Sector vs BeastMaker
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.
BeastMaker
Design and save a collection of creatures based on a tabletop roleplaying game's rules. Explore different worlds and terrains, generating random beasts or customizing them within set parameters.
- Create and store animal collections
- Utilize Traveller5 design sequence
- Automatic world saving and restoration
- Terrain views for each world
- Beast descriptions and encounter tables
- Random beast generation with customization
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BeastMaker lets you create and store a collection of animals using the design sequence found in the Traveller5™ roleplaying game Core Rules. The app includes a list of worlds which are saved and restored automatically, terrain views for each world, and beast descriptions and animal encounter tables for each terrain/world combo. Beasts are created randomly based on the characteristics of the world and terrain type according to the rules, but may then be edited within those constraints to customize the design.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: BeastMaker at Free against Sector's $3.99. BeastMaker also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). Sector's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 14 months) and rating (3.9 vs 3.5). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
BeastMaker is free to download; Sector costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sector holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sector has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sector ships an update fortnightly, BeastMaker every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sector | BeastMaker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (20 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Taptix Ltd | Art Gorski |
Customer experience
Sector
BeastMaker
In-app purchases
Sector
No in-app purchases
BeastMaker
No in-app purchases
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