Gauntlet vs The Vampire's Mask
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gauntlet
This app helps Magic: The Gathering players track game lives, build and customize decks, and record game history. It offers detailed stats for players and decks, supports multiple players, and includes a powerful hand simulator.
- Life tracking for up to 6 players
- Deck building and importing
- Game history and stats
- Hand simulator
- Deck customization with card art
- Deck organization with folders
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Gauntlet is the most feature packed Magic: The Gathering utility app available. It’s a life tracker, deck builder and record keeper of your games. THE BEST LIFE TRACKER: • Select your deck and the decks your opponents are playing. Player tiles will be updated with the cover art of each deck. • Save the results when the game is over. Select a winner, and each player will have their career and deck stats updated immediately. • Full support for up to 6 players with custom life totals, and a turn randomizer to determine who plays first. • Other features include 21 unique tile colours, 15 unique counters, rolling D6, and a game timer. THE BEST MOBILE DECK BUILDER: • Brew on the go or import your decks from other deck building sites. • Customize your deck with art from any card in the multiverse. • Pick a format and your deck screen adapts to show things like your commander or your signature spell. • Bling out the cards in your deck with foils. • Shuffle up and draw an opening 7 with a powerful hand simulator. • Stay ahead of your competition with deck list data. View your mana curve, pip breakdown, and more. • Export your deck lists as text, or share a link to your profile on social media. • Keep your decks organized with folders, and sort them by name, games played, wins, and format. YOUR GAME HISTORY IN DETAIL: • Every game is saved making it easy to go through previous games and see who played, who won, and which decks came to battle. • Track wins and losses for each deck, and see how your career wins and losses change over time. • Follow your friends to stay up-to-date with their latest brews, deck performance, and game history.
The Vampire's Mask
Manage your characters for Vampire: The Masquerade with unlimited characters, abilities, advantages, and weapons. This tool is designed to enhance your role-playing game experience.
- Unlimited characters
- Unlimited abilities and advantages
- Unlimited weapons
- All necessary RPG sections
- Character management
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App to manage your characters from Vampire: The Masquerade. This app includes: - Unlimited characters. - Unlimited abilities and advantages. - Unlimited Weapons. - All the necessary sections to be able to enjoy your favorite rpg. (This app is not a core book replacement)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gauntlet at 4.9 against The Vampire's Mask's 3.0. Gauntlet also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 8 months). The Vampire's Mask's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). 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. The Vampire's Mask sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gauntlet asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gauntlet holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gauntlet has 309 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gauntlet ships an update weekly, The Vampire's Mask every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gauntlet | The Vampire's Mask |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (309 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 309 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scott Campbell | Carlos Vlchez Domnguez |
Customer experience
Gauntlet
The Vampire's Mask
Bugs and requests
Gauntlet
Reported bugs
5 issues- Developers have seemingly given up (according to one review)
- App ruined for jailbroken phones (iOS 14 and up)
- Board scrolls every time life or counters are moved
- Does not track win-rate for the deck not shown as primary in a match
- App is very small on iPad Pro
Requested features
19 requests- Scan cars to make adding decks easier
- More precise search engine
- Faster card loading times
- Display card prices
- Scan cards in deck building
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- Add Android support
- Add tournament bracket functionality
- Deeper stat tracking
- Leave notes about each deck
- Leave notes about individual cards
- In-app purchases for donations
- Add play test cards
- Better layout for exporting decks to text
- Feature to track win/loss ratios without starting a game
- Option for locking board scrolling
- Android release (mentioned as desired)
- Manual change of player names when playing 'against yourself'
- Add friends who don’t use the app to games
- Add full deck lists
The Vampire's Mask
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gauntlet
No in-app purchases
The Vampire's Mask
- The Vampire's Mask Premium$2.99









