Cartographer - RPG Map Maker

Alexander Winn

About this app

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!

Ratings and reviews

As much as I love the idea of this app, I think it's poorly done. There's not many customisation options other than a few sliders that form a not so geographically accurate map. I find the easiest way to create a unique map layout is to take a photo of chipped paint or a rusted metal surface. Then, import it onto an editing/drawing app and outline it on that. You can even look up videos online to help you add realistic details to said maps such as world biomes and possible civilisations.

The height map looks useful, If the wrap feature is working there, which I did not test. I've played with the sliders. No result males the coasts look the right kind of crinkly. Or gives the land varying shades/ elevation. Or supports vegetation or landforms. I get that it's an MVP, but it needs a bit more to make it worth sticking around and keep on devices. Remember you're competing with AZGAAR's. I dunno, maybe make the elevation or globe feature free? Shows promise. Sliders cld have values.

You can't do anything in this app, I paid $1.99 expecting to be able to go into more detail from their "basic" page and it's honestly useless. Can't add any detail, can't save a map, absolutely no detail in the menu. There's nothing else besides that first basic view you get. 0/10

What's new

Fixed a bug where the clouds and atmosphere would fail to appear in Globe mode for some users.