Leap Conventions vs Helvault
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Leap Conventions
Manage your convention events with this app. Sell and scan tickets directly, and monitor real-time check-in data to stay informed throughout your event.
- Sell tickets
- Scan tickets
- Real-time check-in data
- Event management
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The Leap Conventions app allows you to sell and scan tickets for your Conventions events, and get real-time check-in data throughout your event.
Helvault
Effortlessly manage your Magic: The Gathering card collection with an AI-powered scanner. Organize, filter, and analyze your cards with detailed stats and pricing information. Sync across devices and export your collection.
- AI-powered MTG card scanner
- Unlimited card collection storage
- Detailed collection statistics
- Card pricing and details
- CSV collection export
- iCloud syncing
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Helvault is a collection manager for Magic: The Gathering players and collectors who want to spend more time enjoying their cards, instead of typing names... With a powerful card scanner featuring an exclusive AI, Helvault is capable of identifying cards from all Magic's history without a hassle. Sort, filter, play and understand your card collection like never before! Key features: - Powerful MTG card scanner - Unlimited cards on your collection - Detailed stats about your collection - Card details, including prices - Export your collection as a CSV file - iCloud Syncing between devices - No ads, forever Helvault brings unlimited card collection management to your mobile device, for free. Some features however are unlocked through NON-RECURRING purchases (they are NOT subscriptions).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Helvault at 4.2 against Leap Conventions's 1.3. Helvault also leads on review sentiment (32% vs 4%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Leap Conventions's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Helvault sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Leap Conventions asks for nothing beyond the download.
Helvault holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Helvault has 293 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of Leap Conventions's written reviews are positive against 32% of Helvault's.
Leap Conventions ships an update every 2 months, Helvault fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leap Conventions | Helvault |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (32 ratings) | 4.2 (293 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.3% of reviews | 31.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 | 293 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Leap Event Technology | Vitor Cesco |
Customer experience
Leap Conventions
Helvault
Bugs and requests
Leap Conventions
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Helvault
Reported bugs
4 issues- Keypad issues when searching
- Disappearing settings icons
- Incorrect set identification for some cards
- Missing card prices and details
Requested features
5 requests- Deck building and management tools
- Advanced search and filtering options
- Bulk card management and transfer
- Improved support for special card versions and frames
- Seamless data migration from legacy app
In-app purchases
Leap Conventions
No in-app purchases
Helvault
- Common Donation$0.99
- Rare Donation$4.99
- iCloud Syncing$4.99
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- Advanced Card Export/Import$6.99
- MTG Card Scanner - Lifetime$9.99
- Mythic Donation$9.99
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