Mobile App

18 Oct, '19
Mad

it is obvious, isnt it?

25 Oct, '19
Demiculus

Would you guys like to play on the mobile browser or an app?

25 Oct, '19
MrColonist

Whatever you can implement faster.

08 Nov, '19
Matias

Web app or native app, doesn't really matter. Whatever you find to have the best performance.

A thought. All of your player base today comes from the desktop web version if you develop a native app (iOS, Android) maybe that will reach new people and in turn introduce them to the current version and grow the overall player base.

10 Nov, '19
Demiculus Admin

Hey guys, try out the mobile version by going to the browser in your mobile phones: https://hexs.io/

Let me know what needs changes, how I can change it to make it better etc..

12 Nov, '19
Muhyng

I see only screen with logo, relatively empty hamburger menu on the left side and some icon without function on the right side. Graphics is nice, but we're waiting for game ;)

12 Nov, '19
Demiculus Admin

@muhyng isn't it telling you to rotate the phone to landscape? https://gyazo.com/c1c61e8b3898c4dbd38172157232f031

13 Nov, '19
Muhyng

Yes, it is. At first, phone was in portrait mode, after message I turned it. And refresh. And then still the same screen. The same In incognito mode (in landscape mode from beginning). Are there any other requirements? I've got iPhone SE.

13 Nov, '19
Demiculus Admin

@Muhyng could you upload screenshots and go to this site and tell me how much it says: http://howbigismybrowser.com/

13 Nov, '19
Muhyng

Here you are https://imgur.com/a/HDUmXfa
And that site shows "320x454" in portrait and "Rotate your device or enlarge your browser window to continue" in landscape.

18 Jan, '20
Tiffany

Love the idea of a mobile app. I'm just not sure how you guys will get away with it, seeing as "Catan Universe" has a mobile app that they are trying to sell, as well as other devs, on the app stores. Is that part of the reason for the change to "Colonist"?

20 Feb, '20
Tino

Has anyone ever been able to play a match on a mobile?
It never works for me. Please, its the only thing missing, i love your Work.

12 Mar, '20
b'

No.
Troll management should be priority over app, which will further strain developers resources. See following suggestions:
Room: kicked people should stay kicked https://colonist.featureupvote.com/suggestions/51003/room-kicked-people-should-stay-kicked-and-not-rejoin
Report players https://colonist.featureupvote.com/suggestions/62937/report-players
Lock username to prevent trolling https://colonist.featureupvote.com/suggestions/53006/lock-username-once-created-to-prevent-trolling
Blacklist...

12 Mar, '20
b'

If you combine all the 'troll management' feature suggests, they are by and far #1 problem on katan.io (100s of upvotes).

Not a mobile app.

Mobile app would be awesome, if troll mgmt is fixed. Troll mgmt fixes = better experience for non-trolls.

07 May, '20
Ian

App would be great even if site already exists as mobile site is still not as native feeling, still subject to page being refreshed, would be cleaner. At very least pwa Web app would be improvement too.

17 May, '20
Igor

Web on mobile seems playable. But ads cover Vital popups and info.

18 Jun, '20
Ian Stainthorp

I play on the mobile version quite a lot - I would say it could and should be improved.

When you join a room for a game it often looks as if I've been kicked out, but I am definitely still connected to the room, but it shows the home screen. To resolve this I have go to home.

It's hard to tap the correct point on the board, for instance when building. Yes you can zoom, but it's just really clunky.

On Chrome the browser frame is persistent. This should be hidden to free up more playing space.

23 Jun, '20
Leila

The mobile app kicks me out to home every time I try to join a room. Tried from multiple mobiles devices and all 4 participants had the same issue. I click, its opens, and I’m send back to home.

16 Aug, '20
Edvard

When playing mobile version on iOS, it is very hard to trade because the resource cards in the bottom left corner of the screen are almost impossible to tap. They get stuck in the curve of the screen and sometimes I have to try tapping 50 times to select the resource. I sometimes select all of them and then deselect the ones I don’t want (it is much easier to deselect bc that is not in the bottom corner of the screen).

28 Aug, '20
Syed Hisham

Hey guys, couple of things I noticed which would improve the mobile browser experience on Android:

1) When I host a room, I can't change my room name

2) When I enter a room or host a room, and tap on the chat option on the left, I practically exit the room. Please make this experience better. I would like to give my opinion on whether I prefer x VPs or y players or whether I would like friendly robber on etc, you get the idea

28 Aug, '20
Syed Hisham

3) Please increase the text limit for featureupvote lol

4) When I am hosting a game and I am in the room before the start of the game, please make it easier to transfer host. If my friend has hosted a game and I have bought your packs a seamless transfer of host would be nice to add a better map.

5) When in the game on the phone, the pass button comes right next to the trade button. 4/10 times I misclick on that due to my big fingers instead of trade, it ends turn. Suggest a different place.

04 Sep, '20
TOMAS

Why isnt there an app on Google Play yet?

20 Sep, '20
Gonesc

An app would be better than the browser and I've been playing with the browser bat is not very comfortable.

03 Nov, '20
Wheater

Browser doesn't work well... Let's hope for an iOS app soon!

12 Nov, '20
michaelkashi100

still waiting! :) keep on your good job

20 Nov, '20
Cece

Not possible to login with the smartphone browser. We can only remain anonymous.

01 Dec, '20
Divit

I am trying to make it work on mobile or iPad for quite sometime, but nothing matches a native mobile app. Happy to pay some fees for mobile app too.

07 Dec, '20
HJ

In the last update they increase the size of buttons in the left so I cant select wood and brick cards when i play a develoment card.

12 Dec, '20
Haldan

Last update has hijacked the phobe game play with the size of buttons. When playing select two resources or monopoly the left two or three resources can't be selected.

17 Dec, '20
Michelle

Trouble login into account on ipad

20 Dec, '20
timi

difficult to play on iphone right now.
- map won’t take up full screen (blue bars above and below) and zoom is very limited
- can’t zoom chat window, difficult to chat
- tricky to accept/deny trades without hitting wrong button
- impossible to use monopoly (trying to select resource clicks gear icon instead)

21 Dec, '20
shadow

Can't use dev cards for monopoly and year of plenty properly due to oversized discord icon in mobile browser. When switching to desktop mode on mobile browser, I can zoom in past discord icon, but selecting resources for those dev cards don't work in desktop mode on mobile browser.

21 Dec, '20
DC

Can only choose grain and ore for monopoly. Discord button blocks wood, brick, and sheep on mobile browser.

21 Dec, '20
shadow

Also realized in desktop mode on mobile browser that ad banner can also block selecting resources for monopoly and year of plenty

30 Dec, '20
Shadow

There's a slight workaround to discord icon issue in Chrome mobile. You can try to force enable zoom in accessibility settings. Then while using mobile mode (not desktop mode) you can change your screen orientation accordingly. This way when using monopoly or year of plenty,you can adjust view to access the resources that are normally blocked by the discord icon. It's still hard to select them but makes it easier.

17 Mar, '21
Dissapointed

Yeah this aint happening.

11 Apr, '21
Clark

When is the iOS app coming?

13 Jul, '21
Kenz

I play on my iphone 7 in landscape mode. When I accidentally rotate to portrait mode mid-game then return to landscape, a blank bar appears at the bottom and the game gets even smaller!

1

25 Jul, '21
Kris

I am introducing my friends to play via their phones, and everything was easy to pick up, except for remembering what resources are needed for each build item (road/settlement/city).

On browser I can tell them to hover their cursor over the icons, but on mobile there seems to be no way. Maybe allow mobile players to see resource requirements and names by tap-holding the icons?

I know there aren't many resource combinations to remember, but for first-time players who have never played Catan it can be a bit daunting. Even more so when it comes to the Cities and Knights expansion.

06 Nov, '21
JUAN Admin

"App for iPad" (suggested by R on 2021-11-06), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

23 Nov, '21
steve

was playing on mobile for a month and as of yesterday, can't enter the lobby. Only can join games. Not ideal.

24 Nov, '21
Gary

Browser version no longer allows bot games. Is it just me?

25 Nov, '21
Richard

I can’t play against bots on mobile anymore!!!! Can someone fix this please it might be because of the Iphone 15.1 update which switched the layout of my browser but idk please help.

23 Dec, '21
Connor

Having a tough time on this new mobile interface. No longer easy to trade or look for games.

23 Dec, '21
Sheep

New patch makes it almost impossible for mobile users. Nothing lines up or is adjustable. You can’t even scroll through the available games.

24 Dec, '21
AK

New patch means 1) can't see the speed of games any more on mobile or tablet, so have to choose a game blind 2) can't trade any more as the chat/commentary box is disproportionately large and covers the part of the screen where trades come up - no trades possible

24 Dec, '21
Blah

Same as above - can’t see game speed or chats on an iPad

24 Dec, '21
Dreger

Please roll back to previous version.
Lobby UI completely and seriously broken
In game UI broken, impossible to trade unless one goes to web desktop version.

Also for chrome browser, as in previous versions, if one tries to chat it automatically exits the lobby.

Mobile phone Galaxy A52

23 Jan, '22
NotAGamer

as a non-gamer, I play games mostly on my bus to uni. Or at a line. I think there are a lot of people like me; a very fast base Catan game is guaranteed to end within half an hour, so if one has half an hour to burn, why not play a Catan game? From a market standpoint, I think that a mobile version is a top priority. And I definitely don't think that because I personally want one.

08 Feb, '22
James

Buttons to build settlements etc are tiny on Huawei P30 pro. At least it would be nice to have a zoomable or resizeable option. Currently unable to zoom except on the map.Thank you.

15 Feb, '22
JUAN Admin

Set the mobile browser to Desktop View for a better experience.

30 Apr, '22
Ffs

What are you smoking. Did minimal visual changes and now it's imposible to start the game.

The only question is WHY???

25 May, '22
Shwaydz

I thought a native mobile game was in the works? Is that not the case?

24 Aug, '22
Retronintenduo

I'll like that like for android this game of browser that like in android

13 Nov, '22
Danilo Verde

Can't quick check the resources to build.
Very VERY hard to trade, everything is very small (Iphone 14 Pro Max)
Chat is unusable because of the size.
Almost everything is too small.
--- solutions ---
Touching on building button show what resources are needed
Trade can simple have a zoom, cards don't need to have card aspect ratio, we need simbols, could be squared ones
Chat should open on demand, and just bubble last PLAYER msg

13 Nov, '22
Danilo Verde

Make the website/game PWA, people attach a shortcut to their phone home screen and no more need to create native mobile app and support two UIs

https://web.dev/app-like-pwas/

27 Dec, '22
Monty Panesar

Glad a mobile app has finally been developed - unfortunately it's not great. Everything is waaaaay too small; very difficult to navigate history (can honestly do without this on mobile version), chat is useless, borderline impossible to select which resources you'd like to trade for, plus the map itself is small and not super easy to read.

Seems like the best approach would be:
- Make the map itself smaller, the hexagons don't NEED to be as big as they are
- Make use of the massive amounts of space wasted for the "ocean". Perhaps move the resources we hold on the bottom and the trading/building on the left side

19 Jun, '23
Noahsh2

I tried the iOS game yesterday for the first time and its AMAZING. First, there is absolutely NO LAG. Even if internet is bad, its not laggy on the phone, thats amazing! While some parts are a bit small, i like playing on the phone more than the computer now Also.....NO ADS ON THE PHONE. There are ads on the phone if you use the mobile site, but the actual app has NO ADS!

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