Hex Isle Map vs New Recruit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hex Isle Map
This utility app assists in generating random or balanced maps for the board game Catan. It supports various extensions and player counts, offering zoomable map views for faster game setup.
- Random map generation
- Even (fair) board generation
- Supports Catan extensions
- Zoomable map view
- Faster game setup
- Universal app support
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This is a utility app to help you setup board in game of Catan; it is not the game itself. The Settlers of Catan is exciting multiplayer board game played on a randomly generated map. This app will help you generate a new random map and allow for faster game setup. It supports both pure random and even (aka fair) board generation. Features: Supports following extensions: • First Settlement 3-4 players (Classic Settlers of Catan) • First Settlement 5-6 players • Seafarers 3-4 players • Seafarers 5-6 players Supports two board generation modes • Random board generator creates all random board • Even (fair) board generator creates board with evenly spread probabilities (no intersections with more than 12 dots) allowing for more engaging and strategic games Zoomable map Universal app if you enjoy using Hex Isle Map, please take a minute to leave a review — it's really appreciated! Neither the app, nor the publisher is in any way affiliated with Settlers of Catan, Klaus Teuber or any of the board game publishers.
New Recruit
This app helps you build army lists for various miniature tabletop games. It also facilitates tournament organization, allows you to track your game statistics, and manage your miniature collection to see what models you need.
- Build army lists for popular games
- Organize and manage tournaments
- View player rankings and statistics
- Track personal game stats
- Manage miniature collection
- Customize user interface
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New Recruit is an army list builder for miniature tabletop games such as Warhammer 40k, The Old World, Age of Sigmar, The Ninth Age and many more. But not just that, it comes with a lot more features! - Build your army lists for all popular games - Participate in or organise tournaments, very powerful for tournament organisers, because New Recruit can check list validity for you, saving precious time. - View rankings and tournament statistics, lists played by the best players - Track your own games and view your personal stats to see what armies or units work best for you - List your miniature collection and instantly see if a list is playable or what models you need to buy - Highly customizable user interface, make your on themes - New Recruit is in active development and new features are coming regularly! Terms and conditions https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Hex Isle Map at none against New Recruit's shown. Hex Isle Map also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). New Recruit's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (630 vs 20). On price, rating, 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. Hex Isle Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and New Recruit sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $35.00 per year. 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 Hex Isle Map against 4.9 for New Recruit. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: New Recruit has 630 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Hex Isle Map's written reviews are positive against 88% of New Recruit's.
Hex Isle Map ships an update every 14 months, New Recruit every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hex Isle Map | New Recruit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (20 ratings) — better | 4.9 (630 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 88.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 630 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nikolai Abalov | Vincent, Gatien,Alphonse MASSIAS |
Customer experience
Hex Isle Map
New Recruit
Bugs and requests
Hex Isle Map
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
New Recruit
Reported bugs
1 issue- No reported bugs
Requested features
2 requests- Improved data sync between mobile and web
- Streamlined menu structure for common actions
In-app purchases
Hex Isle Map
- Generous Tip$2.99
New Recruit
- Mortal Supporter$35.001 Year
- Immortal Supporter$69.001 Year
- Godlike Supporter$143.991 Year
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