Not enough value for the price – Battle Map 2 Review

It was a tough decision to spend $30 on an app. I can't give you an unequivocal yea or nea vote, but a few key points to consider. The app mostly works as promised. Most notably, the dual monitor view using AirPlay is great. Landscapes and icons are nice, and iCloud works well, even prompting me to reconcile conflicting versions of maps across my iPad and iPhone. I am going to use it for the next few sessions. That said, here is what doesn't work so great... 1. Way too few free icons. You can mitigate by importing from various free sets... Just google for them. However, your imported icons don't sync across devices so you may want to import on each if building on multiple. 2. Line of sight isn't great. There are lots of leaks revealing things prematurely. Doors are especially quirky. I found that placing them in the middle of a square is your best bet. 3. Lighting effects are broken. I can see a campfire in a room not yet explored. 4. Did I mention that there are way too few free icons? Insulting to then charge me for small additional packs. 5. Finally, groups would each have to buy their own copy for a game. I guess my group will be sticking with the airplay approach. Ending on a positive, the developers seem very responsive to FB comments and other feedback.
Review by JS20850 on Battle Map 2.