Hex Map Maker
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Free | Michael Friedman | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Hex Map Maker is designed to make maps similar to those from the old Dungeons & Dragons® Expert set for use in pen and paper role-playing games. Use the symbol picker to choose a symbol and then tap on the hexes to see your map take shape. Make a mistake? Just pick a different symbol and tap the hexes to change.
Change hex types or map size without losing your current map! (Though it will look a little different as the rows and columns move around.)
Features:
* Choose from either pointy-top or flat-top hexes.
* Make maps of any size by choosing the number of rows and columns from the menu.
* Seven symbols to choose from: Mountains, Hills, Forest, Desert, Grassland, Water, and Blank.
* Pinch and zoom or pan with two fingers to see the whole map or zoom in to focus on details.
* Print whatever is on the screen -- so you can print the whole map or just a small portion.
* Save your maps to local storage so you can carry your entire campaign in your pocket.
* Print the map and then draw cities, roads, dungeons, rivers or anything else you need on it -- your imagination is the limit.
Design help by Erika Cary (https://erikacary.com/).
Dungeons & Dragons® is a trademark of Wizards of the Coast. This app is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or specifically approved by Wizards of the Coast LLC. For more information about Wizards of the Coast and current versions of their games, please visit their website at http://www.wizards.com/ .
Reviews
It’s ok
None of your beeswax ?
I was looking for some program where I could design a pretty simple map for my D&D campaign, and I found this. I was hoping that I could mark settlements and city’s, but you can only add different types of terrain which was a disappointment. Overall, it’s a very easy to use app, but would be better with more variety for hexagons on the map.
Fun
Willy249249
It’s a decent app. Nothing extraordinary, but competent, easy-to-use, and free. No reason why you shouldn’t pick it up.
Great but too simple
Daddy my pears
Very useful and exactly what I was looking for. Very shallow though, I wish you could add a custom hex that just has a custom color for specific instances like swamp, jungle, hill, ice etc. Also it would be nice to be able to place and name a city. Please work on this project. It will be worth the work.
Simple But Free
Jaller788
This app is a little short on features, but hey, it’s free, and that’s more than can be said for most of the other map-making apps. Even so, I find that most of what it lacks, such as being able to place settlements and add text, can be made up for with the markup features in the Photos app. I would love to see it be developed more, especially if more types of terrain are added, but I find that it does a good job as-is.
Great concept
Kittez22
So I was excited to try and make a conceptual map for a fantasy world but upon opening the app it’s really hard to use. Simple but getting map centered or at least at a workable scale was difficult
Pretty good
Mr Noggin
Pros: aww yeah maps. Tiles are distinctly different colors and easily distinguishable icons. Can change maps dimensions and tile alignment. Very solid. Cons: cannot get the map centered or to scroll. Would also like a tile or two to denote settlements. Overall good for what it’s designed for, wish some extra notes on the side.
Just ok
Abominominous
Very barebones. No way to change colors for solid swaths of land, no markers for cities or terrain (swamps, desert, jungle, etc.) and the map tends to jump around while I’m painting ocean tiles. But a great way to make a barebones environment to convey where your adventures are and where they can go. I would like to see more options for color (pallette selection for the Blue tile, maybe?) perhaps that can be more beneficial to creating more delineated areas of influence or landmass.
Wow
leviiiiki
I’m currently designing a hex based war sim and I’ve been having trouble generating a perfect (and easy to use) hex tessalate. I used HexTML on browser and tried a couple of different apps and they functioned, but with great difficultly and low quality. I finished this map (a recreation of the previously created ones) in about 10 minutes (and it has over 3000 tiles). Fairy wonderful app, I would suggest adding support to export entire map to camera roll as an HD image, bc i ended up having to edit the map together in R4VE, a photo app. Other than that minor inconvenience this app is absolutely phenomenal in its simplicity and consistent quality.
Great but lacks some functionality
c.shultz
I’d like to see the ability to add roads and more terrain types such as snow. It would also be cool to have a way to highlight tiles to mark cities, villages, paths, or like quest locations and nation borders.
