Emerald City Comic Con vs DeckForge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emerald City Comic Con
Navigate your experience at Emerald City Comic Con with this official digital guide. Access schedules, guest lists, exhibitor details, and event information all in one place. Stay updated with the latest news and announcements to ensure you don't miss any highlights.
- Panel schedules
- Guest and creator lists
- Exhibitor directory
- Show features
- Event notifications
- Latest news updates
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The Emerald City Comic Con Mobile App is your digital guide to everything ECCC! It's chock full of panel schedules, guests, comic creators, exhibitors, Show Features, and everything else ECCC has to offer. You will also receive notifications for the latest news, guest announcements, exhibitor info and special events so you don’t miss a thing! Download the Official ECCC App now and have all of the information you need for this show at your fingertips.
DeckForge
Instantly identify Magic: The Gathering cards by scanning them with your phone. Track card values, manage your collection, and build decks with ease. Syncs with a web platform for access anywhere.
- Instant card scanning
- Accurate card identification
- Real-time market pricing
- Collection management
- Deck building tools
- Web sync
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DeckForge turns your phone into a Magic: The Gathering card scanner. Point the camera at a card and DeckForge names the exact printing, shows what it is worth right now, and files it into your collection — no typing, no searching. SCANNING THAT EARNS YOUR TRUST • Recognises a card in about a second, one after another • Tells apart printings, promos and alternate artworks • When two artworks look alike, it asks you to pick instead of guessing wrong • Foils wear a ribbon, and double-faced cards flip to their back • Sounds that follow the price: ordinary cards click, treasures go cha-ching YOUR COLLECTION, ALWAYS PRICED • Market prices for every card and foil you own, refreshed through the day • A price history chart for every card • Record each card's condition, from near mint to damaged • See each card's other printings and what they sell for • Binders, boxes and sets, each with its total value at a glance DECKS, FROM WHAT YOU OWN • Build Commander decks and see which cards you already have • Pull & buy: the list of what a deck still needs • Brewmaster builds a deck around your commander, at the power level you choose MORE THAN THE PHONE Your scans sync to your account, and everything you own is waiting for you on the DeckForge website — scan at the kitchen table, build decks at your desk. DECKFORGE PLUS An optional subscription lifts the limits for heavy collectors, including Brewmaster builds and longer price history. Everything else is free. TERMS AND PRIVACY Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://decks.chaosdraft.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DeckForge at 100% against Emerald City Comic Con's 34%. DeckForge also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and update cadence (daily vs every 5 months). Emerald City Comic Con's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (69 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. DeckForge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Emerald City Comic Con asks for nothing beyond the download.
DeckForge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Emerald City Comic Con has 69 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Emerald City Comic Con's written reviews are positive against 100% of DeckForge's.
Emerald City Comic Con ships an update every 5 months, DeckForge daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emerald City Comic Con | DeckForge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (69 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 167 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Reed Elsevier Inc. | Joseph Pereira |
Customer experience
Emerald City Comic Con
DeckForge
In-app purchases
Emerald City Comic Con
No in-app purchases
DeckForge
- DeckForge Plus7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- DeckForge Plus Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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