Cascade vs Holdspace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cascade
Effortlessly manage your Magic: The Gathering collection and decks. Scan cards quickly, track their value with daily updated prices, and build/playtest various deck formats. Sync your collection across all your devices for seamless access.
- Fast card scanning
- Unlimited collection tracking
- Real-time price updates
- Deck building and playtesting
- Cross-device sync
- Import/export collection data
Read full descriptionHide full description
Cascade is a free MTG card scanner, collection and price tracker, and deck builder for Magic: The Gathering™ players and collectors. Scan your cards, see what your collection is worth, and build and playtest decks on iPhone, iPad, Android and the web, with free sync between them. FAST CARD SCANNER • Scan a whole stack with your camera, one card after another • Fix the set or finish right in the scan list • Add the scanned cards to your collection, a deck or a list in one step COLLECTION AND PRICES • Track your whole collection, with no limit on the number of cards • See what it is worth with TCGplayer market and median prices, updated every day • Price history for every card, and the biggest price movers of the day and the week • A watchlist for the cards you want to follow DECKS AND PLAYTEST • Build decks for every format: Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Commander and more • Mainboard and sideboard, with format legality checks • Playtest your decks and share them with friends ONE COLLECTION EVERYWHERE • No ads, on any device • Free sync between your phone, tablet and computer, with no subscription • Build decks on the big screen at cascademtg.com and scan cards on your phone • Moving from another app? Import your collection from a CSV or text file, in the app or on the web LISTS, SPOILERS AND SECRET LAIR • A wishlist and your own custom lists • Spoiler lists for upcoming sets, with a notification when new cards are revealed • Secret Lair drops with their cards and prices • Banlists for every format, with an alert when they change CASCADE PREMIUM (OPTIONAL) Price history for your collection, decks and lists; unlimited lists and wishlist cards; up to 300 watched prices; full deck history, notes and maybeboard; playtest tools; and faster scanning. Premium is a monthly or yearly subscription, with the price shown in the app. Terms: https://www.cascademtg.com/terms Privacy: https://www.cascademtg.com/privacy
Holdspace
Read full descriptionHide full description
Holdspace is a quiet place for links, notes and ideas you want to return to. Keep one item in focus, with the rest waiting in your queue. Finish it when you’re done, or snooze it for tonight, tomorrow or a date you choose. Archived items remain available when you need them. Paste a URL or write a note. Save URLs and plain text from compatible share sheets. Optional link previews add a title and image, and you can turn them off in Settings. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets bring your current item and queue into view. Snoozed items return to the queue when they’re due. Your queue stays on your device. Holdspace has no account, advertising or analytics. Link previews contact websites; opening links and exporting backups use destinations you choose. Export a portable JSON backup, then restore missing items without replacing your current edits or adding duplicates. A small place to put something down, and pick it up when you’re ready.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Holdspace at none against Cascade's 2. Cascade's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 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
Both are free to download. Cascade sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Holdspace asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cascade ships an update every 4 days, Holdspace every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cascade | Holdspace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (282 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 282 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cascade MTG LLC | Maxwell Young |
Bugs and requests
Cascade
Reported bugs
14 issues- Card scanner misidentifies cards or fails to scan entirely
- Manual entry bug deletes all previously manually-entered cards from scanning session
- Incorrect card name mapping (e.g., Maarika showing as Zangief)
- App crashes or fails to open after adding many cards
- Account access lost after reinstalling app
Show 9 moreShow fewer
- Export to text feature adds random characters and percentage symbols
- Deck copy feature redirects to premium page unexpectedly
- Search function fails to work when opening app directly into a deck
- Cards missing from database despite being released
- Set assignment incorrect for scanned cards
- Foil designation not retained when using cards in decks
- Deleted deck cards remain in inventory
- Slow bulk scanning with required toast notification dismissal
- Poor set assignment accuracy (50% error rate reported)
Requested features
18 requests- Search function within decks
- Average mana value/CMC statistics for decks
- Easier deck identification when viewing cards
- CSV and table format import support
- Duplicate card detection feature
Show 13 moreShow fewer
- Ability to filter inventory by set
- Multiple card set assignment at once
- Deck copying/sharing functionality
- Play testing feature
- Advanced filtering in inventory (color, type, etc.)
- Card image size adjustment slider
- Extended art and borderless card search filters
- Dark mode support
- Deck sorting options
- Collector number sorting
- Magic Online support and ticket pricing
- Export to properly formatted text files
- Ability to add cards with quantity of 0
Holdspace
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cascade
- Cascade Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Cascade Premium - Annual14 Days trial$19.991 Year
Holdspace
No in-app purchases









