Card Creator for MtG vs Lifelinker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Card Creator for MtG
Design custom Magic: The Gathering cards on your mobile device. Bring your card ideas to life and share them with friends or the community. New features are regularly added to enhance your card creation experience.
- Design custom Magic cards
- Share creations with friends
- Publish to community feed
- Regularly updated features
- Intuitive interface
- Flexible design options
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Have you ever wanted to create Magic: the Gathering cards on the go? If yes, then this app is for you! It's provides enough functionality to enable you to convert most of your ideas into cards, which you can then share with your friends and publish in our community feed. The app is growing and new features are being added so cards you make now will get a facelift with each new version. Please do check it out and send your suggestions! ~ Important links ~ Terms of Use: https://ajfek.pl/card-creator-tos/ Privacy Policy: https://ajfek.pl/card-creator-privacy-policy/ ~ Subscription information ~ You can subscribe and pay on the App Store, using your Apple ID. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renew may be turned off after purchase by going to the 'Manage Subscription' page in settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. The subscription will renew at the same cost. ~ Legal disclaimer ~ This app is not affiliated, specifically approved or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.
Lifelinker
Track life totals for board and card games with customizable player names, backgrounds, and dice rolling. View match history and access advanced features through an in-app purchase or by supporting creators.
- Track player life totals
- Customize player names and backgrounds
- Digital D6 dice roller
- View and reset match history
- Random first player selector
- Creator unlock codes
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Keep track of your life totals, customize your name, background colors, roll dice, see match history, and more. All advanced options will be unlocked with a single in-app purchase! Lifelinker is brought to you by Jimmy Wong and Josh Lee Kwai of The Command Zone Podcast, a part of the Collected.Company family. FEATURES: - Choose players and starting health totals - Change your name, background color, and emblem for each player - Roll a digital D6 to help with decisions - View detailed match history and reset the game to any prior point in time - Let the app decide! A spinning ticker will randomly choose the first player when you load into a new game for the first time. - Patrons of the Command Zone Podcast will receive the full unlock for FREE! Find out more at Patreon.com/CommandZone - Want your favorite creators as your life total background? Find out their Unlock code and Redeem it on the front page - collect them all! Lifelinker was developed by Danny Vink and tested by Josh Kim, Josh Lee Kwai, and Jimmy Wong
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lifelinker at none against Card Creator for MtG's 5. Lifelinker also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.6) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Card Creator for MtG sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Lifelinker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lifelinker holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 216 and 149 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Card Creator for MtG's written reviews are positive against 69% of Lifelinker's.
Card Creator for MtG ships an update every 2 months, Lifelinker every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Card Creator for MtG | Lifelinker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (216 ratings) | 3.9 (149 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.8% of reviews | 69.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 216 — better | 149 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ajfek Software | James Wong |
Customer experience
Card Creator for MtG
Lifelinker
User reviews
Card Creator for MtG
From 216 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Straightforward to use
- 🚀 Flexible and easy to work with
- 💡 Great for designing Magic cards
- 👍 Intuitive interface
- 🚀 Polished and responsive
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes frequently
- 🔒 Many features locked behind paywall
- 🔒 Limited options without paying
- 🐛 Issues with image selection and upload
- 🐛 Text space runs out quickly
Lifelinker
From 149 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🎨 Customizable backgrounds
- 🚀 Smooth performance
- 💡 Spinner for deciding turn order
- 🎮 Dice roll feature
Room to improve
- 🐛 In-app purchases not working
- 🔒 Lack of commander damage/poison counter tracking
- 🔍 Difficulty finding/accessing settings
- 🔋 Screen turning off during gameplay
- 🔧 Bugs with saved profiles
Bugs and requests
Card Creator for MtG
Reported bugs
3 issues- Image selection and upload issues
- Crashes and freezes when opening the app
- Delayed responses and slow performance after extended use
Requested features
15 requests- Add support for Saga Enchantments
- Ability to add text to token creatures
- Option to toggle full-art cards
- Add other token types beyond creatures
- Implement double-sided cards
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- Allow more than 3 Planeswalker abilities
- Ability to italicize rules text
- Add support for existing mechanics like Adventure and Omen
- Implement Planeswalker passive abilities
- Add option to change set symbol colors
- Improve Planeswalker design options
- Implement Saga, Battle, and Split cards
- Add ability to move and reorganize cards in collection
- Improve filtering and sorting options for community cards
- Implement a leaderboard for most liked community cards
Lifelinker
Reported bugs
4 issues- In-app purchases not unlocking features
- Saved profiles not loading correctly
- Restore purchases button not working
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
5 requests- Commander damage and poison counter tracking
- Ability to change life totals in larger increments
- More customization options for colors/layouts
- Coin flip/dice roll functionality in free version
- Better support and communication from developers
In-app purchases
Card Creator for MtG
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Annual$19.991 Year
- 3-Month Optional Patronage$4.99
- 6-Month Optional Patronage$9.99
- 12-Month Optional Patronage$14.99
Lifelinker
No in-app purchases
Questions
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