Card Creator for MtG vs DL Compendium
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 directly on your mobile device. Bring your card ideas to life and share them with friends or publish them in a community feed. The app is continuously updated with new features.
- Create custom Magic: the Gathering cards
- Share cards with friends
- Publish cards to a community feed
- Continuously updated with new features
- Design on the go
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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.
DL Compendium
Access detailed information on game heroes, abilities, and video previews. Explore comprehensive item data and create custom builds with reordering options. View published builds from within the app.
- Hero stats and abilities
- Video previews
- Item information
- Custom build creation
- Build reordering
- Published build access
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Your essential guide to the game's heroes, items, and builds. This app provides: - In-depth hero stats, abilities, and video previews. - Comprehensive item information and categorization. - Customizable build creation with category and item reordering. - Access to in-game published builds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DL Compendium at 4.5 against Card Creator for MtG's 3.6. DL Compendium also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). Card Creator for MtG's advantage is ratings volume (212 vs 12). On price and ads 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. DL Compendium asks for nothing beyond the download.
DL Compendium holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Card Creator for MtG has 212 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Card Creator for MtG's written reviews are positive against 100% of DL Compendium's.
Card Creator for MtG ships an update every 2 months, DL Compendium every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Card Creator for MtG | DL Compendium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (212 ratings) | 4.5 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 212 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Ajfek Software | Sougata Chatterjee |
Customer experience
Card Creator for MtG
DL Compendium
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
DL Compendium
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
DL Compendium
No in-app purchases
Questions
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