Comparison

Gauntlet vs Championry

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

Championry

This companion app helps players of a popular mobile game build the strongest possible teams using only the champions they own. It offers detailed explanations for each team's strategy and suggests optimal champion swaps. The app works offline and is kept up-to-date with new game releases.

Highlights
  • Roster-first team recommendations
  • Screenshot roster import
  • Plain-English team explanations
  • Suggested speed order
  • Champion swap functionality
  • Offline functionality
  • Updated champion data
Features
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An unofficial companion for Raid: Shadow Legends players. Every wiki and tier list assumes you own the meta champions. Real players don't. Tell Championry which champions you actually own and it builds the strongest teams you can field right now, for Clan Boss, Hydra, Dragon, Ice Golem, Spider, Fire Knight, Sand Devil, and Arena, and explains why each team works and what it's missing. • Roster-first: recommendations only ever use champions you own • Hydra: three teams, one per weekly key, with no champion used twice • Import your roster from screenshots of the in-game champion grid, no typing • Plain-English "why it works / what it's missing" on every team, plus a suggested speed order • Tap any team member to swap them for the next best, build around them, or see their skills and aura • Find tab: search your roster for the debuff, buff, or role you're missing • Over 1,000 champions, kept current with new releases • Clan Boss is free; one purchase unlocks Hydra, every dungeon and both Arena modes, including future content • 100% offline. No account, no login, no server, no tracking. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Plarium. All champion data is original, text-only; no game art is used.

Screenshots

Gauntlet4 screens
Championry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gauntlet at none against Championry's 1. Gauntlet also leads on ratings volume (309 vs 1). Championry's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Championry sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gauntlet asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 Championry. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gauntlet ships an update weekly, Championry every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Gauntlet versus Championry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGauntletChampionry
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (309 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings309 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB20 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperScott CampbellJason English

Customer experience

Gauntlet

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

Championry

All ratings1 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

Championry

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Gauntlet

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Championry

One-time1
  • Unlock All Content$4.99

Questions

Is Gauntlet free?
Gauntlet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Championry free?
Championry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gauntlet or Championry?
Championry is rated higher. Gauntlet averages 4.9 out of 5 from 309 ratings, while Championry averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Gauntlet or Championry have ads?
Neither Gauntlet nor Championry shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gauntlet or Championry?
Gauntlet ships an update weekly, and Championry every 3 days. Most recently, Gauntlet was updated on October 24, 2026 and Championry on October 22, 2026.

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