MTG vs Magic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MTG
This app is a comprehensive utility for the card game Magic: The Gathering. It offers features like a health counter for multiple players, commander damage tracking, a game timer, mana counter, and a trading tool with up-to-date card prices.
- Commander damage tracking
- Health counter for up to 8 players
- Mana counter
- Game timer with turn counter
- Trade view with TCG Player prices
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MTG Master is your all in one utility for Magic: The Gathering. ============================================ Includes many features such as: -Commander damage -Health counter for up to 8 players -Mana counter -Game timer with a turn counter -Trade view with updated prices from TCG Player ============================================ Commander Damage: • The single most wanted feature! Play commander with up to 8 people and keep track of health, poison, and yes, commander damage! Health Counter: • Stop carrying around Spindowns! MTG Master features a simple to use life counter, perfect to two player use. Game Timer: • Control Players! Stop worrying about how much time is left in the round. Simply use MTG Master’s round timer. And feel free to and switch to the life counter or another app, that timer keeps going even if it’s in the background! Time in the round called? Put away that die, use the handy turns counter instead! Mana Counter: • Johnny Combo player, we get you like having a lot of mana. Don’t write it down on a piece of scratch paper, just use the handy mana counter! Trading: • We’ve all been burned on trades before. Now you don’t have to be! Just whip out the trade portion of the app and make sure you never get burned again. Prices pulled from TCGPlayer’s Mid Price every time you’re online (including foil and specific sets)! Stop getting burned on those price spikes and get the most of your cards!
Magic
Experience the original fantasy collectible card game digitally. Discover strategies, build unique decks, and battle friends worldwide. Offers a comprehensive tutorial for new players and various game modes for seasoned veterans.
- Digital collectible card game
- Deck building and strategy
- Online multiplayer battles
- Tutorial for new players
- Multiple game formats
- Cosmetic customization
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Welcome to the digital Multiverse! Magic: The Gathering is the original trading card game- and now you can download and start playing for free with your friends from anywhere! Magic: The Gathering Arena empowers you to discover your strategy, meet the planeswalkers, explore the multiverse, and battle friends around the world. Collect, build and master your unique deck that will become its own legend. Your battle is only the beginning; duel on stunning battlefields, and enjoy Arena’s game changing battle effects and immerse yourself in the game. Start playing for free, challenge your friends, unlock cards, and feel the magic of the original fantasy CCG! NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY Never played Magic before? No problem! Magic: The Gathering Arena’s tutorial system takes you through the playstyles so you can find your strategy and decide if you’re the type to overwhelm your opponent with brute strength, if subterfuge is more your style, or anything in between. Meet characters from around the multiverse and try out spells and artifacts that make learning to play the original fantasy collectible card game quick and fun. It’s never been easier to play Magic! Collect cards to build a deck that matches your personality, then master your strategy to battle friends and be part of the TCG that started them all. GAME ON(LINE) The original TCG is now digital! Explore the fantasy worlds of Magic: The Gathering Arena and build your deck, play a variety of game formats to collect cards, master multiple strategies, and hone your skills against friends or the AI. With multiple game formats like Draft and Brawl, 15 unlockable collectible decks, and explosive card combo effects: Your ideal Magic: The Gathering playstyle is at your fingertips! Show off eye-popping cosmetics like avatars, card sleeves, and pets and collect daily rewards to grow your collection and build powerful decks that reflect your personal strategy. CHALLENGE AND PLAY Duel your friends for glory or enter in-game tournaments for exciting prizes! With Draft and Brawl pairing, there is always someone to game with. Special in-game events offer exciting rewards, and with Esports qualifiers your Pro-Magic dreams are closer than you think in the Arena Premier Play League! Queue into casual battles to hone your strategy at your own pace, or battle in Esports qualifiers and frequent tournaments to flaunt your mastery. FANTASY AND MAGIC Dive into the fantasy planes of Magic: The Gathering and write your own legend through Magic’s immersive lore and vibrant card art. Find your path through the multiverse using only favorite characters and their most iconic spells and artifacts, or create a theme deck with a narrative that makes sense only to you. Your story is only just beginning! All prices inclusive of VAT. Wizards of the Coast, Magic: The Gathering, Magic: The Gathering Arena, their respective logos, Magic, the mana symbols, the planeswalker symbol, and all character names and their distinctive likenesses are property of Wizards of the Coast LLC. ©2019-2026 Wizards. Please visit https://company.wizards.com/legal/wizards-coasts-privacy-policy to view Wizards of the Coast's privacy policy and https://company.wizards.com/legal/terms to view Wizards of the Coast's terms of use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Magic at 4.6 against MTG's 3.5. Magic also leads on ratings volume (156K vs 4) and chart position (#24 vs unranked). MTG's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 34%) and in-app purchases (none vs 24). 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. Magic sells 17 one-off in-app purchases. MTG asks for nothing beyond the download.
Magic holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic has 156K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of MTG's written reviews are positive against 34% of Magic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | MTG | Magic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (156K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 34.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 156K — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #24 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 265 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Patron Technologies LLC | Wizards of the Coast |
Customer experience
MTG
Magic
Bugs and requests
MTG
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Magic
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cards not working as intended
- Inability to select or interact with certain game elements
- Inconsistent behavior when app crashes during matches
- Sync issues between mobile and desktop accounts
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to trade or recycle unwanted cards
- Improved deck building tools and organization
- Support for multiplayer formats like Commander and Two-Headed Giant
- Option to disable animations and speed up gameplay
- Better integration between mobile and desktop versions
In-app purchases
MTG
No in-app purchases
Magic
- 750 Gems$4.99
- Starter Bundle$4.99
- Jurassic World Lands$9.99
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- 3,400 Gems$19.99
- 4x Mythic Wildcards$19.99
- Spark Bundle$24.99
- Massacre Girl Pack Pre-order$49.99
- Pre-order: Oko Pack Bundle$49.99
- Pre-order: Pack Bundle8 variants$49.99
- 9,200 Gems$49.99
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