Meepster vs Meeple First Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meepster
Discover and explore the world of board games with this app. It offers hot and top game information, charts, photos, and videos in a user-friendly, structured format. Enjoy a seamless transition between web and native content.
- Board game information
- Hot & Top games
- Charts and rankings
- Photos and videos
- Web to native transition
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Hot & Top games, charts, photos, videos. Friendly adapted content. Seamless transition between web & native pages. Meepster provides all information about all boardgames in user friendly and nice structured way. Search, discover and explore entertainment world of boardgames!
Meeple First Player
This app randomly selects a first player for games. Each participant taps the screen, and a colored meeple appears. A button press then animates the meeples, with one ultimately being chosen to go first.
- Random player selection
- Tap-to-select interface
- Animated meeple selection
- Simple game start utility
- Supports multiple players
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Each player taps the screen and a randomly colored meeple appears at the tap location. Then, press "Choose First Player," which causes the meeples to wave their hands up and down. One meeple ends with their hands raised and that player gets to go first!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Meeple First Player at 100% against Meepster's 50%. Meeple First Player also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.2). Meepster's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Meeple First Player holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Meepster's written reviews are positive against 100% of Meeple First Player's.
Meepster ships an update every 3 weeks, Meeple First Player every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meepster | Meeple First Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (6 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vadym Pavlov | Loren Klingman |
Customer experience
Meepster
Meeple First Player
In-app purchases
Meepster
No in-app purchases
Meeple First Player
No in-app purchases
Questions
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