Comparison

Gauntlet vs LifetrackMTG

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

LifetrackMTG

This app helps Magic: The Gathering players track game statistics like life totals, commander damage, and poison counters for multiple players. It also includes a card database with pricing and a deck builder.

Highlights
  • Life total tracking
  • Commander damage tracking
  • Poison counter tracking
  • Card database with pricing
  • Deck builder
  • Dice and coin roll
Features
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Lifetrack MTG is a life tracking app built for Magic: The Gathering players. Track life totals, commander damage, poison counters, energy, and experience for up to 6 players. Features include player profiles, custom backgrounds, dice and coin roll, a card database with live Card Kingdom pricing, and a deck builder. Designed for both iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

Gauntlet4 screens
LifetrackMTG4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Gauntlet at 309 against LifetrackMTG's 3. On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Gauntlet against 5.0 for LifetrackMTG. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gauntlet has 309 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gauntlet ships an update weekly, LifetrackMTG every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Gauntlet versus LifetrackMTG: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGauntletLifetrackMTG
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (309 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings309 — better3
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScott CampbellFrank Moucatel

Customer experience

Gauntlet

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

LifetrackMTG

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

LifetrackMTG

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Gauntlet

No in-app purchases

None

LifetrackMTG

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gauntlet free?
Gauntlet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LifetrackMTG free?
LifetrackMTG is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gauntlet or LifetrackMTG?
LifetrackMTG is rated higher. Gauntlet averages 4.9 out of 5 from 309 ratings, while LifetrackMTG averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Gauntlet or LifetrackMTG have ads?
Neither Gauntlet nor LifetrackMTG shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gauntlet or LifetrackMTG?
Gauntlet ships an update weekly, and LifetrackMTG every 6 days. Most recently, Gauntlet was updated on October 25, 2026 and LifetrackMTG on October 18, 2026.

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