Name: Cartographer - RPG World Maker
Rating: 2.5 (130 reviews)
Author: Alexander Winn

Description

Designed specifically by and for writers and RPG players, Cartographer is the perfect tool for creating custom maps of alien worlds, fantasy realms, and imaginary landscapes.

Simply pick what kind of landscape you're looking for and Cartographer takes care of the rest! Then customize your landscape by adjusting the sea level, turning peninsulas into islands and archipelagos into mountain ranges.

Plus, with a suite of custom styles, your map will look professionally crafted from the very moment of its creation.

Whether you're trying to visualize a world for your next story or looking for a way to add "dice roll"-stlye randomness to an RPG campaign, Cartographer will have you up and running in no time!

Feb 27, 2019

Version 1.4

Fixed an error with iOS 12 that would prevent the maps from rendering properly.

2.5 out of 5

130 Ratings

Future updates?

I got this hoping to build a cool middle earth style of map and it was easy to creat the map but their is no way to actually build your own map. You could only raise and lower the sea level and change the map style. I went back to the AppStore to see if I was doing some Thing wrong but it looks like I wasn’t doing anything wrong and that’s just how it is. Which it’s not bad but I can’t creat my own world then. I also looked to see when it was last updated and it showed over a year ago. I’m just wondering if you are still updating the app and if creating and adding your own islands will ever be a thing?

Simple, useful, does what it says

This little app has been great as a starting point for mapping my campaigns.
It generates land masses, and it exports them to photos. You can select from a couple skins for the appearance of land and water, and you are able to adjust the “sea level” slider to alter the landmasses.
Buying the “Pro” version gives access to a few more skins to toggle through. I’ve found the parchment, desert, and arctic skins to be the most useful for altering after export.

It’s not loaded with tons of features, and it doesn’t allow for image editing. But using the mark-up and editing options in photos and (surprisingly) the native Notes app in iOS can produce some really interesting maps. There are also a number of drawing or mark-up apps that work well for filling in your map without ever closing your iphone. Concept, Tayasui, and Annotable are all great options.

The app is simple, produces good exports, and is fun to mess around with for inspiration. Definitely worth your time.

Kind of good

I tried it out and it did make a map quickly like it said. I just wish you could add more details and didn’t have to pay for other map styles. The terrain feature does nothing. Is it supposed to do something? It doesn’t change the map but do i need pro version for that? I will use it for a first rough draft of a map in future campaigns I run. I just wish you could add village locations and draw some terrain. It still works as a starting point though.

The developer, Alexander Winn, has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.