Moxtopper vs ULC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Life total tracking
- Commander damage tracking
- Supports 1-10 players
- Customizable seating arrangements
- Digital playmats
- Turn clocks
- AirPlay streaming
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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.
ULC
A streamlined life counter app for competitive TCG players. It supports multiple games with accurate starting values and tournament timers, offering a clean interface for quick tracking without distractions.
- Supports multiple TCGs
- Accurate starting values and timers
- Large tap zones for life adjustment
- Full life history with timestamps
- Built-in dice roller
- Screen stays awake during matches
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ULC is the life counter app built for competitive TCG players who are tired of juggling multiple apps across multiple games. No frills. No clutter. No unnecessary taps. Just open, pick your game, and play. ULC supports 5 games out of the box — Flesh and Blood, Riftbound, Lorcana, Magic: The Gathering, and Star Wars Unlimited — each with accurate starting values, correct tournament timers, and game-specific tracking built in. FEATURES -Tap the top or bottom half of the screen to add or subtract — big tap zones, no tiny buttons -Press and hold to increment by 5 -Full life history with timestamps, slides open with a tap -Accumulator badge shows running changes before committing to history -Tournament countdown timers that go into negative overtime -2d6, 1d6, 1d20, or coin flip dice roller built in -Opponent's value shown in your corner so you never read upside down -Haptic feedback on every tap -Screen stays awake during your match -Rotate opponents side to face yours incase you want to keep track of both yourself ULC is designed for competitive 1v1 formats. No Commander, no multiplayer — just a clean, fast, reliable counter for the games you actually play at tournaments. Good luck and have fun.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ULC at every 10 days against Moxtopper's every 3 months. ULC also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Moxtopper's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Moxtopper sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and ULC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ULC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moxtopper has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Moxtopper's written reviews are positive against 100% of ULC's.
Moxtopper ships an update every 3 months, ULC every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Moxtopper | ULC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nice Boy LLC | Thomas Huynh |
Customer experience
Moxtopper
ULC
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
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- Partner commander damage tracking
- Poison counter tracking
ULC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Moxtopper
- Big Moods Playmat Set$0.99
- Custom Playmats$4.99
ULC
- Unlock Forever$4.99







