Comparison

Gauntlet vs Decked Builder Remastered

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Decked Builder Remastered

This app is a comprehensive tool for Magic the Gathering players to build, analyze, and test their decks offline. It includes a full card database, collection management, and pricing information to help with trades. Players can also share their decks with friends and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Offline Magic card database
  • Deck construction and testing
  • Collection management
  • Card pricing integration
  • Deck sharing and import/export
  • iCloud syncing
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Decked Builder Remastered brings back the perfect companion for your Magic: The Gathering hobby, taking care of everything related to deck building. Use it to find the right card for your deck, together with pricing information so you will never be on the bad end of a trade. Build your deck, analyze it, and finally share it with your friends. A true successor to the acclaimed Decked Builder! FEATURES: * The entire Magic card database, at your fingertips - Instant search results with no Internet connection, because the database is stored on your device - Search for cards by any combination of card expansion, rarity, color, color identity, type or mana value - Searches also allow full card text lookup - Includes digital-only cards, hidden by default; show them with one switch in Settings * Build and analyze your decks, right on your device - Build deck listings and sideboards - Analyze your deck: legality, Commander Brackets, Game Changers, the mana curve, and the tokens it needs - See which cards your deck needs that your collection is missing * Manage your collection - Manage your collection of cards - Find cards within your collection using the same powerful search engine used for deck building - Manage multiple collections for all your different needs, such as your for-sale collection or your MTG Online collection * Prices and card art - Card prices are shown as you build, in decks, collections and search - Card art is retrieved automatically and cached on your device * Share with your friends - Share a deck from the Share menu - Import and export .dec files for other editions of Decked Builder - Import deck lists from text * Look and feel - Built for iPhone and iPad, with Light and Dark Mode DECKED BUILDER ACCESS (OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION) Everything in the card database (search, card details, prices) is free. You can also build up to 5 new decks, keep a collection, and scan cards with Card Cam (the first 50 cards you add) at no cost. Decked Builder Access unlocks unlimited decks, unlimited Card Cam, and merging and duplicating collections. Your subscription also supports the continued development of Decked Builder Remastered. - Plans: $1.99 per month, or $9.99 every 6 months. - Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cdn.deckedbuilder.com/site/decked-privacy-policy.htm Decked Builder Remastered is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC. Magic: The Gathering and related marks are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC. Card data, images, and bundled mana-symbol assets acquired through Scryfall are provided by Scryfall.

Screenshots

Gauntlet4 screens
Decked Builder Remastered4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gauntlet at 83% against Decked Builder Remastered's 4%. Gauntlet also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 10 months). Decked Builder Remastered's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads 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. Decked Builder Remastered sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Gauntlet asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gauntlet ships an update weekly, Decked Builder Remastered every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Gauntlet versus Decked Builder Remastered: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGauntletDecked Builder Remastered
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (299 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better3.6% of reviews
Number of ratings299 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB35 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperScott CampbellDennis Gill

Customer experience

Gauntlet

All ratings299 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative10.0%

Decked Builder Remastered

Written reviews28 reviews
Positive3.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative96.4%

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
Show 14 more
  • 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

Decked Builder Remastered

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Gauntlet

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Decked Builder Remastered

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Remastered$1.991 Month
  • 6 Month Remastered$9.996 Months

Questions

Is Gauntlet free?
Gauntlet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Decked Builder Remastered free?
Decked Builder Remastered is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gauntlet or Decked Builder Remastered have ads?
Neither Gauntlet nor Decked Builder Remastered shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gauntlet or Decked Builder Remastered?
Gauntlet ships an update weekly, and Decked Builder Remastered every 10 months. Most recently, Gauntlet was updated on October 15, 2026 and Decked Builder Remastered on October 17, 2026.

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