Deckforger vs UrzaGatherer
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.
UrzaGatherer
Manage your Magic: The Gathering collection, build and test decks, and track card prices. Access a comprehensive card database and in-game tools like life counters. Sync your data across devices for a seamless experience.
- Magic the Gathering card database
- Deck creation and analysis
- Deck import/export
- Collection evaluation
- Life counters tool
- Up-to-date rulings
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Your ultimate companion for Magic: The Gathering. Manage your collection, build decks, track prices, and sync everything across your devices. Built by players, for players. Detailled features list: + All Magic the Gathering cards in a single database + Create, test and analyse your decks I+ mport and export your decks to and from various formats (tappedOut, .csv, .txt, etc.) + Customize your wallpaper or your lockscreen + Evaluate your collection + Read about Magic stories + Use the life counters tool to track your life and poison counters during a game + Get up to date rulings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UrzaGatherer at 4.7 against Deckforger's 3.8. UrzaGatherer also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 67%). Deckforger's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.3). On price, ratings volume, 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.
UrzaGatherer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Deckforger's written reviews are positive against 81% of UrzaGatherer's.
Deckforger ships an update fortnightly, UrzaGatherer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deckforger | UrzaGatherer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (17 ratings) | 4.7 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Gabriele Pregadio | David Catuhe |
Customer experience
Deckforger
UrzaGatherer
In-app purchases
Deckforger
No in-app purchases
UrzaGatherer
No in-app purchases
