Cantrip vs CardWisp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cantrip
Easily build and manage your Magic: The Gathering decks. Search and filter cards from any set, and quickly add, remove, or sideboard cards with intuitive gestures.
- Powerful deck builder
- Card search and filtering
- Add/remove cards with swipe
- Sideboard management
- Supports all card sets
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Cantrip is an poweful and easy to use deck builder for Magic: The Gathering. With Cantrip you can filter and search for cards from any set. Building decks is quick and easy using Cantrips deck builder which lets you add, remove, and sideboard cards with a swipe.
CardWisp
Manage your Magic: The Gathering game night with this all-in-one companion app. Track life totals for multiple players, build and refine decks with powerful tools, and easily scan and organize your card collection.
- Multiplayer life tracking
- Commander damage matrix
- Full deck builder with Scryfall search
- Card collection scanner (OCR)
- Binder organization
- Foil tracking
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One app for your whole game night. CardWisp is a Magic: The Gathering companion built for players who want to spend less time juggling apps and more time playing. Track life totals at the table, build and tune decks on the bus, scan your collection on the couch. All from one home. LIFE TRACKER • 2 to 6 players, with portrait or landscape layouts • Commander damage matrix, poison, energy, experience, monarch • "Who goes first" gold-pulse D20, plus a full DnD dice roller • No more reaching for a separate app mid-game DECK BUILDER • Full deck building with live Scryfall search • Paste a Moxfield or Archidekt list and CardWisp imports it card by card with a real progress bar • Auto-detected Commander Brackets (1 to 5), with a one-tap override • Mana curve, average CMC, color balance, type breakdown • Secret Lair flavor names (Hatsune Miku, Marvel, Universes Within) display correctly • Token search, commander picker, full card art viewer PLAYTEST (PRO) • Test-drive any deck solo, no opponent needed • Draw, Scry, Surveil, Mill, and search your library • Free-form battlefield: move cards between hand, play, graveyard, and exile • Counters, custom tokens, and transform cards • Track life and turns as you rehearse your opening COLLECTION • Card scanner powered by OCR. Point your camera at any card name. • Smart printing matcher with foil-glare hint and a "Wrong printing? Choose…" picker • Binder organization for sets, decks-in-progress, or however you like • Search and add cards from Scryfall directly • Foil tracking with separate price display FREE TIER • 500 unique cards in your collection • 10 decks • 25 card scans per day • All Life Tracker features, no limits PRO • Monthly $1.99, Yearly $19.99 (about $1.66/mo), or Lifetime $79.99 (one-time, no subscription) • Unlimited collection, decks, and scans • Playtest: test-drive any deck solo before game night • The lifetime tier is for people who don't want a subscription. We don't see one anywhere else. PRIVACY CardWisp doesn't sell your data, doesn't use advertising trackers, and doesn't share your collection with anyone. Card scan images are processed and discarded, never stored. TERMS OF USE CardWisp uses Apple's Standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ CardWisp is an independent fan project. Magic: The Gathering and all related card names and images are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC. CardWisp is not produced, endorsed, or supported by Wizards of the Coast.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CardWisp at 100% against Cantrip's 57%. CardWisp also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Cantrip's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume, 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. CardWisp sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Cantrip asks for nothing beyond the download.
CardWisp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Cantrip's written reviews are positive against 100% of CardWisp's.
Cantrip ships an update every 4 months, CardWisp every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cantrip | CardWisp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | White Bridge Labs | Jimiai Ajikaia |
Customer experience
Cantrip
CardWisp
In-app purchases
Cantrip
No in-app purchases
CardWisp
- Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$79.99









