Comparison

TopDecked MTG vs Spatula

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TopDecked MTG

This app is a comprehensive tool for Magic: The Gathering players. It allows users to build, simulate, and manage decks, track card collections, and stay updated on game trends and tournament results.

Highlights
  • Intuitive deck builder with legality checking
  • Virtual battlefield for deck simulation
  • Life counter for up to 6 players
  • Advanced card search with pricing
  • Collection tracker with value estimation
  • Metagame analysis and tournament results
  • Deck import/export for Arena and MTGO
Features
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TopDecked® is the essential Magic app for brewers, collectors, traders, competitors, and fans. Simulate decks on a virtual battlefield, test new ideas, and keep up with the latest decks and strategies. Run tournaments at home. We’re on your side of the battlefield - your portal for everything MTG. Basic accounts are free to use, forever (Power-ups available.) — Your account syncs between devices, including our website. Real, human customer support available for all users. Feedback and ideas welcome! DECK BUILDER - Easy to use intuitive design, with legality checking for popular formats. - See recommended cards & ideas - Support for Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, and more. - Cloud sync, share to friends or social networks. - Deck charts, analysis, hypergeometric probabilities, mana curve, and more. - Move cards between main, side, and maybe board. - Import, share, and export MTG Arena, MTGO, .dec, and text deck-lists - See missing cards and cost to complete or buy decks. - Tag, archive, and color code decks in your account - Track decks in your collection DECK SIMULATOR - Drag, drop and test on the go. - Test on a real battlefield. - Swipe between your hand, library and other zones. - Tap to select and drag, or double-tap for menus. LIFE COUNTER - Quickly start games for up to 6 people - Swipe open or closed to access card search or other app features while in-game - Quickly track commander damage & counters CARDS & PRICES - Advanced search - Quickly find any card, any types, any printing, any artist, any colors (and more filters available). - Daily and weekly trends - for each set and printing (including promos!) - Simple and fast card search, with images, text and rulings. - Always up to date with latest sets and special products. COLLECTION TRACKER - Track the value of your cards with intuitive haves and wants lists. - Quickly add and remove cards of any set or printing. - Cloud sync, always available in app or website. - Easily move cards between decks and binders. Always know where your treasure is! ARTICLES & METAGAME - Read the latest articles - always up to date. - Browse local and national top-8 tournament results and deck lists. - See a breakdown of the top cards & decks, by format. TRADE TOOL - Up to date cards and prices. - Select set, foil, and/or custom price by condition. - Updates your collection at the push of a button. TOURNAMENTS - Run tournaments at home or on the go - Set custom rounds, see standings & stats PREMIUM FEATURES: - Upgraded accounts (Spark, Powered, and Elite) are available for sale as Monthly or Yearly Subscriptions. Upgrades increase the features and storage capacity beyond basic free services - see "Power up" screen in-app for more details on individual features. PURCHASE TERMS: - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. You can switch between plans at any time --- you'll only pay the prorated difference in plan price, if any. - Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions renew at the same price at which they were purchased. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. - Your subscription may be managed by visiting your "Account" -> "Power level" screen after purchase, or via iTunes. If you cancel your TopDecked subscriptions, you will retain access your purchased items through the current period's expiry date. - All purchases are final and subject to the TopDecked Terms of Service (https://www.topdecked.com/terms) and Privacy policy (https://www.topdecked.com/privacy). Wizards of the Coast, Magic: The Gathering, and their logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC. © 1995-2025 Wizards. All rights reserved. TopDecked, LLC. is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast LLC.

About

Spatula

This app provides a comprehensive guide for Teamfight Tactics players, offering item combination suggestions, champion build recommendations, and trait information. It helps players quickly access crucial game data without leaving the game.

Highlights
  • Item combination guide
  • Champion best item recommendations
  • Trait and class/origin filtering
  • Team composition builder
  • Filter by inventory items
  • Supports multiple game sets
Features
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Did you ever get confused while playing TeamFight Tactics with what items you should build or are the item combinations? Spatula is the right TFT app for you, stop wasting time with alt-tabs and minimizing the game client to find out what items you should or can combine, have everything at the tip of your fingers. Spatula was made to make your life easier, here you can list the items, filter with the items you have on your inventory and find out quickly what items are possible to build, see what items that go well with every champion with the "best items" information, find out quickly what champions belongs to every class or origin (trait). FEATURES: New set, Fates • You can switch between the current set and all previouws sets Items Cheat Sheet • You can filter by selecting one item or your inventory. • You can check the items status, combined status and advanced passive bonus. • Item tier and stackable information Champions • Filter by cost and by origin and class • You can see what are the best items to combine with every Champion. • Champion tier Traits (Classes and Origins) • Filter by class or origin • Team composition (comp) bonus • Especial effects • Trait tier Team Compositions • Filter by cost and by origin and class • Early, mid and late game champions • Traits bonuses • Team carriers • Recommended items TeamFight Tactics Item and Champion Helper for League of Legends, lol tft.

Screenshots

TopDecked MTG4 screens
Spatula4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TopDecked MTG at 4.8 against Spatula's 4.1. TopDecked MTG also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 44%) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 181). Spatula's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TopDecked MTG sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Spatula sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TopDecked MTG holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TopDecked MTG has 2.6K ratings behind it against 181, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of TopDecked MTG's written reviews are positive against 44% of Spatula's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TopDecked MTG ships an update fortnightly, Spatula weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TopDecked MTG versus Spatula: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTopDecked MTGSpatula
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better4.1 (181 ratings)
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews — better44.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2.6K — better181
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB36 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperTopDecked LimitedMurilo Bastos

Customer experience

TopDecked MTG

All ratings2,587 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral1.0%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews161 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative21.1%

Spatula

All ratings181 ratings
Positive79.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative17.7%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive44.3%
Neutral8.0%
Negative47.7%

User reviews

TopDecked MTG

From 2.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fantastic mobile experience
  • 👍 Great deck builder and management tool
  • 💡 Helpful features like deck simulation and price tracking
  • 👍 Clean and intuitive user interface
  • 🚀 Responsive and helpful customer support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy performance, crashes, and data loss issues
  • 💰 Subscription model with limited free features
  • 🔍 Unintuitive and limited search functionality
  • 🔍 Incomplete card database and missing new cards
  • 👁‍🗨 Small font size and poor visual accessibility

Spatula

From 181 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great companion app
  • 👍 Helpful for new players
  • 👍 Simple and noob-friendly design
  • 👍 Useful for TFT
  • 👍 Good suggestions

Room to improve

  • 😞 Outdated information
  • 😞 Not updated with current patch
  • 😞 Useless app
  • 😞 Old sets
  • 😞 Paid for outdated content

Bugs and requests

TopDecked MTG

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Decks disappearing or reverting to previous versions
  • Card prices not displaying correctly
  • Slow loading times and freezing issues
  • Compatibility problems with newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Card scanning functionality
  • Improved deck sharing and collaboration
  • More advanced deck building and analysis tools
  • Better integration with other Magic platforms

Spatula

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Glitch preventing viewing best champion for items
  • Watch quick video not working
  • Scrolling stutters
  • Item information outdated (e.g., Gunblade percentage)

Requested features

22 requests
  • Update for the latest set
  • Keep it updated
  • Add game patch notes
  • Add best team comps
  • Make it say names on characters
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  • Add a team planner
  • Make and save a composition
  • Add an ad-free paid version
  • Click on champions/items to jump to relevant sections
  • Add more champions in the 'best on' item section
  • Click on champions within 'comp details' to see item build paths
  • Watch quick video feature to work within settings
  • Optimize scrolling performance
  • Add champion info with full stats and mana
  • Add spell info details
  • Clarify tier list data source
  • Rate specific builds
  • Improve purchase order for champs
  • Add placement for intermediate team comps
  • Update S-tier build accessibility
  • Update item descriptions to reflect current patch changes
  • Add landscape view

In-app purchases

6 purchases

TopDecked MTG

Subscriptions6
  • Spark (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Powered (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Elite (Monthly)$8.491 Month
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  • Spark (Yearly)$29.991 Year
  • Powered (Yearly)$49.991 Year
  • Elite (Yearly)$84.991 Year
2 purchases

Spatula

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$1.491 Month
One-time1
  • No ADs$2.99

Questions

Is TopDecked MTG free?
TopDecked MTG is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spatula free?
Spatula is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TopDecked MTG or Spatula?
TopDecked MTG is rated higher. TopDecked MTG averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while Spatula averages 4.1 from 181 ratings.
Do TopDecked MTG or Spatula have ads?
Both TopDecked MTG and Spatula show ads.
Which is updated more often, TopDecked MTG or Spatula?
TopDecked MTG ships an update fortnightly, and Spatula weekly. Most recently, TopDecked MTG was updated on October 16, 2026 and Spatula on October 14, 2026.

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