Gen Con vs Skycrane
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gen Con
Navigate and enhance your convention experience with this official guide. Discover events, manage your schedule, connect with friends, and utilize an interactive map to explore the venue. Event hosts can also use it for electronic badge scanning.
- Event browsing and searching
- Ticket purchasing
- Personal event schedule
- Friend messaging
- Interactive convention map
- Electronic badge scanning
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Make the most of your Gen Con experience with the Official Gen Con Mobile App: your handy electronic guide to The Best Four Days in Gaming. Browse and search for events, purchase tickets, view your event schedule, message with your friends, find your way with the interactive convention map, learn about what's happening at the convention, and more! Event hosts will also use this tool to scan badges for events using electronic ticketing. We're releasing new versions with added features and fixes often, so please keep your app up to date! Report issues or give us feedback through our Technical Support forum at gencon.com/forums
Skycrane
This app assists players of GMT Games' Red Dust Rebellion by automating non-player actions and guiding player turns. It manages game mechanics like card play and scoring, significantly reducing playtime and making the game more accessible for solo or group play.
- Automates non-player actions
- Assists player turns with valid options
- Supports any player/non-player combination
- Manages card play, turn sequences, and scoring
- Reduces game playing time
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A player helper app for GMT Games' Red Dust Rebellion. Features • Automates running of the non-player sides • A player turn assistant - by only showing valid play options, the player can plan their move more easily • Handles any combination of players and non-players. Whether you're soloing one faction, playing four-handed solo or needing to supplement your gaming group of three, Skycrane has you covered. • Manages card play, turn sequences and scoring. • Dramatically reduced playing time means the game will hit the table more often.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Skycrane at 100% against Gen Con's 30%. Skycrane also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Gen Con's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 10). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Skycrane holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Gen Con's written reviews are positive against 100% of Skycrane's.
Gen Con ships an update fortnightly, Skycrane weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gen Con | Skycrane |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Gen Con, LLC. | Prabha Pillay |
Customer experience
Gen Con
Skycrane
In-app purchases
Gen Con
No in-app purchases
Skycrane
No in-app purchases
