ExpeDat Mobile vs CardWisp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ExpeDat Mobile
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Upload documents and videos to ExpeDat and CloudDat servers at up to hundreds of megabits per second.
CardWisp
Manage your Magic: The Gathering game night with this all-in-one companion app. Track life totals for multiple players, build and refine decks with powerful tools, and easily scan and organize your card collection.
- Multiplayer life tracking
- Commander damage matrix
- Full deck builder with Scryfall search
- Card collection scanner (OCR)
- Binder organization
- Foil tracking
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Organize the Chaos. Master the Game. CardWisp is a Magic: The Gathering companion that does the whole job: build decks for any format, get card suggestions that understand your deck, scan and price your collection, and track life for your whole table. All in one app, with the core features free. CARD SUGGESTIONS (FREE) • Reads your whole deck, not just your commander, and spots its themes: tokens, graveyard, blink, poison, voltron, creature types, and more • Add or remove themes to steer what you see • Deck Needs shows where you are short on ramp, card draw, removal, board wipes, and protection • Combos already in your deck, plus combos that fit your themes and are one card away • Filter by budget or by cards you already own, and match your bracket DECK BUILDER • 13 formats: Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Historic, and Timeless • Deck check flags size, copy limits, and banned cards, and ban lists stay current on their own • Commander Brackets worked out automatically and kept up to date, or set your own • Partner, Friends Forever, Background, and Doctor commander pairs • Do I own this deck? See how many cards you own, what is missing, and what the rest will cost • Share any deck with a link or QR code. The web page updates when you edit the deck • Live Scryfall search, Moxfield and Archidekt import, export, mana curve, and mana base analysis LIFE TRACKER • 2 to 6 players, with portrait or landscape layouts • Commander damage, poison, energy, experience, and monarch • Player profiles with any card art as the avatar, synced to your account • "Who goes first" D20, plus a full DnD dice roller CARD SCANNER AND COLLECTION • Point your camera at a card and CardWisp reads the exact printing right on your device • Hands-free bulk scanning: press play and feed cards through • Every scan waits in a review tray, so you can fix foil, printing, or a wrong match first • Scan straight into a binder • Collection value with separate foil pricing • Free CSV export of your collection or any binder PLAYTEST AND DRAW ODDS (PRO) • Goldfish any deck solo: draw, scry, surveil, mill, tokens, counters, and transform cards • Simulate hundreds of opening hands to see your land odds and mulligan calls FREE • 500 unique cards, 10 decks, and 25 scans a day • Card Suggestions, every format, sharing, and CSV export • The Life Tracker, with up to 4 saved player profiles PRO • Monthly $1.99, Yearly $19.99, or Lifetime $79.99 (one-time, no subscription) • Unlimited collection, decks, scans, and player profiles • Playtest and Draw Odds PRIVACY CardWisp doesn't sell your data, doesn't use advertising trackers, and doesn't share your collection with anyone. Card scan images are processed and discarded, never stored. TERMS OF USE CardWisp uses Apple's Standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ CardWisp is an independent fan project. Magic: The Gathering and all related card names and images are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC. CardWisp is not produced, endorsed, or supported by Wizards of the Coast.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ExpeDat Mobile at none against CardWisp's 3. CardWisp's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 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. CardWisp sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ExpeDat Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
ExpeDat Mobile ships an update every 5 months, CardWisp every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ExpeDat Mobile | CardWisp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Data Expedition, Inc. | Jimiai Ajikaia |
In-app purchases
ExpeDat Mobile
No in-app purchases
CardWisp
- Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$79.99









