# CardCastle MTG — user reviews > 225 indexed App Store user reviews of CardCastle MTG by OzGuild Pty. Ltd., rated 4.50/5 from 369 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cardcastle-mtg/id1403595443/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cardcastle-mtg/id1403595443.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 274 · 4★ 56 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 17 ## What do users think of CardCastle MTG? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Quick scanning - 👍 Intuitive and easy to use - 🔍 Helpful for organizing collection - 💰 Provides card values - 🤖 Accurate card recognition **Cons** - 🐛 Inconsistent scanning performance - 🔍 Difficulty identifying correct card set - 💰 Expensive subscription - 🔍 Limited free features **Commonly reported bugs** - Scanning issues with certain card types - Occasional app crashes or freezes - Login/account problems **Most requested features** - Ability to manually add/edit cards - Improved deck management functionality - Option to view total collection value - Compatibility with more card types (e.g. foils, alts) ## Newest reviews (14 of 225) ### 3/5 — Makes tracking your collection easy but has some rough flaws *2025-12-28, version 3.6.1* I can never tell when the app is going to accept a card or not — lighting always seems to be a huge issue. I end up needing to manually import 10% of any batch of cards I am adding to my collection. ### 4/5 — Easy and effective *2025-08-06, version 3.6.1* I found CardCastle through a couple sponsors (namely The Trinket Mage) and I have loved it! I 3D printed a stand for MTG scanning and it’s made the process super easy. Would recommend! The only thing I would desire would be a way to add cards to the collection WHILE seeing the price of each card. ### 3/5 — Reading Cards is difficult *2025-05-20, version 3.6.1* I’ve been having difficulty with the app reading cards in perfect fits and some full art cards as well. Even though I have multiple cards on camera, it only registers one, which was not advertised. ### 4/5 — Really quick and easy *2025-05-05, version 3.6.1* This is the easiest inventory system i have used. A little janky at first. Would recommend a secondary method to type cards in manually since sometimes the cards don want to scan. ### 5/5 — Card Castle MTG Card Collection *2025-03-30, version 3.6.1* I have been waiting for an app like this my entire life!! The app lets you easily scan your MTG cards in and create a virtual library of your collection. In addition, you can create various decks you may have and the app generates custom data and statistics for the value of your collection and trending data over time. I love this app and would recommend this to anyone. Occasionally the app gets bogged down but overall this app is affordable and also offers a free option that doesn’t contain all the features. No issues so far after about a month of use. ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2025-03-08, version 3.6.1* Exactly what I was looking for. App and Desktop functionality! ### 5/5 — So far a very useful app *2025-02-13, version 3.6.1* Even without a subscription the app is useful for digitizing my collection. Haven’t done much else with it yet ### 5/5 — Easy to use and good for sorting your money cards *2025-01-24, version 3.6.1* The only criticisms I have are the mild high cost of membership and the scanning function doesn’t always register even in the perfect setting. ### 5/5 — Just what I needed *2024-11-30, version 3.6.1* I’ve been playing magic since revised and needed something to easily catalog the slew of cards I have without a ton of work. This app is exactly what I needed and just as described! Great app ### 5/5 — Cataloging for the win *2024-10-05, version 3.6.1* Easy to use and very helpful. Got my collection on point. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2024-10-01, version 3.6.1* The best collection management software out there 100% ### 5/5 — Its a good app *2024-08-28, version 3.6.1* Its easy to understand and fast! ### 4/5 — Review *2024-08-26, version 3.6.1* This is a grate app I love to use it to creep track of my cards and build decks the card scanner is a bit hard to use sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t but apart from that card castle is really good. ### 5/5 — Great scanning app *2024-07-28, version 3.6.1* Helped me scan and organize my collection. Easy to use and quick matching 99% of the time. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — I recommend serious reprogramming *2026-03-30, version 3.6.1* I just tried to scan “Haliya, Ascendant cadet” the program scanned the card repeatedly and brought back 20 different cards that look nothing like it. That’s just one card. I’m not even going to attempt to use this for my whole collection. I’m having a lot of trouble finding a scanner that will accurately scan my collection using a card slinger and actually bring back the right set data. ### 1/5 — Inconvenient *2025-03-18, version 3.6.1* Won’t show you prices of all your cards after they have been scanned in unless you pay for their premium subscription ### 1/5 — Scanning is Slow *2025-03-10, version 3.6.1* Scanning is much slower and much less reliable than competitors. It’s also extremely difficult to change the set when it inevitably selects the wrong printing before it goes and rescans the card again. Also somehow it has the crispest, most perfect picture of a magic card ever (it could be put on scryfall) and it still will scan it in as some obscure card from before I was born. ### 1/5 — Dont even work *2025-02-19, version 3.6.1* Dosnt even work ### 1/5 — Won’t let me log in no matter if i change my password *2024-07-26, version 3.6.1* Won’t let me log in to app. Changed my password and nothing happened. The app looks like its doing something and then nothing happens despite definitely having the right email and password put in ### 1/5 — Great app… those few times when the scanner works *2024-06-16, version 3.6.1* Useful app when it manages to scan more than one card at a time, beyond useless most of the times as it never scans. Wish there was a forceful scan button on the UI or something similar cause it feels like a massive waste of time. Legit takes less time to add em by hand. ### 1/5 — Nicht mal beta *2023-04-18, version 3.5.1* - Account notwendig. - Deutsche Sprache muss je Karte ausgewählt werden. - Deutsche Sprache kann nicht als Standard-Einstellung für alle folgenden Karten gesetzt werden. - In-App-Käufe sehr wohl vorhanden, nur halt nicht in der App, sondern via des notwendigen Accounts, also "getarnt", damit man es im AppStore nicht angeben muss. - Einstellungen sind witzlos, viel zu wenige Einstellungen für eine solche App. - Man startet immer im Scan-View und nicht im Collection-View. - Währung für Kartenwert kann nicht eingestellt werden. Schade, dann muss wohl eine andere App her... ### 1/5 — I was asked to leave a review for a free month *2022-04-11, version 3.3.1* I wrote a positive review because the software is excellent. Had to change the review because they promised a free month for leaving it. Not heard back from them at all, so down to 1 star ### 1/5 — Awful, Clunky, Impossible *2020-07-12, version 3.1.1* This app is AWFUL! I signed up for the service and tried to scan cards using the app. You have a piece of shadow, doesn’t work, it takes me sometimes up to a minute to try to scan 4 cards by changing the angle of my phone to try to get it to pick up anything. Sometimes it picks up the wrong set or even a wrong card entirely so I have to go in and manually edit to change it. This App is a total waste of time and should not have been released. I will be entering my cards online from now on if I decide to stay with the service. My experience had not been a positive one thus far. ### 2/5 — Could have been better *2025-08-13, version 3.6.1* The app would have been better if it wouldn’t scan hard scan cards sitting in the tray. it starts to add other cards that I don’t even own from the one card that was sitting in the tray like it can’t read. Before you know it I end up with 20 other cards that I don’t own per one card I scan. They really need to fix that. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great App! *2026-07-08, version 3.6.1* I love using the digital library to keep track of my collection. Easy to use and scan new cards. ### 5/5 — Day 2 of using *2026-04-15, version 3.6.1* App is really cool, I wanted a place to keep inventory of my collection and it seems easy to use so far! ### 5/5 — Best MTG Management App *2026-03-30, version 3.6.1* Plenty of technical tools, an easy to use and discoverable interface & the ability to accurately scan (in my experience) 8 cards at a time make CardCastle a 10/10 ### 5/5 — A *2026-03-10, version 3.6.1* Fantastic app! Easy to use ### 5/5 — Quick Multiple Scans *2025-09-03, version 3.6.1* This is the only app I’ve been able to use to archive my collection without burning out. The scanning is so quick and it can scan several at once. It’s made looking for card prices much easier too. It’s a great complement to the website, which is where you can easily sort through and categorize each card. ### 5/5 — Essential *2025-08-28, version 3.6.1* CardCastle is intuitive, reliable, & streamlines the process of managing cards. ### 5/5 — Good Times *2025-08-20, version 3.6.1* I’m am thoroughly enjoying this app. It has everything that I was looking for in a cataloging app and even better I can also use this on my PC. ### 5/5 — Scanner = 👍 *2025-06-22, version 3.6.1* The scanning tool works really well, best in natural light. ### 5/5 — MTG Card Scanner *2025-06-01, version 3.6.1* Excellent card scanner and customer service! Highly recommended! ### 5/5 — Definitely worth a try *2025-04-08, version 3.6.1* I honestly love this app. It works so much better than TCG and other card trackers I’ve attempted to use. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-17.*