CardCastle MTG vs MTG Wizard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CardCastle MTG
Digitally manage your Magic: The Gathering card collection. Scan cards using your device's camera to add them to your inventory, check real-time prices, and browse your collection. Build decks using the companion web platform.
- Scan cards with camera
- Real-time card pricing
- Digital card inventory
- Browse and edit collection
- Deck building (web platform)
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The best Magic players are organised. Quickly and effortlessly create a digital inventory of your Magic: The Gathering cards with the CardCastle app. Browse your collection, get real-time prices and build decks on the CardCastle web platform. Features: • Use your camera to scan cards into your CardCastle collection • Check real-time prices of cards with a simple scan • Browse and edit your CardCastle collection
MTG Wizard
This utility app provides a comprehensive toolkit for Magic: the Gathering players. It allows for advanced card searching with full Scryfall syntax support, saving favorite cards, and accessing searchable game rules and a glossary. Enhance your gameplay experience with this essential resource.
- Card searching with Scryfall syntax
- Save favorite cards
- Searchable comprehensive rules
- Glossary of terms
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A Magic: the Gathering utility app that includes: - Card searching (with full Scryfall syntax support) - Card saving - Searchable comprehensive rules & glossary
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CardCastle MTG at 4.5 against MTG Wizard's 3.0. CardCastle MTG also leads on ratings volume (378 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). MTG Wizard's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CardCastle MTG holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CardCastle MTG has 378 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CardCastle MTG ships an update every 2 months, MTG Wizard every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CardCastle MTG | MTG Wizard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (378 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 378 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | OzGuild Pty. Ltd. | Jacob Hearst |
Bugs and requests
CardCastle MTG
Reported bugs
3 issues- Scanning issues with certain card types
- Occasional app crashes or freezes
- Login/account problems
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to manually add/edit cards
- Improved deck management functionality
- Option to view total collection value
- Compatibility with more card types (e.g. foils, alts)
MTG Wizard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CardCastle MTG
No in-app purchases
MTG Wizard
No in-app purchases
