Arkham Cards vs MC Builder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arkham Cards
Manage your investigator decks, track campaign progress, and explore game mechanics. This tool helps you build valid decks, log scenario results, and even simulate chaos bag draws. It's designed to enhance your gameplay experience for a popular card game.
- Deck creation and editing
- Campaign progress tracking
- Automatic campaign log
- Investigator trauma management
- Digital chaos bag simulation
- Advanced card search
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Create and edit decks for all of your investigators -- it will even check the deck-building rules to keep you honest. You can also group together decks into campaigns to track your progress combatting evils. The app can be used with local decks, or you can link your ArkhamDB account to sync changes on the go. • App can walk you through the setup + resolution of most campaigns, while maintaining the campaign log automatically. • Edit and upgrade your investigator's decks, either offline or by linking your ArkhamDB account. • Track scenario results and keep the campaign log up to date. • Keep track of investigator trauma and assign new random basic weaknesses as you take on new madnesses. • Draw tokens from the digital chaos bag, and calculate the odds of success before you do. • Use the advanced card search to search by trait, health, shroud etc. A great tool if you ever need to evaluate how many 'non-elite' enemies can be targeted by a card or know which locations a Flashlight wielding Zoey can actually stand a chance at investigating. Arkham Cards is not affiliated or endorsed by Arkham Horror: The Card Game, (c) 2016 Fantasy Flight Games.
MC Builder
This app helps players manage their card game collections. It allows users to browse available cards, build and share custom decks, and import decks from external sources.
- Browse available cards and packs
- Assemble custom decks
- Choose hero and aspect
- Share decks
- Import decks from MarvelCDB
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Having trouble remembering what comes in a card pack? Looking for a reference to check card text? Need help building a deck and seeing available cards? Let the MC Deck Builder app help! - Browse available cards and pack (through most recent official US release) - Assemble a deck; choose your hero, aspect, and get going - Share decks - Import decks from MarvelCDB
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Arkham Cards at every 5 days against MC Builder's every 2 months. Arkham Cards also leads on ratings volume (242 vs 1). MC Builder's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.4). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Arkham Cards against 5.0 for MC Builder. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arkham Cards has 242 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Arkham Cards ships an update every 5 days, MC Builder every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arkham Cards | MC Builder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (242 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 242 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 334 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Salinas | Ryan Donnelly |
Customer experience
Arkham Cards
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In-app purchases
Arkham Cards
No in-app purchases
MC Builder
No in-app purchases
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