Comparison

Mythic Tools MTG vs TMB Reference Guide

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

Head to head
About

Mythic Tools MTG

Enhance your Magic: The Gathering experience with a comprehensive companion app. Track life totals in duels and multiplayer games, manage your decks, and analyze your game statistics. Instantly scan cards for pricing, rulings, and legality information.

Highlights
  • Customizable life counter with themes
  • Card scanning for price and rulings
  • Deck listing and game statistics
  • Multiplayer game support (poison, commander damage)
  • Card legality and EDHREC integration
  • Real-time pricing information
Features
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NEW: Life counter themes! Customize your life counter and support content creators at the same time with the Mythic Store. Mythic Tools is the ultimate Magic: The Gathering companion app designed to enhance your experience. Create playgroups, add friends, list your decks, track life totals in all your duel and multiplayer games with a beautiful and full-featured life counter, save all your games and get meaningful statistics about your playgroups, your decks and your win rates. Mythic Tools is also a fast and accurate card scanner which will get you price information, oracle and rulings, and a powerful advanced search tool to find all the cards you need. Key Features: Super Fast & Accurate Card Scanning: Instantly identify your cards with our highly optimized scanning technology. Just point your camera at the card, and Mythic Scanner does the rest! Great during games to check rulings. Comprehensive Pricing Information: Stay informed with real-time card prices from multiple sources, including TCGplayer and Cardmarket. Make informed decisions when buying, selling, or trading your cards. Up-to-Date Oracle Text & Rulings: Get immediate access to the latest oracle text, rulings, and card interactions to settle disputes or clarify rules during gameplay. Legality Information: Check a card's legality across all MTG formats at a glance, ensuring your decks are always tournament-ready. EDHREC Integration: Discover related cards and build better decks with seamless access to EDHREC's extensive database of card recommendations. Customizable Multiplayer Life Counter: Track life totals for multiple players with our intuitive life counter interface, perfect for multiplayer games like Commander. Quickly access the card scanner from the game for on-the-fly rulings and card information. Support for poison counters, commander damage, super-simple drag & drop monarch token, and many more convenient and unique game features. Awesome customization options for the Multiplayer Life Tracking feature, custom art backgrounds, fonts, effects and animations. Transform your MTG experience with Mythic Tools, the all-in-one app that takes your gameplay and card management to the next level. Download now and unlock the full potential of your Magic: The Gathering games!

About

TMB Reference Guide

Access comprehensive reference sheets for the Too Many Bones board game. This app provides all Gearloc and Tyrant reference sheets, including a full list of skills, to enhance your gameplay experience.

Highlights
  • Gearloc reference sheets
  • Tyrant reference sheets
  • Full skill lists
  • Game strategy aid
  • Offline access
Features
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Reference guide for Too Many Bones game. Contains all the Gearloc and Tyrant reference sheets with full list of skills.

Screenshots

Mythic Tools MTG4 screens
TMB Reference Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: TMB Reference Guide at free against Mythic Tools MTG's free with in-app purchases. TMB Reference Guide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Mythic Tools MTG's advantage is ratings volume (3.3K vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mythic Tools MTG sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and TMB Reference Guide sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TMB Reference Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mythic Tools MTG has 3.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mythic Tools MTG ships an update every 6 days, TMB Reference Guide every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mythic Tools MTG versus TMB Reference Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMythic Tools MTGTMB Reference Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.3K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size636 MB31 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperStudio MythicPetr Hejkal

Customer experience

Mythic Tools MTG

All ratings3,348 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews225 reviews
Positive84.9%
Neutral7.6%
Negative7.6%

TMB Reference Guide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Mythic Tools MTG

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Deck stats disappearing
  • Imported decks not transferring correctly
  • Crashes when updating deck lists
  • Inconsistent behavior with card scanning

Requested features

6 requests
  • Shared deck library for play groups
  • Ability to track games with guests
  • Manual game entry option
  • Sorting and filtering by card properties
  • Integration with external deck building tools
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  • Customizable price sources for card values

TMB Reference Guide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Mythic Tools MTG

Subscriptions2
  • Mythic+$9.991 Month
  • Mythic+$89.991 Year
One-time7
  • Garage the Gathering Theme$2.99
  • Mythic X-MAS!$2.99
  • After Hours$2.99
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  • Mythic Burn$2.99
  • SOLRING Theme$2.99
  • Mythic Toolbox Full Version$4.99
  • DrLupo Life Counter Theme$5.99
15 purchases

TMB Reference Guide

One-time15
  • Trover$0.99
  • The Automaton of Shale$0.99
  • Ghillie$1.99
Show 12 more
  • Nugget$1.99
  • Gasket$1.99
  • Static$1.99
  • Polaris$1.99
  • Carcass$1.99
  • Dart$1.99
  • Riffle$1.99
  • Lab Rats$1.99
  • Splice & Dice$2.99
  • Undertow$6.99
  • Unbreakable$6.99
  • All-in$19.99

Questions

Is Mythic Tools MTG free?
Mythic Tools MTG is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TMB Reference Guide free?
TMB Reference Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mythic Tools MTG or TMB Reference Guide?
TMB Reference Guide is rated higher. Mythic Tools MTG averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while TMB Reference Guide averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mythic Tools MTG or TMB Reference Guide have ads?
Neither Mythic Tools MTG nor TMB Reference Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mythic Tools MTG or TMB Reference Guide?
Mythic Tools MTG ships an update every 6 days, and TMB Reference Guide every 3 weeks. Most recently, Mythic Tools MTG was updated on October 13, 2026 and TMB Reference Guide on October 5, 2026.

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