FaB Life vs Digital Gate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FaB Life
Track life totals, game timers, and resources for card games. Features include hero portraits for life resets, a history log, and solo mode for webcam play. Customize visuals and effects to your preference.
- Hero portraits for life resets
- Game timer
- History log
- Solo mode
- Resource tracker
- Customizable settings
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FEATURES: * Hero Portraits * Dice Rollers * Reset Life (using Hero Portraits to set a hero's abnormal max life. Kayo to 19, Kano to 15/30, etc) * Game Timer (50min vs 30min) * History Log - Review the life changes over the course of the game, just like you'd write it on paper! * One Game Memory - Remember the full history of your last game, and toggle between a new game state and your last game's ending state * Solo Mode - When each player tracks their own life, for webcam games, etc. Shows full character art! * Resource Tracker (Tunic, Runechants, Blood Debt, etc) for each player * Settings to optionally turn off most of these features, visuals, and effects * And more!
Digital Gate
Build and manage your Digimon TCG decks and card collection. Features include a card viewer, memory tracker, and pack simulator. Easily import/export decks to popular formats.
- Custom Deck Building
- Card Collection Management
- Deck Import/Export
- Card Viewer with Filtering
- Memory Tracker for Games
- Pack Opening Simulator
- Note Taking Tool
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A new companion app is here for the modern Digimon TCG. Digital Gate has been in development since March 2022 as a solution for custom Deck Building and collection keeping. When faced with the problem and limitations of building decks with other software and websites, we took it unto ourselves to make building decks simpler and to make sharing them easier than ever before. Supports all English Cards, Alternate Art not supported Collection Keep track of your collection with the ability to track how many of each card number you own. Add, and Remove cards from your personal collection easily. Add entire Starter Decks to your collection as easily as adding cards! Deck Builder Create, Edit and Duplicate Decks easily. Change Formats in the deck builder to quickly create valid decks for evolving formats! Supported Formats: Standard Ultimate Cup Pauper Trio Import and Export decks to several popular formats: Tabletop Simulator DigimonCard.io DigimonCard.dev Digital Gate - Includes Side Deck! Add and remove cards from Egg, Main and Side decks easily. Provides many different views for decks. Includes a tool to sample a Drawn Hand, Security and Deck. Card Viewer and Filtering Find cards which meet a specific criteria quickly. Rapidly search for multiple cards by name. Example: Garurumon,Gabumon,Omnimon Filtering tools created specifically by Digimon TCG players. View the most recent Errata by selecting a card. Memory Tracker Start games and track memory for 2 players! Use random start where 5 out of every 10 games Start on each player's turn. History feature to view previous memory up to a point. Pack Simulator Simulate Opening Packs for all sets in English. Open American style (12 card) or Japanese style (6 card) Packs. Note: Does not include alternate art cards Notes Tool Track and filter short notes specific to Digimon TCG! This is a fan-made Application and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Bandai Co., Ltd, Akiyoshi Hongo, Toei Animation, or any official Digimon franchise entity. The Digimon name, characters, card information, card art, and all related materials are the property of Bandai Co., Ltd., Akiyoshi Hongo, or Toei Animation. The sole purpose of this Application is to help Digimon TCG Players share, and explore the beauty of the game. Any copyrighted material used here is for fan appreciation and entertainment purposes only. This Application is provided free for all use and with no warranty. By accessing or using this fan project, you acknowledge and agree that it is an unofficial fan-made work and not an official part of the Digimon franchise.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FaB Life at 4.7 against Digital Gate's 4.0. FaB Life also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 50%). Digital Gate's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FaB Life holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of FaB Life's written reviews are positive against 50% of Digital Gate's.
FaB Life ships an update every 3 months, Digital Gate every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FaB Life | Digital Gate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23 ratings) — better | 4.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 295 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tucker Campbell | Jordan Petty |
Customer experience
FaB Life
Digital Gate
In-app purchases
FaB Life
No in-app purchases
Digital Gate
No in-app purchases
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