Comparison

Moxtopper vs MTG Draft Forge

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
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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.

About

MTG Draft Forge

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MTG Draft Forge is the all-in-one tournament companion for Magic: The Gathering players. Whether you're running a casual Friday Night Draft for four friends or a sixteen-player competitive event, Draft Forge handles everything from room creation to the final bracket match — so you can focus on playing. DRAFT ROOMS Create a room and share a six-character invite code. Everyone joins on their own device and sees the same room in real time. No accounts, no sign-up, no friction. TOURNAMENT FORMATS Choose the format that fits your night: • Single Elimination — classic knockout brackets, auto-seeded from standings • Round Robin — every player faces every other; standings and tiebreakers calculated automatically • Two-Phase — a seeding phase (round robin or fixed games) feeds directly into a single-elimination bracket • Swiss (MTGA-Style) — each round pairs players with similar records, just like ranked ladder play • Commander — pods of three or four players battle each round, with top finishers advancing to an elimination bracket REAL-TIME SYNC Powered by Firebase, every change the host makes — starting the tournament, recording results, advancing the bracket — appears instantly on every player's device. No refreshing, no waiting. LIFE COUNTER Track life totals for up to six players simultaneously. Large +/− buttons, colour-coded player cards, and visual danger alerts when life drops to five or below. Commander mode adds per-player commander damage tracking so you never lose count of those 21-damage eliminations. Supports any starting life total. DICE ROLLER Roll any die from d4 to d100. Roll multiple dice at once, see individual results and the combined total, and review your full roll history for the session. Haptic feedback on every roll. SEATING CHART Randomise draft pod seating with one tap. Seats are shuffled and displayed clearly so every player knows where to sit before the packs are opened. SCHEDULE & STANDINGS Round-robin and Swiss schedules are generated automatically each round. Track wins, losses, points, and tiebreakers in the live standings table throughout the event. When it's time for the bracket, seedings flow in from standings — no manual entry required. TOURNAMENT HISTORY Every completed tournament is saved to your profile with final standings, your finish position, the champion, and all match results. Build your record over time. NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED Draft Forge uses anonymous authentication. You never create an account or enter an email address. Your player name is the only thing you need to get started.

Screenshots

Moxtopper4 screens
MTG Draft Forge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MTG Draft Forge at none against Moxtopper's 2. MTG Draft Forge also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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. Moxtopper sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. MTG Draft Forge asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moxtopper ships an update every 3 months, MTG Draft Forge every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Moxtopper versus MTG Draft Forge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoxtopperMTG Draft Forge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB21 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperNice Boy LLCMatthew Fekete

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 Draft Forge

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 Draft Forge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moxtopper free?
Moxtopper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MTG Draft Forge free?
MTG Draft Forge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Moxtopper or MTG Draft Forge have ads?
Neither Moxtopper nor MTG Draft Forge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moxtopper or MTG Draft Forge?
Moxtopper ships an update every 3 months, and MTG Draft Forge every 9 days. Most recently, Moxtopper was updated on October 7, 2026 and MTG Draft Forge on September 14, 2026.

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