Comparison

Moxtopper vs MTG Mate

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

Head to head
About

Moxtopper

This app helps track life totals and commander damage for multiplayer card games. It supports up to 10 players and offers customizable layouts and digital playmats. Features include turn clocks, AirPlay streaming, and detailed game statistics.

Highlights
  • Life total tracking
  • Commander damage tracking
  • Supports 1-10 players
  • Customizable seating arrangements
  • Digital playmats
  • Turn clocks
  • AirPlay streaming
Features
Read full description

No game of Commander is complete without Moxtopper on your table. EASY TO USE • Keep track of every player’s life total with tasty text and chonky buttons. • The user interface is designed to be usable from all viewing directions. Just place your iPhone or iPad in the middle of your play surface and you’re good to go. • Multiple-touch support. Your whole play group can use it at the same time. TRACKS COMMANDER DAMAGE • We know that tracking commander damage is a *huge* pain. With Moxtopper, it couldn’t be easier. At any time a player can swipe horizontally on their play area to see how much commander damage they’ve taken from all the other players’ commanders. • Commander damage is tracked per *commander*, so it works great with partner commanders, too! • If you’re using partner commanders, just swipe down on your play area and press the “Partners” button to toggle partner commander mode on or off. GREAT FOR EVERY PLAY GROUP • Moxtopper is optimized to work great not just for 4 player games, but also for any game of 1 to 10 — yes, ten! — players. That means it’s right at home during one-on-one games of Friday Night Magic as well as gigantic Multiplayer Planechase House Rules Banlist Slugfests. • Configurable with a total of 32 possible seating arrangements so that layout of play areas on the screen always comfortably matches the way your play group likes to sit around the table. UPGRADE YOUR EXPERIENCE • Customize each player’s area with awesome digital “playmats”, similarly to how you are probably rolling out full art playmats on your game table in real life. • Comes with five free digital playmats • Additional digital playmats can be unlocked via in-app purchases, including one that lets you import any photo you want from your Photos library. Thanks ahead of time for supporting Moxtopper through these must-have upgrades! • In addition to the playmats, there are bonus themes in fun, readable colors. OTHER COOL FEATURES • STATS-S-S-S-S-S — Keep track of in-game numbers like commander tax, infect, storm, experience, energy, mana pools, and more using the player options menu (swipe down on your player to see these options). • TURN CLOCKS — Turn on Turn Clocks to help folks stay mindful of how long their turns are. Just like chess clocks, they tick down the seconds from your customizable start time. Moxtopper ensures only one player can be active at a time. • AIRPLAY — Stream your game locally via AirPlay to a compatible Apple TV by enabling Screen Mirror and using the app like you normally would. Great for going top-eight at your Local Game Store! • CHARTS — Share and remember your splashiest games with cool charts that show the roller coaster ride of life totals as they change over the course of a game. Requires iOS/iPadOS 16 or later. • HIGH ROLL — Save time by high-rolling to see who plays first with just a single tap. • APP ICONS — Bling out your homescreen with a bunch of alternate app icons. • SCRYFALL — Scryfall search box integrated into the main options menu. • MADE BY A FAN — Moxtopper is made by a fan of the game, just one guy (me, the one writing this, howdy) who really really likes artisanal, hand-made, bespoke, fussy, delightful little apps with big dreams. Seriously I appreciate all the support ya’ll send my way. WHAT IS COMMANDER? Just in case you didn’t already know, in the “Commander” format of Magic: the Gathering, you and your friends battle each other with legendary creatures, huge decks of crazy cards, making splashy plays until there’s only one player left standing.

About

MTG Mate

Features
Read full description

MTG Mate is a life counter, deck builder and card collection tracker for Magic: The Gathering on iPhone and iPad. Use it at the table for Commander, Standard, Brawl, Two-Headed Giant or a custom game, and keep your decks, collection and trades on the same device. No account needed. LIFE COUNTER FOR EVERY POD Track 1 to 6 players with layouts that fit the table. Preview the seating before a game, drag players to their real seats and give each one a seat color. The board holds its orientation while you play, so it doesn't spin when the phone is passed around. COMMANDER DAMAGE, POISON AND COUNTERS Commander damage covers partners and companions, with targets shown in seat colors. Poison and infect share a combined total. Energy and other counters sit on each player. Hold +/- to change life quickly, revive a player with +1, and turn on unlimited life when a combo goes off. GAME NIGHT TOOLS Start with Commander (40), Brawl (30), Standard (20) or your own starting life. Player panels can show commander art. Optional turn tracking, a dice roller and a coin flip are built in. Life history shows what happened two turns ago. DECK BUILDER Build decks with commander, partner, companion, mainboard and sideboard. Check format legality, mana curve and type split, get a Commander bracket estimate, and see an estimated deck value. Look up synergies and combos while you brew. CARD COLLECTION AND PRICES Save cards, build collections and move cards in bulk. Import lists from Manabox, Archidekt or Moxfield, or paste a text list, and export them again. Collection value and match history live in the stats hub, so you can see how your collection and play group change over time. CARD SEARCH, EVEN OFFLINE Search Scryfall for prices, rulings and legalities. Reprints are grouped so the same card doesn't appear ten times. Download the card database to search with no signal. FRIENDS, TRADES AND CLOUD SYNC Add friends and give them private aliases only you can see. Keep a trade ledger of cards and cash with anyone. Sign in with email to sync your library across iPhone, iPad and the web library at mtgmate.app. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Cards, decks and games stay on your device unless you turn on Cloud Sync. No ads. Free. MTG Mate is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Wizards of the Coast. Magic: The Gathering is a trademark of Wizards of the Coast LLC.

Screenshots

Moxtopper4 screens
MTG Mate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MTG Mate at none against Moxtopper's 2. MTG Mate also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Moxtopper sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. MTG Mate asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moxtopper ships an update every 3 months, MTG Mate every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Moxtopper versus MTG Mate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoxtopperMTG Mate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB18 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperNice Boy LLCJacob Suchorabski

Bugs and requests

Moxtopper

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Display errors
  • No damage history
  • No indicators to add or subtract life
  • Commander damage tracking bug

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add commander tax and poison tracking
  • Ability to skip tutorial
  • Transition or GIF support for backgrounds
  • Turn tracker
  • Dice roll animation
Show 2 more
  • Partner commander damage tracking
  • Poison counter tracking

MTG Mate

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Moxtopper

One-time2
  • Big Moods Playmat Set$0.99
  • Custom Playmats$4.99
None

MTG Mate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moxtopper free?
Moxtopper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MTG Mate free?
MTG Mate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Moxtopper or MTG Mate have ads?
Neither Moxtopper nor MTG Mate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moxtopper or MTG Mate?
Moxtopper ships an update every 3 months, and MTG Mate every 2 weeks. Most recently, Moxtopper was updated on November 7, 2026 and MTG Mate on November 7, 2026.

Other comparisons