Comparison

UrzaGatherer vs Deep IQ

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

Head to head
About

UrzaGatherer

Manage your Magic: The Gathering collection, build and test decks, and track card prices. Access a comprehensive card database and in-game tools like life counters. Sync your data across devices for a seamless experience.

Highlights
  • Magic the Gathering card database
  • Deck creation and analysis
  • Deck import/export
  • Collection evaluation
  • Life counters tool
  • Up-to-date rulings
Features
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Your ultimate companion for Magic: The Gathering. Manage your collection, build decks, track prices, and sync everything across your devices. Built by players, for players. Detailled features list: + All Magic the Gathering cards in a single database + Create, test and analyse your decks I+ mport and export your decks to and from various formats (tappedOut, .csv, .txt, etc.) + Customize your wallpaper or your lockscreen + Evaluate your collection + Read about Magic stories + Use the life counters tool to track your life and poison counters during a game + Get up to date rulings

About

Deep IQ

This app simulates a Magic: The Gathering opponent for solo play with physical cards. It uses dice rolls and lookup tables to determine opponent actions, allowing you to test your decks without a live player.

Highlights
  • Virtual opponent for solo play
  • Simulates opponent actions with dice and tables
  • Deck testing tool for physical cards
  • Supports multiple rule versions
Features
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Play Magic: The Gathering solo. Deep IQ is the second player. You bring the deck and the table. Deep IQ brings the opponent — a virtual adversary that rolls a d10 each turn against its current action table and resolves whatever it lands on: summoning creatures, casting setbacks, growing its board, attacking, and graduating to harder tables as the game goes on. There is no decision-making AI to second-guess; outcomes come straight from the dice and the tables, exactly like the pen-and-paper Deep IQ system that players have hand-rolled since 1996. The app just does the bookkeeping — faithfully, instantly, and without a single missed trigger. REBUILT FOR 2026 This year Deep IQ was rewritten from the ground up: • A clear two-phase turn cycle — watch Deep IQ take its turn, then take yours. The board locks while it's thinking and hands control back when it's your move. • A living board — tokens fly in as Deep IQ summons them and out as they leave, with life totals, counters, and a running turn log you can follow at a glance. • A responsive layout that reshapes itself for phone, tablet, and desktop, with the turn log docked beside the board on larger screens. • Six brand-new color rule sets — mono White, Blue, Black, Red, and Green plus a colorless build — each with its own flavor of opponent. • Multiverse Trial: a tougher, modern rule set with layered mechanics. • A built-in help and reference section that explains every screen and rule set. 14 BUILT-IN RULE SETS Every published Deep IQ variant, faithfully implemented: Rick Moscatello (1996), Bruce Richard (2013), Andy Tuque (2016), Nevan Vermillion (2016), Phill Webb (2017), John Taylor (2022), Wrath of Zorr (2021), the 2026 color suite, and Multiverse Trial. PLAYS YOUR WAY • Pick a rule set, choose Deep IQ's colors, and start a game in seconds. • Adjust life, apply setbacks, and manage the board with a tap. • Settings persist instantly — locale, theme, log position, and more. • Available in 11 languages. DEEP IQ PRO Everything above is free. Deep IQ Pro is a one-time in-app purchase that unlocks the custom rule set editor — build your own action tables from scratch, tune the mechanics, and import or export them as JSON to share with other players. If you have ever wanted to design your own solo opponent, this is the workshop. Bring a deck. Deep IQ brings the fight. Deep IQ is an unofficial fan tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast. Magic: The Gathering is a trademark of Wizards of the Coast LLC.

Screenshots

UrzaGatherer4 screens
Deep IQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: UrzaGatherer at none against Deep IQ's 1. UrzaGatherer also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 27 months) and ratings volume (28 vs 5). Deep IQ's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Deep IQ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. UrzaGatherer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Deep IQ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UrzaGatherer has 28 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of UrzaGatherer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Deep IQ's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UrzaGatherer ships an update every 2 months, Deep IQ every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
UrzaGatherer versus Deep IQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUrzaGathererDeep IQ
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (28 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 27 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB25 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDavid CatuheJohn Taylor

Customer experience

UrzaGatherer

All ratings28 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral3.1%
Negative15.6%

Deep IQ

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

UrzaGatherer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Deep IQ

One-time1
  • Deep IQ Pro$2.99

Questions

Is UrzaGatherer free?
UrzaGatherer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deep IQ free?
Deep IQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, UrzaGatherer or Deep IQ?
Deep IQ is rated higher. UrzaGatherer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Deep IQ averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do UrzaGatherer or Deep IQ have ads?
Neither UrzaGatherer nor Deep IQ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UrzaGatherer or Deep IQ?
UrzaGatherer ships an update every 2 months, and Deep IQ every 27 months. Most recently, UrzaGatherer was updated on October 26, 2026 and Deep IQ on October 3, 2026.

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