Comparison

Moxtopper vs TCG Warden

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

TCG Warden

Features
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One device. The whole table. TCG Warden is a fast, distraction-free life counter for trading card games, built for the way you actually play at the kitchen table. Set it in the middle, and every player gets their own seat with each card rotated to face them, so the numbers read right-side up no matter where they sit. Built for Commander (and every pod size) Play with 1 to 6 players and pick the seating that matches your table — side-by-side, across, 2v2, 3v3, pinwheel, and more. Everyone taps their own corner. No passing the phone around. Track everything that matters • Life totals with big, tap-to-adjust +/− controls (long-press for ±10) • Commander damage — auto-flags a knockout at 21 from a single opponent • Poison counters — out at 10 • Custom counters for anything else, with your own emoji and label • The Monarch, the Initiative, the Ring, and day/night — one holder at a time, passed on automatically when a holder is knocked out • A rolling life-change toast that shows the net swing of a big turn Rules and cards at your fingertips — offline • Search any card by name and read its official rulings, no signal required • Look up keywords and table rules, quoted from the Comprehensive Rules with rule numbers • Tap a keyword in a card's text to jump straight to its rule Never lose track • Per-player history log of every life change, tagged by cause (combat, commander damage, board wipe) • One-tap Undo to roll back a misfire — commander totals stay in sync • Undo a turn passed too early, turn timer and all • Automatic knockout detection dims dead seats and skips them on the turn cycle • "Each opponent loses N" for a board-wide burn in one tap Little touches that add up • Hold the turn button for a quick wheel: pause, undo turn, share the game, reset • Pause the game clock when the pizza arrives — breaks don't count against anyone's turn • First-player picker with a slot-machine roll to settle who goes first • Turn tracking that steps around eliminated players • Every seat gets its own identity color so the pod stays readable at a glance • Adjustable starting life and text size • Screen stays awake during a game — no more waking your phone every turn • One Player Mode: give everyone their own device, each tracking their own seat, and pass a game between devices with a QR code Yours, offline, no clutter No account. No ads. No internet required. Everything lives on your device and picks up right where you left off — your game is still there when you come back. Sit down, shuffle up, and let TCG Warden keep score.

Screenshots

Moxtopper4 screens
TCG Warden4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TCG Warden at none against Moxtopper's 2. TCG Warden also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (16.4 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. TCG Warden asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moxtopper ships an update every 3 months, TCG Warden every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Moxtopper versus TCG Warden: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoxtopperTCG Warden
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB56 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperNice Boy LLCMatthew Tate

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

TCG Warden

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

TCG Warden

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moxtopper free?
Moxtopper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TCG Warden free?
TCG Warden is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Moxtopper or TCG Warden have ads?
Neither Moxtopper nor TCG Warden shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moxtopper or TCG Warden?
Moxtopper ships an update every 3 months, and TCG Warden every 4 days. Most recently, Moxtopper was updated on October 26, 2026 and TCG Warden on October 25, 2026.

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