Comparison

Cantrip vs MTGRip

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Powerful deck builder
  • Card search and filtering
  • Add/remove cards with swipe
  • Sideboard management
  • Supports all card sets
Features
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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.

About

MTGRip

Simulate opening booster packs from various card game sets, with accurate composition and visually distinct foil cards. Track your collection locally and view card values. Unlock unlimited openings with a one-time tip.

Highlights
  • Open booster packs from 170+ sets
  • Accurate booster composition by set
  • Visually distinct foil card effects
  • Local collection tracking and sorting
  • Live card market prices
  • Detailed pull statistics and history
  • Gyroscope-enabled foil card motion
Features
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A premium booster pack opening simulator. Tear open booster packs from every set - the foundational early-90s releases all the way to the latest premier sets. Accurate booster composition per set. Cards flip, shimmer, and glow based on rarity. Your collection lives on your device. No ads. No subscriptions. Packs regenerate over time. Support the app with a one-time tip to unlock unlimited rips. RIP PACKS FROM EVERY ERA 170+ sets bundled offline, organized by plane, format, and era. Standard, the long-running horizons line, current premier sets, the comedy sets, the original 30-year-old releases - all of it. Pick a set, tear open a pack, see what you pull. ACCURATE BOOSTER COMPOSITION Booster sheet data derived from publicly available sources. Each set uses its own slot structure and rarity weights - modern Play Booster shape with the real 1-in-7 mythic rate, set-specific foil rates, era-accurate slot counts. THE RIP IS EVERYTHING Swipe to tear the foil wrapper. Tap to reveal your cards one at a time. Commons flip fast. Rares pause, glow, and hit harder. Mythic pulls get a cinematic entrance - screen darkens, particles burst, shimmer sweeps across the card. Every pull feels different. FOIL CARDS GET THE SPOTLIGHT Foil pulls are visually distinct everywhere - a gold "FOIL" badge appears on the reveal, in the pack summary, across your collection, and on the card inspect view. Filter your collection to show only the cards you own foil copies of. A METAL-SHADER FOIL SYSTEM Foil cards shimmer with a real-time treatment that responds to motion. In Settings → Card Motion, choose Gyro (foil moves with your phone), Idle (gentle automatic sweep), or None. Tap and hold any card in the inspect view to tilt it manually in 3D. Honors iOS Reduce Motion. TRACK YOUR COLLECTION Every card you've pulled across every set. Grid view, binder view, list view. Sort by rarity, date, set, or value. Filter by rarity, favorites, or foils. Full set checklists show exactly what you're missing. CARD VALUES Live market prices on every card. See what your pulls are worth, sort by value, know which cards matter. STATS & HISTORY Pull history with timestamps. Rarity breakdown. Luckiest pulls. Set completion percentage. Watch your collection grow over time. SUPPORT MTGRIP - UNLOCK UNLIMITED RIPS Three tip tiers, pick what feels right. Any tip unlocks unlimited pack opens — no waiting on the regen timer. Every other feature — foil shimmer, particles, gyro tilt, full collection tracking, stats — is free for everyone. The tip is for unlimited access and to support development. No subscriptions. One tip, yours forever. YOUR COLLECTION STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Cards and pulls are stored locally. No accounts. No ads. No user tracking. Requires iOS 18 or later. MTGRip is an independent, unofficial fan project. It is not produced, endorsed, supported by, or affiliated with any trading card game publisher or rights-holder. All card names, artwork, set names, and related content are the property of their respective owners. Card images and metadata are sourced from a publicly available community API.

Screenshots

Cantrip4 screens
MTGRip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MTGRip at 100% against Cantrip's 57%. MTGRip also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.9) and update cadence (fortnightly 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MTGRip sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Cantrip asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MTGRip holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Cantrip's written reviews are positive against 100% of MTGRip's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cantrip ships an update every 4 months, MTGRip fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cantrip versus MTGRip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCantripMTGRip
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (15 ratings)4.8 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1519 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB28 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperWhite Bridge LabsLavai Labs LLC

Customer experience

Cantrip

All ratings15 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral20.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%

MTGRip

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cantrip

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

MTGRip

One-time3
  • Supporter$2.99
  • Super Supporter$4.99
  • Legendary Supporter$9.99

Questions

Is Cantrip free?
Cantrip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MTGRip free?
MTGRip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cantrip or MTGRip?
MTGRip is rated higher. Cantrip averages 3.9 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while MTGRip averages 4.8 from 19 ratings.
Do Cantrip or MTGRip have ads?
Neither Cantrip nor MTGRip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cantrip or MTGRip?
Cantrip ships an update every 4 months, and MTGRip fortnightly. Most recently, Cantrip was updated on October 16, 2026 and MTGRip on October 16, 2026.

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