Comparison

MTG Scanner vs Moxtopper

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

Head to head
About

MTG Scanner

This app helps Magic: The Gathering players scan, value, and organize their card collections. Build decks, track card prices, and connect with friends for trading. It's designed for both collectors and competitive players to enhance their game experience.

Highlights
  • Scan Magic cards in any language
  • Real-time card price tracking
  • Organize cards into custom folders
  • Build and export MTG decks
  • Compare trade values with friends
  • Track top card movers
  • Weekly collection statistics emails
Features
Currently charting
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Dragon Shield - MTG Scanner & Card Manager is the ultimate tool for scanning, valuing, organizing, and trading your Magic cards. Instantly recognize cards in any language, build powerful MTG decks, track your collection’s value over time, and connect with friends. Built for collectors and competitive players alike, this app helps you master your Magic: The Gathering™ experience. SOCIAL & FRIENDS Add and connect with friends on the app View your friends' collection, decks, wish and trade list Share your own lists and discover new cards through your network SCAN MAGIC CARDS  Instantly scan cards in any language using advanced image recognition Real-time translation of foreign-language cards  Check daily prices from TCGPlayer, CardMarket, CardKingdom and MTGMintCard Track 30-day price history for any Magic card Find format legality and oracle text and official rulings COLLECTION MANAGER Organize your MTG cards into custom folders Add folder images and track value over time Export your collection to CSV or text for backups and trades Stay informed with built-in card price tracking MULTIPLE SORTING OPTIONS AND FILTERS Get folder statistics (Mana Cost, Card Color, etc.)    MTG DECK BUILDER Build decks with full support for sideboards and filtering Export decks to CSV or text to share with friends or import into tournaments See deck stats like mana curve, color balance, and type spread TRADE TOOL Compare the trade value between two players instantly See exactly who's ahead in the trade and by how much Use wishlists and tradelists to plan and manage your deals TOP MOVERS: WINNERS & LOSERS Track which Magic cards are rising or falling in value Filter by format, date range, or even just your own collection See the top card winners and losers within your collection    WEEKLY COLLECTION EMAILS Get automatic weekly emails with stats about your MTG collection See value changes, new additions, and pricing trends over time

About

Moxtopper

This app helps track life totals and commander damage for multiplayer card games. It supports up to 10 players and offers customizable layouts and digital playmats. Features include turn clocks, AirPlay streaming, and detailed game statistics.

Highlights
  • Life total tracking
  • Commander damage tracking
  • Supports 1-10 players
  • Customizable seating arrangements
  • Digital playmats
  • Turn clocks
  • AirPlay streaming
Features
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No game of Commander is complete without Moxtopper on your table. EASY TO USE • Keep track of every player’s life total with tasty text and chonky buttons. • The user interface is designed to be usable from all viewing directions. Just place your iPhone or iPad in the middle of your play surface and you’re good to go. • Multiple-touch support. Your whole play group can use it at the same time. TRACKS COMMANDER DAMAGE • We know that tracking commander damage is a *huge* pain. With Moxtopper, it couldn’t be easier. At any time a player can swipe horizontally on their play area to see how much commander damage they’ve taken from all the other players’ commanders. • Commander damage is tracked per *commander*, so it works great with partner commanders, too! • If you’re using partner commanders, just swipe down on your play area and press the “Partners” button to toggle partner commander mode on or off. GREAT FOR EVERY PLAY GROUP • Moxtopper is optimized to work great not just for 4 player games, but also for any game of 1 to 10 — yes, ten! — players. That means it’s right at home during one-on-one games of Friday Night Magic as well as gigantic Multiplayer Planechase House Rules Banlist Slugfests. • Configurable with a total of 32 possible seating arrangements so that layout of play areas on the screen always comfortably matches the way your play group likes to sit around the table. UPGRADE YOUR EXPERIENCE • Customize each player’s area with awesome digital “playmats”, similarly to how you are probably rolling out full art playmats on your game table in real life. • Comes with five free digital playmats • Additional digital playmats can be unlocked via in-app purchases, including one that lets you import any photo you want from your Photos library. Thanks ahead of time for supporting Moxtopper through these must-have upgrades! • In addition to the playmats, there are bonus themes in fun, readable colors. OTHER COOL FEATURES • STATS-S-S-S-S-S — Keep track of in-game numbers like commander tax, infect, storm, experience, energy, mana pools, and more using the player options menu (swipe down on your player to see these options). • TURN CLOCKS — Turn on Turn Clocks to help folks stay mindful of how long their turns are. Just like chess clocks, they tick down the seconds from your customizable start time. Moxtopper ensures only one player can be active at a time. • AIRPLAY — Stream your game locally via AirPlay to a compatible Apple TV by enabling Screen Mirror and using the app like you normally would. Great for going top-eight at your Local Game Store! • CHARTS — Share and remember your splashiest games with cool charts that show the roller coaster ride of life totals as they change over the course of a game. Requires iOS/iPadOS 16 or later. • HIGH ROLL — Save time by high-rolling to see who plays first with just a single tap. • APP ICONS — Bling out your homescreen with a bunch of alternate app icons. • SCRYFALL — Scryfall search box integrated into the main options menu. • MADE BY A FAN — Moxtopper is made by a fan of the game, just one guy (me, the one writing this, howdy) who really really likes artisanal, hand-made, bespoke, fussy, delightful little apps with big dreams. Seriously I appreciate all the support ya’ll send my way. WHAT IS COMMANDER? Just in case you didn’t already know, in the “Commander” format of Magic: the Gathering, you and your friends battle each other with legendary creatures, huge decks of crazy cards, making splashy plays until there’s only one player left standing.

Screenshots

MTG Scanner4 screens
Moxtopper4 screens

Verdict

The call

MTG Scanner and Moxtopper both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Moxtopper's written reviews are positive against 44% of MTG Scanner's. MTG Scanner's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and chart position (#159 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MTG Scanner sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Moxtopper sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for MTG Scanner against 4.6 for Moxtopper. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.8K and 1.1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of MTG Scanner's written reviews are positive against 88% of Moxtopper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MTG Scanner ships an update every 2 weeks, Moxtopper every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
MTG Scanner versus Moxtopper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMTG ScannerMoxtopper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.8K ratings)4.6 (1.1K ratings)
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews88.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.8K — better1.1K
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#159 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB84 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperARCANE TINMEN APSNice Boy LLC

Customer experience

MTG Scanner

All ratings3,750 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral3.3%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews322 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral11.8%
Negative43.8%

Moxtopper

All ratings1,055 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive88.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative10.0%

User reviews

MTG Scanner

From 3.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast scanning
  • 👍 Good for organizing collection
  • 💰 Useful price tracking
  • 🗂️ Customizable folders/decks

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent card recognition
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔍 Limited search/filter options
  • 🔗 Lack of integration with other apps

Moxtopper

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Wonderful app
  • 👍 Lovely sounds
  • 👍 Great UI
  • 👍 Easy to understand and use
  • 👍 Aesthetically pleasing

Room to improve

  • 💰 Charging for backgrounds
  • 🐛 Display errors
  • 🐛 No damage history
  • 🐛 No indicators to add or subtract life
  • 🐛 Commander damage tracking bug

Bugs and requests

MTG Scanner

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login issues
  • Incorrect card identification
  • Scanning bugs with certain card types

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to import/export deck lists
  • Display deck value in collection
  • Improved scanning for special cards
  • More comprehensive filtering options

Moxtopper

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Display errors
  • No damage history
  • No indicators to add or subtract life
  • Commander damage tracking bug

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add commander tax and poison tracking
  • Ability to skip tutorial
  • Transition or GIF support for backgrounds
  • Turn tracker
  • Dice roll animation
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  • Partner commander damage tracking
  • Poison counter tracking

In-app purchases

12 purchases

MTG Scanner

Subscriptions12
  • Mythic Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Rare Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Common Monthly$1.991 Month
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  • Uncommon Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Mythic Yearly$9.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Common Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Uncommon Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly1 Month trial$39.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Moxtopper

One-time2
  • Big Moods Playmat Set$0.99
  • Custom Playmats$4.99

Questions

Is MTG Scanner free?
MTG Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Moxtopper free?
Moxtopper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MTG Scanner or Moxtopper?
MTG Scanner and Moxtopper are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3.8K and 1.1K ratings respectively.
Do MTG Scanner or Moxtopper have ads?
Neither MTG Scanner nor Moxtopper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MTG Scanner or Moxtopper?
MTG Scanner ships an update every 2 weeks, and Moxtopper every 3 months. Most recently, MTG Scanner was updated on September 22, 2026 and Moxtopper on September 14, 2026.

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