map with multitouch. Tap a world for more details. Tilt your device to shift the labels and routes slightly. • Tap the map with two fingers to show or hide the navigation and toolbars • Export your map as a beautiful PDF, or as a plain text listing. • Import original plain text sector listings in the standard format. Many classic sectors are even bundles in the app! That's not all - the map is editable! Tap the 'Edit' button and then tap hexes to remove a world you don't want, or add a world to a blank hex. Trade routes and cluster names are generated on the fly. Note: requires the use of an RPG rules system. Contains materials from the Traveller SRD document: http://www.traveller-srd.com Note: Mapping an entire sector is resource intensive. Recommended for iPad Pro and iPhone 6s devices or better.
SectorMaker
This app generates star charts and world details for a specific role-playing game. It allows for the creation of subsector names, political allegiances, and trade routes, utilizing an external mapping API. Data can be imported for editing and exported for printing.
- Sector star chart generation
- Subsector naming
- World detail creation
- Political allegiance mapping
- Trade and communication route visualization
- Data import and export
- Map printing via external tool
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SectorMaker is a game aid for Far Future Enterprises’ Traveller5™ role-playing game that facilitates the creation of sector star charts with subsector names, world details, political allegiances, labels, regions, borders, and trade and communication routes. Sector, subsector, and world maps are made possible by the use of Joshua Bell’s POSTER API at the Traveller Map website. Note that an internet connection is required for mapping functionality. A big thank you to Joshua for providing this great resource for Traveller fans. Data for a specific sector and era may be imported from Traveller Map for reference or editing. Data export lets you print maps using Traveller Map's Poster Maker. SectorMaker star generation and world creation features follow the rules in the Charting the Stars chapter of the Traveller5 version 5.10 Core Rules, copyright 2019 Far Future Enterprises.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SectorMaker at Free against Sector's $3.99. SectorMaker also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). Sector's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 13 months) and review sentiment (53% vs 33%). On 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
SectorMaker is free to download; Sector costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SectorMaker holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of Sector's written reviews are positive against 33% of SectorMaker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Sector ships an update fortnightly, SectorMaker every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sector | SectorMaker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (20 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Taptix Ltd | Art Gorski |
Customer experience
Sector
SectorMaker
In-app purchases
Sector
No in-app purchases
SectorMaker
No in-app purchases
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