Comparison

Mythic Tools MTG vs Rift Counter

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, manage decks, scan cards for prices and rulings, and discover new strategies with integrated databases.

Highlights
  • Customizable multiplayer life counter
  • Fast and accurate card scanning
  • Real-time pricing information
  • Up-to-date oracle text and rulings
  • Deck management and statistics
  • EDHREC integration
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

Rift Counter

Features
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Rift Counter is a fast, offline score tracker for two players sharing one iPhone at the table. Track points towards victory with dedicated Conquer and Hold controls, roll a shared animated D20, undo mistakes, and keep both players’ scores visible at a glance. Key features: • Two-player shared tabletop layout • Eight-point score tracking • Dedicated Conquer +1 and Hold +1 scoring • Shared animated D20 • Player names and selectable visual identity • Undo for accidental changes • Deliberate reset for a new match • Offline operation • Local-only active match data No account. No ads. No subscription. No card database. No deck builder. No internet connection required. Rift Counter is a manual table aid and an unofficial companion for physical tabletop card play. It does not simulate or resolve cards, calculate costs, enforce rules, track battlefield state, or replace physical cards and the physical play surface. Rift Counter was created under Riot Games' "Legal Jibber Jabber" policy using assets owned by Riot Games. Riot Games does not endorse or sponsor this project.

Screenshots

Mythic Tools MTG4 screens
Rift Counter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rift Counter at none against Mythic Tools MTG's 9. Rift Counter also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). Mythic Tools MTG's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. Rift Counter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mythic Tools MTG ships an update weekly, Rift Counter daily. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mythic Tools MTG versus Rift Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMythic Tools MTGRift Counter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.7K — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size652 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStudio MythicBryan Mc Namara

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

Rift Counter

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
None

Rift Counter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mythic Tools MTG free?
Mythic Tools MTG is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rift Counter free?
Rift Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mythic Tools MTG or Rift Counter have ads?
Neither Mythic Tools MTG nor Rift Counter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mythic Tools MTG or Rift Counter?
Mythic Tools MTG ships an update weekly, and Rift Counter daily. Most recently, Mythic Tools MTG was updated on November 7, 2026 and Rift Counter on October 31, 2026.

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