Indie World vs Catan Layouts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Indie World
Discover talented independent creators from platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Substack that you might otherwise miss. Curate your favorite creators into personal fanzines and share them with friends.
- Discover independent creators
- Curate creator fanzines
- Share with friends (coming soon)
- Human-curated database
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Indie World is building the biggest database of the most talented uber-talented creators, chosen by humans. - We help you discover independent creators from platforms like YouTube, TikTok and Substack you would never find on your own. - Build your own fanzines of your favorite creators. - Share and discuss them with friends (coming soon).
Catan Layouts
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Catan Layouts is a simple setup companion for your tabletop game. Generate randomized terrain and number layouts in three specific modes: • Normal: 19 land hexes for 3–4 players. • 5–6: 30 land hexes for the larger base-game setup. • Seafarers: Heading for New Shores for four players, with 42 tiles: 28 land and 14 sea. Use four adjacency settings to choose whether 6 and 8, 2 and 12, matching numbers or matching land resources may touch. Adjustments remain pending until you tap Generate or switch to another mode, so opening or closing settings does not replace your current map. Native icon controls, distinct terrain colors and emphasized 6/8 numbers keep the interface focused on the board. The app follows system Light and Dark appearance and includes a refreshed app icon. Generation works offline and requires no account. Catan Layouts generates terrain and number layouts; ports, roads, ships, settlements and scoring are outside its scope. Seafarers support is limited to the named four-player scenario.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Indie World at fortnightly against Catan Layouts's every 17 months. Indie World also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Indie World ships an update fortnightly, Catan Layouts every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Indie World | Catan Layouts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kabir Chibber | Omer Faruk Mesebuken |
In-app purchases
Indie World
No in-app purchases
Catan Layouts
No in-app purchases
