Comparison

Card Binder vs Mulligo

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

Head to head
About

Card Binder

Easily manage your Magic The Gathering card collection by scanning and organizing cards. Access real-time pricing, detailed card information, and build custom decks. Sync your collection across devices and ensure deck legality.

Highlights
  • Scan and save cards to your binder
  • Real-time card pricing
  • Detailed card information (legality, editions)
  • Build and validate decks
  • Commander deck support
  • Cross-device collection syncing
  • Export collection to CSV
Features
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The ultimate Magic The Gathering app. Quickly scan and save all your cards into your Binder collection, check each card price in real-time. You will be able to see a lot of details for each card: legality, all the card editions, first appearance date, and more! Features: - Build your collection quickly scanning all your cards. - Explore card details including the legality, price, editions, and much more. - Build amazing decks with support for sideboard and maybeboard. - Support for commander decks. - Validate your deck and ensure it is legal for any format. - All content is live and automatically updated. - Collection stored and shared between all your IOS devices. - Search for any card, even if it is not in your collection. - Get to know more cards using the explore tab. It will show random cards to you. - No ads, ever. - Dark mode support. - Export and share your collection using .csv files. If you have any question or feedback we'd love to hear from you at support@cardbinderapp.com

About

Mulligo

Features
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Mulligo is the ultimate companion for your Magic: The Gathering Commander (EDH) table. LIVE MATCH Track the game in real time: life, poison, commander damage and eliminations. Multi-device with the screen always on — no more pen and paper. YOUR DECKS Build and manage your decks, import lists, check the mana curve and the bracket (official RC/WotC criteria) to know how powerful each deck is. STATS Win rate, average finish, trend over time and podiums — per deck and per player. See which decks perform best. JUDGE BOT (Pro) Rules question? Ask the Judge Bot: interactions, the stack, triggers and rulings explained on the fly. CARD SCANNER (Pro) Point at a card and instantly read its text, rules and rulings — even in Japanese. AI ANALYSIS (Pro) Let AI analyze your decks and get upgrade suggestions. PLAYGROUPS & GUILDS Create your group, share stats and organize game nights. The Pod Balancer builds balanced tables in one tap. FREE OR PRO Mulligo is free: log your games, personal stats and up to 5 decks. Go Pro for Judge Bot, card scanner, AI analysis and unlimited decks. Pro subscription, monthly or yearly, auto-renewing — cancel anytime. Terms of Use (EULA): https://mulligo.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://mulligo.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Card Binder4 screens
Mulligo4 screens

Verdict

The call

Card Binder and Mulligo are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Card Binder sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Mulligo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Card Binder ships an update every 11 days, Mulligo every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Card Binder versus Mulligo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCard BinderMulligo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (581 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings581 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB6 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperNicolas Yuste Tiradosmichele de angelis

Bugs and requests

Card Binder

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to recognize certain card names
  • Disappearing foil card data
  • Deck building issues with commander cards
  • Inconsistent set recognition

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to filter cards by set
  • Option to add custom tags to cards
  • Bulk card addition to decks
  • Wishlist functionality
  • Improved sorting and organization tools

Mulligo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Card Binder

One-time2
  • Space for 100 cards$0.99
  • Space for 1000 cards$4.99
2 purchases

Mulligo

Subscriptions2
  • Mulligo pro - monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Mulligo pro — yearly$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Card Binder free?
Card Binder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mulligo free?
Mulligo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Card Binder or Mulligo have ads?
Neither Card Binder nor Mulligo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Card Binder or Mulligo?
Card Binder ships an update every 11 days, and Mulligo every 6 days. Most recently, Card Binder was updated on November 11, 2026 and Mulligo on November 10, 2026.

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