Comparison

Bugko vs Scry MTG

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

Head to head
About

Bugko

This fan-made app serves as an all-in-one companion for Magic: The Gathering players and judges. It offers news aggregation, spoiler alerts, deck building tools, and an offline card database with pricing. It also includes specialized features for judges, such as rule references and timers.

Highlights
  • News aggregation from 40+ sources
  • Spoiler alerts with push notifications
  • Offline card database with syntax search
  • Card pricing from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
  • Life counter for 2-8 players
  • Deck builder with winning decklists
  • Tools for MTG judges (IPG, MTR, timers)
Features
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Bugko is an unofficial app (fan made) all-in-one companion app designed for Magic: The Gathering (MTG) players and judges. Bugko focused on offering unique core features such as news aggregation, spoiler alert, tournament deck list update, card syntax search and many more. Other familiar features like life counter, wish list, collection tracker, offline card search, random card, comprehensive rule, deck building are also built inside Bugko for a complete experience. Bugko will be the first modern designed MTG app you will truly enjoy. Bugko is the only app that bring together all favorite MTG, MTGO and Arena news sources into one place. News channel currently available including Channel Fireball, MTG Goldfish, Mythic Spoiler, Star City Games and 40+ news sources. You can scroll through all news and spoilers happening right now once you open the app. With push notification in app, you surely will never miss a single important news update from your favorite news channels. Latest spoiled card? Bugko got you covered. Bugko is built with a powerful yet offline accessible cards database. You can choose to search through 30,000+ cards using our blazing fast syntax search designed for power users or simply use the search filter available with user friendly interface. With latest card pricing directly from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket, you can check, buy, trade, or track your collection wherever you are. Are you a Magic judge? Bugko has tools specially designed for judges. Scripted draft timer, Infraction Procedure Guide (IPG) reference, Magic Tournament Rule (MTR) document, offline comprehensive rule with complete search functionality inside etc. Many of the features in Bugko are carefully designed to cater to the needs of judges as well. For example, an offline card database, card text in multiple languages, judge blog or news update and more. Great for judges that travel around the world for events. Features: - Latest MTG news and spoiler from 40+ popular news channels with notification alert. - Life counter support 2-8 players, 15 different counters, counter changes history, mana pool and modern design. - Offline complete database including all latest cards printed, promo cards, 11+ printed languages, 20+ formats banlist, card rulings, reserved list and etc. - Powerful card search engine that support syntax search, 25+ card properties filter, random card and etc. - Latest card pricing including all promo cards, foil cards, different art variety directly from TCGPlayer or Cardmarket. - Auto currency converter available in 30+ currencies. - Track your collection, trading and wish list with up-to-date price wherever you go. - Deck builder with winning decklist from Standard, Modern and Legacy formats. - Tools for judges like offline searchable comprehensive rule, MTG, IPG, quick reference, scripted draft timer, decklist counter, offline documents and etc. Disclaimer: Magic: The Gathering (also known as MTG) card design, text, images, expansions, and symbols are trademark and copyright of Wizards of the Coast, Hasbro, LLC. Bugko is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or specifically approved by Wizards of the Coast LLC.

About

Scry MTG

Stay updated with Magic: The Gathering cards and news. Access a powerful search engine for card information, including rulings, prices, and legalities. Get details on upcoming set rotations and cards leaving Standard.

Highlights
  • Latest set news
  • Card lookup
  • Powerful search engine
  • Card rulings and prices
  • Format legalities
  • Standard rotation information
Features
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Scry is your best way of keeping up to date with Magic: The Gathering cards. Smoothest experience you can get on iOS! Get news about the latest sets, look up the newest cards and use the most powerful search engine for Magic - scryfall! Need a refresher on how a card works? We've got you covered! We have all the information you may need about any cards - rulings, prices, printings, tokens, format legalities, and languages - all of it! Oh, you want to know when the next rotation happens in Standard and sets to which we're saying goodbye soon? What's in Standard feature is here to help.

Screenshots

Bugko4 screens
Scry MTG4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Scry MTG at none against Bugko's shown. Scry MTG also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Bugko's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Bugko against 4.9 for Scry MTG. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 89 and 256 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Bugko's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scry MTG's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bugko ships an update every 2 weeks, Scry MTG every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bugko versus Scry MTG: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBugkoScry MTG
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (89 ratings)4.9 (256 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings89256 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size498 MB24 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperKeng Siang OoiRoudique Software Ltd.

Customer experience

Bugko

All ratings89 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%

Scry MTG

All ratings242 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bugko

No in-app purchases

None

Scry MTG

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bugko free?
Bugko is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scry MTG free?
Scry MTG is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bugko or Scry MTG?
Scry MTG is rated higher. Bugko averages 4.8 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while Scry MTG averages 4.9 from 256 ratings.
Do Bugko or Scry MTG have ads?
Bugko shows ads; Scry MTG does not.
Which is updated more often, Bugko or Scry MTG?
Bugko ships an update every 2 weeks, and Scry MTG every 2 months. Most recently, Bugko was updated on September 22, 2026 and Scry MTG on September 23, 2026.

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