MTG Wizard vs Helvault
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MTG Wizard
This utility app provides a comprehensive toolkit for Magic: the Gathering players. It allows for advanced card searching with full Scryfall syntax support, saving favorite cards, and accessing searchable game rules and a glossary. Enhance your gameplay experience with this essential resource.
- Card searching with Scryfall syntax
- Save favorite cards
- Searchable comprehensive rules
- Glossary of terms
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A Magic: the Gathering utility app that includes: - Card searching (with full Scryfall syntax support) - Card saving - Searchable comprehensive rules & glossary
Helvault
Effortlessly manage your Magic: The Gathering card collection with an AI-powered scanner. Organize, filter, and analyze your cards with detailed stats and pricing information. Sync across devices and export your collection.
- AI-powered MTG card scanner
- Unlimited card collection storage
- Detailed collection statistics
- Card pricing and details
- CSV collection export
- iCloud syncing
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Helvault is a collection manager for Magic: The Gathering players and collectors who want to spend more time enjoying their cards, instead of typing names... With a powerful card scanner featuring an exclusive AI, Helvault is capable of identifying cards from all Magic's history without a hassle. Sort, filter, play and understand your card collection like never before! Key features: - Powerful MTG card scanner - Unlimited cards on your collection - Detailed stats about your collection - Card details, including prices - Export your collection as a CSV file - iCloud Syncing between devices - No ads, forever Helvault brings unlimited card collection management to your mobile device, for free. Some features however are unlocked through NON-RECURRING purchases (they are NOT subscriptions).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Helvault at 4.2 against MTG Wizard's 3.0. Helvault also leads on ratings volume (288 vs 1). MTG Wizard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Helvault sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. MTG Wizard asks for nothing beyond the download.
Helvault holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Helvault has 288 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MTG Wizard ships an update every 3 weeks, Helvault fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MTG Wizard | Helvault |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.2 (288 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 31.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 288 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Jacob Hearst | Vitor Cesco |
Bugs and requests
MTG Wizard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Helvault
Reported bugs
4 issues- Keypad issues when searching
- Disappearing settings icons
- Incorrect set identification for some cards
- Missing card prices and details
Requested features
5 requests- Deck building and management tools
- Advanced search and filtering options
- Bulk card management and transfer
- Improved support for special card versions and frames
- Seamless data migration from legacy app
In-app purchases
MTG Wizard
No in-app purchases
Helvault
- Common Donation$0.99
- Rare Donation$4.99
- iCloud Syncing$4.99
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- Advanced Card Export/Import$6.99
- MTG Card Scanner - Lifetime$9.99
- Mythic Donation$9.99
