Deckforger vs TCGplayer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deckforger
Easily create and manage decks for your favorite trading card game. Search for cards, view their details, and analyze your deck's statistics. Includes a life counter for two players and the ability to test sample hands.
- Deck creation and management
- Extensive card search filters
- 2-player life counter
- Card statistics analysis
- Sample hand and mulligan testing
- Up-to-date card database
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A simple deck-building app for your favorite trading card game. Simply create a deck, search for cards, and add them to the deck. Includes a 2-player life counter. View details on any card and search by name, rules text, type, color, cost, set, format, and more. Share your deck via e-mail, message, and more. Check out statistics on your deck by its cards' colors, types, and cost. Draw sample hands and test mulligans. Look up card rulings and prices. Card database always up to date. 100% free. No ads, no in-app purchases.
TCGplayer
Quickly scan and identify trading cards to track their market prices and manage your collection. Access your entire collection on the go and browse the extensive marketplace for seamless shopping.
- Blazingly fast card scanning
- Effortless price tracking
- Access collection anytime, anywhere
- Seamless in-app shopping
- Supports numerous TCGs
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Blazingly Fast Card Scanning Say goodbye to tediously typing and searching for the correct card versions! The TCGplayer app scans your cards with unparalleled speed and accuracy, giving you more time to enjoy the games you love. Track Prices with Ease From the top TCGs to the hottest new games, the TCGplayer app lets you effortlessly scan, organize, and track the market price for every card from every TCG on our marketplace for free! Access Your Collection Anytime Your entire TCG collection is just a tap away! Whether at home or on the go, you can access your entire collection whenever and wherever you need from your mobile device. Simply log in to the app and your collection is at your fingertips! Seamless Shopping Browse and shop the extensive catalog on the TCGplayer marketplace from thousands of sellers with just a few taps. Supported Games: Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, One Piece TCG, Star Wars Unlimited, Digimon Card Game, Disney Lorcana, Cardfight!! Vanguard, Dragon Ball Super: Fusion World, Dragon Ball Super: Masters, Final Fantasy, Flesh and Blood, Grand Archive TCG, Shadowverse: Evolve, Sorcery: Contested Realm, Union Arena, UniVersus, Weiss Schwarz, Akora TCG, Alpha Clash, Argent Saga TCG, BAKUGAN TCG, Battle Spirits Saga, Chrono Clash System, Dice Masters, Dragoborne, Dragon Ball Z TCG, Elestrals, Exodus TCG, Force of Will, Future Card Buddyfight, Gate Ruler Gundam Card Game, Kryptik, Lightseekers TCG, MetaX TCG, MetaZoo, Munchkin CCG, Star Wars: Destiny, The Caster Chronicles, Transformers TCG, Warhammer Age of Sigmar Champions, WIXOSS, World of Warcraft TCG, Gundam
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Deckforger at 67% against TCGplayer's 21%. Deckforger also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). TCGplayer's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (16K vs 17). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TCGplayer holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TCGplayer has 16K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Deckforger's written reviews are positive against 21% of TCGplayer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deckforger | TCGplayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (17 ratings) | 4.2 (16K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 20.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 16K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #31 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Gabriele Pregadio | TCGplayer, Inc. |
Customer experience
Deckforger
TCGplayer
Bugs and requests
Deckforger
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TCGplayer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on startup
- Incorrect card information displayed
- Inability to properly scan certain card types (foils, black cards, etc.)
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to sync collection across devices
- More sorting/filtering options for collections
- Support for additional card games beyond MTG, Pokemon, and Yu-Gi-Oh
In-app purchases
Deckforger
No in-app purchases
TCGplayer
No in-app purchases
