# Card Binder: MTG Manager — Magic Companion & Scanner

> Magic The Gathering card collection manager with deck building and price tracking. (iPhone/iPad app by Nicolas Yuste Tirados.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/card-binder-mtg-manager/id1534537428 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Nicolas Yuste Tirados](https://appshunter.io/developer/510006032)
- Category: Games, Utilities, Card, Role Playing
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.40/5 from 535 App Store ratings · 134 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.6 · 132 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), European Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2020-10-10
- Data updated: 2026-08-19
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/card-binder-mtg-manager/id1534537428/reviews.md

## What is Card Binder?

The ultimate Magic The Gathering app.
Quickly scan and save all your cards into your Binder collection, check each card price in real-time. You will be able to see a lot of details for each card: legality, all the card editions, first appearance date, and more!

Features:
- Build your collection quickly scanning all your cards.
- Explore card details including the legality, price, editions, and much more.
- Build amazing decks with support for sideboard and maybeboard.
- Support for commander decks.
- Validate your deck and ensure it is legal for any format.
- All content is live and automatically updated.
- Collection stored and shared between all your IOS devices.
- Search for any card, even if it is not in your collection.
- Get to know more cards using the explore tab. It will show random cards to you.
- No adds, forever.
- Dark mode support.
- Export and share your collection using .csv files.

If you have any question or feedback we'd love to hear from you at support@cardbinderapp.com

## Key features

- Scan and save cards to collection
- Real-time card price checking
- Detailed card information (legality, editions)
- Build and validate decks
- Commander deck support
- Cross-device collection syncing
- Export collection to CSV

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Space for 1000 cards | $4.99 | one-time |
| Space for 100 cards | $0.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Card Binder?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Efficient scanning
- 📚 Comprehensive card database
- 💰 Accurate card pricing
- 🗂️ Effective card organization
- 🎨 Visually appealing interface

**Cons**

- 🔒 Limited free storage
- 🐛 Scanning issues after updates
- 🔍 Suboptimal search and filtering
- 🔀 Difficulty syncing across devices
- 💰 Expensive paid upgrades

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Inability to recognize certain card names
- Disappearing foil card data
- Deck building issues with commander cards
- Inconsistent set recognition

**Most requested features**

- Ability to filter cards by set
- Option to add custom tags to cards
- Bulk card addition to decks
- Wishlist functionality
- Improved sorting and organization tools

## Recent user reviews (10 of 134)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/card-binder-mtg-manager/id1534537428/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Good but room for improvement

*2026-05-24*

Great app in totality. Holds prices, decent price point for what the app offers, and the scanning saves tons of time. For 5 stars though, there should be a method when scanning decks into a collection to make sure foils are scanned as foils even if it’s just a checkbox. There also is an issue with certain sets (Japanese Strixhaven Mystical Archive) not being in the app when searched or scanned. Lastly there should definitely be an option to export decks on their own instead of just the entire collection.

### 3/5 — Current Update broke the scanner.

*2026-01-28, version 3.5.0*

I love using Card Binder to store my collection and search for cards. I have used for years now but the current update broke the scanner. It locks up after just a couple of cards and needs to be reset making imputing a new set take FOREVER! 

A couple features that would be great. Would be the addition of filtering cards by sets, as well as the ability to add custom tags to cards that could be filtered.

### 4/5 — Scanner issues with update

*2026-01-25, version 3.5.0*

Great app and I use it all the time.  Since the recent update, my scanner won’t pickup my camera and I’ve check permissions.  I can still manually add them via set list, but that is quite cumbersome for multiple reasons.

### 2/5 — Needs Improvement

*2026-01-20*

Previous versions of the app scanner worked better. Now when the scanner fails to identify the card, the scanner must be closed and opened again. Then it works great, until it doesn’t. Sometimes I can scan a few cards in without a failure, other times it’s every single card. It makes it take forever to add cards into my library. Maybe add a capture button instead of constantly trying to scan? Like I said, scanner used to work better.

### 3/5 — Pay to play

*2026-01-14*

The interface is delightful, and the card organization is quite good. It also has accurate value ratings per card. However, when you first get the app you only get space for 100 cards (unique; duplicates don’t count) and you have to purchase more space after you fill that. It’s $.99 for 100, and $4.99 for 1000. Therefore if you have a large collection, such as 6000 cards, you’re spending about $30. It’s not totally insane for a trustworthy and functional card binder app, but it’s good to note before you download the app, that you should not choose it because it’s “free.” It’s not, unless your collection is only 100 cards, in which case you probably don’t need this app anyways. I would urge the app developers to lower their prices to a slightly more reasonable rate.

### 4/5 — Precon scan

*2026-01-10, version 3.4.4*

When scanning a precon and trying to use that as my scanned “commander deck” it’s flagging for 99 cards bc it’s not counting my commander. Just sat here for 2.5 hrs talking with chat gpt to try to figure out if I was missing anything or messing anything up but I’m not. When it shows how many of each card I have it totals to 100 but the app is just taking away 1 for commander. Is there anyway I could get help with this?

### 4/5 — Pretty decent

*2025-12-26, version 3.4.3*

I would advise to scan cards into your collection in small batches because it gets so boring at times. Only real criticism is needing to spend money for more collection size but it’s reasonably priced

### 5/5 — Muy buena app

*2025-10-29, version 3.2.2*

Es muy completa y la opción escanear va de maravilla!!

### 2/5 — Fallo con edge of eternity

*2025-08-18, version 3.2.2*

No es capaz de leer las cartas en español de la colección edge of eternity

### 5/5 — Perfecta

*2025-08-03, version 3.2.2*

He usado esta app durante los últimos meses y es estupenda, claro que se puede mejorar unas cosas pero es la mejor del mercado de largo.

Lo que más me gusta es que no haya que pagar una subscripción mensual y solo se pague por lo que la usas.

## Frequently asked questions about Card Binder

### What does Card Binder: MTG Manager do?

This app helps Magic The Gathering players manage their card collections. You can quickly scan and save cards, view detailed information about each card including its price, legality, and editions, and build and validate decks.

### What are the key features of this app?

Key features include quickly scanning cards into your collection, real-time price checking, exploring detailed card information, building and validating decks (including commander decks), and cross-device syncing of your collection.

### Is this app free to use?

The app is free to download and use, offering core functionality for managing your collection and building decks. It also supports in-app purchases for additional features or content.

### What devices is Card Binder: MTG Manager compatible with?

The app is designed for iOS devices, and your collection is stored and shared across all your iOS devices, ensuring seamless access wherever you are.

### How can I use this app to manage my Magic The Gathering cards?

You can use the app to digitize your physical card collection by scanning them, track the current market value of your cards, organize them into binders, and construct and test the legality of your decks for various formats.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.5.1 — 2026-07-22

Thanks for using the Card Binder! We strive to deliver the best app by improving your experience every time we release a new version of our app. 
This update includes improvements, bug fixes, and new features.

### 3.5.0 — 2026-01-14

Thanks for using the Card Binder! We strive to deliver the best app by improving your experience every time we release a new version of our app. 
This update includes improvements, bug fixes, and new features.

### 3.4.4 — 2025-12-27

Thanks for using the Card Binder! We strive to deliver the best app by improving your experience every time we release a new version of our app. 
This update includes improvements, bug fixes, and new features.

### 3.4.3 — 2025-12-16

Thanks for using the Card Binder! We strive to deliver the best app by improving your experience every time we release a new version of our app. 
This update includes improvements, bug fixes, and new features.

### 3.4.2 — 2025-12-14

Thanks for using the Card Binder! We strive to deliver the best app by improving your experience every time we release a new version of our app. 
This update includes improvements, bug fixes, and new features.

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## More apps by Nicolas Yuste Tirados

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All apps by Nicolas Yuste Tirados: https://appshunter.io/developer/510006032

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