UrzaGatherer vs EDHLAB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Magic the Gathering card database
- Deck creation and analysis
- Deck import/export
- Collection evaluation
- Life counters tool
- Up-to-date rulings
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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
EDHLAB
Play Magic: The Gathering's Commander format online for free from your phone. Upload your deck and compete with friends or join public matches anywhere. No purchase is required to start playing.
- Play Commander format online
- Free to play
- Upload your deck
- Play with friends
- Join public matches
- Mobile gameplay
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EDHLAB is the best way to play Commander for free from your phone. Download the app, upload a deck, and start playing Magic: The Gathering’s most popular format. Play with your friends or in a public match for free from anywhere. No purchase necessary. Standard Apple End User License Agreement available at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: UrzaGatherer at none against EDHLAB's 6. UrzaGatherer also leads on ratings volume (28 vs 9). EDHLAB's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. EDHLAB sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.09 per month. UrzaGatherer asks for nothing beyond the download.
EDHLAB holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of UrzaGatherer's written reviews are positive against 100% of EDHLAB's.
UrzaGatherer ships an update every 5 weeks, EDHLAB every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UrzaGatherer | EDHLAB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (28 ratings) | 4.9 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | David Catuhe | Stephen Gladney |
Customer experience
UrzaGatherer
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In-app purchases
UrzaGatherer
No in-app purchases
EDHLAB
- Uncommon$3.091 Month
- Rare$4.091 Month
- Mythic$5.091 Month
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- Planeswalker$11.001 Month
- Masterpiece$20.491 Month
- Serialized$53.991 Month
