Phenol55 vs TCG Archivist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Phenol55
Manage your wine collection from your iOS device. View detailed bottle information, read or write tasting notes, and schedule pickups or deliveries. This app is exclusively for members cellaring wine with the service.
- Manage wine collection
- View bottle images
- Read tasting notes
- Write tasting notes
- Schedule pickup/delivery
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PHENOL55 enables members to manage their wine collection from their iOS device. Zoomable full bottle images View wine details and inventory totals Read professional tasting notes Write your own tasting notes Schedule a pick-up or delivery for your wine in inventory PHENOL55 is only available to members that are cellaring their wine with PHENOL55.
TCG Archivist
Manage your Magic: The Gathering card collection without sorting. Scan cards into labeled locations for instant retrieval. Track collection value, build decks from your inventory, and find any card in seconds.
- Scan cards into labeled storage
- No sorting required
- Instant card retrieval
- Real-time collection value tracking
- Build decks from owned cards
- Searchable and filterable collection
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TCG Archivist is the ultimate collection management tool for Magic: The Gathering players. We believe sorting your collection is the wrong approach. Sorting is time consuming, impossible to maintain, and never actually gives you a clear picture of what you own. TCG Archivist is built around a better system. One that the world's most efficient warehouses and retailers have used for decades. Scan your cards into labeled storage locations. No sorting required. When you need a card search the app, find the location, and have it in your hand in under a minute. Your entire collection becomes fully searchable, filterable, and always up to date. Know exactly what you own. Track your collection value in real time. Build decks from cards you actually have. Find any card in seconds. For players with larger collections the CSC100 hardware scanner makes building your digital catalog dramatically faster, but any camera will get you started today. Your collection. Always searchable. Always in reach. Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Phenol55 at none against TCG Archivist's 1. TCG Archivist's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (51 vs 6). On price, rating, 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. TCG Archivist sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Phenol55 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Phenol55 against 4.2 for TCG Archivist. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TCG Archivist has 51 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Phenol55 ships an update every 2 months, TCG Archivist every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phenol55 | TCG Archivist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | 4.2 (51 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 51 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 514 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Riverbend | TCG Archivist LLC |
Customer experience
Phenol55
TCG Archivist
In-app purchases
Phenol55
No in-app purchases
TCG Archivist
- Monthly Sub$4.991 Month









