Comparison

Catanerator vs Catan Dice & Timer App

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Catanerator

Generate balanced and customizable game boards for Settlers of Catan. This tool helps create fair maps with various configuration options, ensuring no player has an unfair advantage. Enhance your gameplay with expansion pack support.

Highlights
  • Customizable board generation
  • Adjacent reds configuration
  • Max dots per intersection
  • Fair port distribution
  • Expansion pack support
  • Sea Farers support
Features
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The #1 competitive board generator for Settlers of Catan. With countless configurations, including adjacent reds, max dots per intersection, fair ports, and much more. Upgrade your app for the Expansion packs and Sea Farers. Settlers of Catan is an exciting, strategy, social board game which is played around a randomly generated board. Players collect resources, including wood, brick, sheep, wheat and ore, to trade or build new roads and settlements. First person to 10 points wins. Catanerator is a tool used to generate a board which distributes the odds in a fashion that allows a customizable balance. Now you can play Settlers of Catan with a board which does not give unfair advantages to certain players. Check it out and let us know what you think or what you'd like to see! NOTE: The difference between Catanerator Pro and this is that Pro comes with some of the in app purchases by default. Enjoy!

About

Catan Dice & Timer App

This companion app helps manage game turns and dice rolls for Settlers of Catan. It enforces timed settlement placement to keep the game flowing smoothly and prevent delays.

Highlights
  • Timed settlement placement
  • Dice rolls
  • Player turn management
  • Game speed enhancement
Features
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Catan Dice & Timer is a Catan companion app for tabletop game nights. Use a dice roller, turn timer and board generator on one phone, so you can spend more time trading, building and planning your next move. Bring your physical Catan board and pieces; the app helps you run the game at the table. DICE ROLLING FOR YOUR TABLE Choose the dice mode that suits your group: • Random dice: independent rolls, like rolling two physical six-sided dice. • Balanced dice: all 36 two-dice combinations are shuffled and drawn without replacement. Each complete set of 36 rolls follows the expected dice distribution, while the order stays random. • Physical dice: turn off the digital dice and use the app as a board game timer. See your dice statistics after the game and compare the numbers rolled across your saved game history. A TURN TIMER THAT KEEPS PLAY MOVING Give every player time to think, trade and build. Choose Slow, Normal or Custom game speed, with separate timers for settlement placement, the window before a dice roll, and each player's turn. Tap the play area to roll early or finish your turn. When the countdown reaches zero, the game moves on automatically. Pause for a break, undo an accidental tap, or add time when moving the robber. Rolling a 7 automatically adds extra turn time. CATAN BOARD GENERATOR Generate a fresh island with resource tiles and number tokens in one tap. Choose the base 3–4 player board or the 5–6 player extension board, and enable optional ports. Regenerate the layout until you find one you like, then arrange your physical board to match. You can also play with a board you've set up yourself. OPENING SETTLEMENTS AND PLAYER SETUP Add 2–6 players in seating order, with names and individual player colors. The opening settlement rounds follow snake order, with a timer for each placement. An interactive tutorial lets new players try board generation, dice rolls and turn controls before starting a real game. Replay it anytime from the menu. RESULTS, HISTORY AND SHARING Choose the winner to save a finished game on your phone. Revisit game length, player turn times and roll distributions in Game history. Reuse a past game's settings for your next game night, or share a result card with your group. The menu also lets you share the app, leave a store rating or send feedback and feature ideas to the developer. MADE FOR TABLETOP STRATEGY • 26 interface languages • Local dice and timer play without an account • One phone for the table, with optional shared game controls on other devices • Shared games use an internet connection and a short room code • Optional one-time purchase to remove ads Catan Dice & Timer is an independent fan-made companion app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Catan GmbH or its licensors. Catan is a trademark of Catan GmbH.

Screenshots

Catanerator4 screens
Catan Dice & Timer App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Catan Dice & Timer App at 5.0 against Catanerator's 4.0. Catan Dice & Timer App also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Catanerator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (236 vs 3). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Catanerator sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Catan Dice & Timer App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Catan Dice & Timer App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Catanerator has 236 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Catanerator ships an update every 2 months, Catan Dice & Timer App every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Catanerator versus Catan Dice & Timer App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCataneratorCatan Dice & Timer App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (236 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings236 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElevated Pixels SoftwareAndraz Polajzer

Customer experience

Catanerator

All ratings236 ratings
Positive74.2%
Neutral5.5%
Negative20.3%
Written reviews116 reviews
Positive55.2%
Neutral8.6%
Negative36.2%

Catan Dice & Timer App

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Catanerator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes on startup for some users
  • Allows adjacent high-value tiles despite setting
  • Resets board when switching between portrait and landscape
  • Difficulty distinguishing resource types due to color scheme

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for Seafarers and Cities & Knights expansions
  • Implement a dice roller for Knights and Barbarians
  • Allow custom tile placement and saving of custom boards
  • Improve board balancing and prevent adjacent high-value tiles

Catan Dice & Timer App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Catanerator

One-time4
  • Standard$0.99
  • Expansion$1.99
  • Seafarers Small$1.99
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  • Seafarers Large$1.99
None

Catan Dice & Timer App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Catanerator free?
Catanerator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Catan Dice & Timer App free?
Catan Dice & Timer App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Catanerator or Catan Dice & Timer App?
Catan Dice & Timer App is rated higher. Catanerator averages 4.0 out of 5 from 236 ratings, while Catan Dice & Timer App averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Catanerator or Catan Dice & Timer App have ads?
Catan Dice & Timer App shows ads; Catanerator does not.
Which is updated more often, Catanerator or Catan Dice & Timer App?
Catanerator ships an update every 2 months, and Catan Dice & Timer App every 2 days. Most recently, Catanerator was updated on October 16, 2026 and Catan Dice & Timer App on October 7, 2026.

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