CardCastle MTG vs Scrybin
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
Scrybin
Manage your Magic: The Gathering card collection with a flexible system that remembers where every card is stored. Easily add cards by name, list, or import, and quickly find any card by searching its location. Track decks and card checkouts with a private, offline-first experience.
- Flexible card storage by bin
- Add cards by name, list, or CSV import
- Bulk import from TCGplayer/ManaBox
- Search cards by name, set, or bin
- Track deck checkouts and history
- Private, no account required
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ChaosSort is a collection manager for Magic: The Gathering built around one idea: your cards don't have to stay sorted. Add a card, drop it into any bin — a shelf box, a binder, a drawer you label A-01 or BOX-03 — and ChaosSort remembers exactly where every copy lives. No more re-alphabetizing. No more digging through boxes wondering if you already own a card. ADD CARDS YOUR WAY Add cards by name, paste a whole list at once, or bulk-import from TCGplayer and ManaBox CSVs. Pull entire sets from Scryfall to track your progress. FIND ANY CARD INSTANTLY Search by name, set, or bin. See at a glance where each copy is — sitting on a shelf or checked out in a deck. TRACK DECKS AND CHECKOUTS Build decks, check cards out to them, and check them back into any bin when you're done. Every move is recorded, so you always have the full history of where a card has been. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. Your collection lives on your device. No backend, no cloud lock-in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scrybin at 5.0 against CardCastle MTG's 4.5. Scrybin also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). CardCastle MTG's advantage is ratings volume (378 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). 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.
Scrybin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. 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, Scrybin every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CardCastle MTG | Scrybin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (378 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 378 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OzGuild Pty. Ltd. | Raul Lasluisa |
Customer experience
CardCastle MTG
Scrybin
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)
Scrybin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CardCastle MTG
No in-app purchases
Scrybin
No in-app purchases
Questions
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