Comparison

TVA App vs Magic Card Duel

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

Head to head
About

TVA App

Stay connected with Temecula Valley Astronomers' club activities. Access event calendars, newsletters, equipment sign-outs, and contact information. Features include lunar phases, celestial body positions, and an Orrery.

Highlights
  • Club activity updates
  • Event calendar
  • Lunar phases
  • Celestial body positions
  • Newsletter archive
  • Equipment sign-out
Features
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The TVA App helps keep Temecula Valley Astronomers connected and informed of TVA Club activities. Keep track of TVA activities including: + Outreach + Meetings + Event Calendar - Lunar Phases to 2051 - Online Events (includes Star Parties) - Position * current latitude and longitude * alt (m/ft) * heading (true or mag) - Orrery (24-month) - Galilean Moon positions - Saturn's rings positions + Newsletter (2014 through current) + Equipment Sign-out + Contact TVA (forum email) + Board Members

About

Magic Card Duel

Engage in turn-based strategic card battles in a fantasy realm. Build powerful hand combinations by selecting 1 to 5 cards each turn to defeat guardians. Plan your moves across turns to manage mana and achieve victory.

Highlights
  • Turn-based card battles
  • Flexible 1-5 card selection
  • Mana management with Play/Refresh options
  • Three unique arcane spells
  • Ten hand combinations
  • Five escalating boss battles
  • Offline play
Features
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Magic Card Duel is a turn-based strategy game set in a shadow-filled fantasy realm. Every battle begins with five cards in your hand. Pick 1 to 5 cards, build powerful hand combinations, and strike abyssal guardians before they counterattack. Each turn is a duel of timing and choice. Play now for immediate damage, refresh weak cards at half cost, or cast an arcane spell to reshape your next strike. Cards you keep stay in your hand, so smart players plan across turns instead of rushing every draw. HOW EACH BATTLE WORKS Each turn, five cards appear before you. Tap to select the ones you want to use. Hit Play to evaluate your chosen hand and deal damage. Hit Refresh to swap selected cards and keep building. After you act, the guardian counterattacks. Stack shield from strong hands, manage mana carefully, and push through five escalating boss battles from the Shadow Guardian to the Void Sovereign. WHAT MAKES DARK CARD DUEL DIFFERENT Flexible selection: You are not forced to play all five cards every turn. Refresh vs Play: Refresh costs half as much mana as Play, so weak draws do not have to become weak attacks. Three arcane spells: Suit Assimilate for flush setups, Ladder Surge for straight lines, and Golden Seven for the legendary 7-7-7-7-7 finisher. Limited spell charges per boss: Arcane power is precious, especially against deeper guardians. Ten hand ranks: From High Card to Five Golden Sevens, each combo delivers different damage, shield, and mana rewards. THE FUN IN EVERY RUN There is a sharp rhythm to each battle: select, combo, strike, brace for the counter, then strike again with cards you kept. Land a flush and watch your shield rise. Chain spells into a straight. Build toward Golden Seven and unleash a battle-ending payoff. Daily rewards, achievements, level progression, and personal bests keep every run worth one more fight. KEY FEATURES Five-card hand battles with free 1 to 5 card selection Turn-based guardian fights with counterattacks and shield stacking Play or Refresh for smarter mana decisions Three unique spells: Suit Assimilate, Ladder Surge, Golden Seven Ten hand combinations, including Five Golden Sevens Five abyss guardians with rising difficulty Achievements, daily rewards, statistics, and wizard level progression Fully offline, no connection required FOR PLAYERS WHO ENJOY Quick sessions with real depth. Tactical card games. Boss gauntlets. Building the perfect hand over two or three turns. And that one thrilling moment when Golden Seven turns a weak draw into a fight-winning strike. Enter the shadow realm. In Dark Card Duel, every hand is a battle, and every guardian is waiting.

Screenshots

TVA App4 screens
Magic Card Duel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TVA App at 5.0 against Magic Card Duel's 4.4. TVA App also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15). Magic Card Duel's advantage is ratings volume (134 vs 1). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TVA App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Card Duel has 134 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
TVA App versus Magic Card Duel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTVA AppMagic Card Duel
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.4 (134 ratings)
Number of ratings1134 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB44 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSoftware Industry & General HardwareColton's Tech Laboratory LLC

In-app purchases

None

TVA App

No in-app purchases

None

Magic Card Duel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TVA App free?
TVA App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Magic Card Duel free?
Magic Card Duel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TVA App or Magic Card Duel?
TVA App is rated higher. TVA App averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Magic Card Duel averages 4.4 from 134 ratings.
Do TVA App or Magic Card Duel have ads?
Neither TVA App nor Magic Card Duel shows ads.

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