Settlers Utility vs TMB Reference Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Settlers Utility
Enhance your Settlers of Catan board game experience with this companion app. It offers tools like a dice roller, turn timer, and game statistics. Explore various maps or create your own, and track game events with support for multiple expansions.
- Dice Roller
- Turn Timer
- Game Stats
- Event Tracker
- Map Generator
- Expansion Support
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Use this app as a companion to your favorite Settlers of Catan board game. Features: - Dice Roller - Turn Timer - Game Stats - Events - Fog Stack - Map Generator - Supports 20+ different maps, or create your own map! - Supports Cities & Knights dice and barbarian tracker. - Supports 5-6 Player expansion, Seafarers expansion and Cities & Knights expansion. - & More! ____ This unofficial app has no affiliation with the official Settlers of Catan board game. No rights infringement is intended with this app which contains completely original artwork.
TMB Reference Guide
Access comprehensive reference sheets for the Too Many Bones board game. This app provides all Gearloc and Tyrant reference sheets, including a full list of skills, to enhance your gameplay experience.
- Gearloc reference sheets
- Tyrant reference sheets
- Full skill lists
- Game strategy aid
- Offline access
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Reference guide for Too Many Bones game. Contains all the Gearloc and Tyrant reference sheets with full list of skills.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: TMB Reference Guide at free against Settlers Utility's free with in-app purchases. Settlers Utility's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Settlers Utility sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TMB Reference Guide sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Settlers Utility against 5.0 for TMB Reference Guide. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Settlers Utility ships an update fortnightly, TMB Reference Guide every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Settlers Utility | TMB Reference Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Make It So Studios | Petr Hejkal |
Customer experience
Settlers Utility
TMB Reference Guide
In-app purchases
Settlers Utility
- Full Version$2.99
TMB Reference Guide
- Trover$0.99
- The Automaton of Shale$0.99
- Ghillie$1.99
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- Nugget$1.99
- Gasket$1.99
- Static$1.99
- Polaris$1.99
- Carcass$1.99
- Dart$1.99
- Riffle$1.99
- Lab Rats$1.99
- Splice & Dice$2.99
- Undertow$6.99
- Unbreakable$6.99
- All-in$19.99
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