Stacked Deck vs MemDeck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stacked Deck
This utility app aids magicians in learning, maintaining, and testing stacked deck and memorized deck techniques. It's specifically designed for those who perform or wish to perform magic using these specialized card handling methods.
- Learn stacked deck techniques
- Maintain memorized decks
- Test card skills
- Specialized for magicians
- Card trick utility
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A utility to help you learn, maintain, and test stacked deck and memorized deck skills. If you're a magician that works (or would like to work) with a stacked deck or a memorized deck, this is the app for you. For anyone else, it's probably not appropriate.
MemDeck
Practice card memorization with this app that shuffles decks and tests your recall. Track your progress and compete globally. Adjust deck size for all skill levels.
- Card shuffling and display
- Memorization timing
- Automatic answer checking
- Results recording
- Adjustable deck size
- Global leaderboards
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This app helps you practice card memorization. MemDeck shuffles a deck of cards and shows you the order. You see the cards to memorize the order. The app records how long do you take to memorize the cards and automatically checks your answer. The results are recorded and you can check them later. MemDeck helps not only pro memory athletes but also beginners! You can reduce the number of cards and practice with a smaller size of the deck. Sign in to Apple's GameCenter to see the world ranking of 13, 26, 39, and 52 cards.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MemDeck at Free against Stacked Deck's $4.99. MemDeck also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (100% vs 64%). Stacked Deck's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume 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
MemDeck is free to download; Stacked Deck costs $4.99 up front. MemDeck sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Stacked Deck asks for nothing beyond the download.
MemDeck holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Stacked Deck's written reviews are positive against 100% of MemDeck's.
Stacked Deck ships an update every 6 months, MemDeck every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and August 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stacked Deck | MemDeck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kelvin Sherlock | Wataru Mera |
Customer experience
Stacked Deck
MemDeck
In-app purchases
Stacked Deck
No in-app purchases
MemDeck
- Premium$4.99
