MagicCon vs Purplemana
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MagicCon
Navigate your convention experience with this official app. Access event schedules, detailed maps, guest information, and real-time updates. Activate your badge within the app to unlock exclusive features.
- Event schedule and programming
- Detailed convention center maps
- Guest and artist profiles
- Real-time push notifications
- Badge activation for immersive features
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The MagicCon mobile app is your ultimate companion for navigating MagicCon: Amsterdam. Designed to enhance your weekend experience, this app puts all the information you need right at your fingertips! 1. Event Schedule and Programing Plan your weekend with an up-to-date schedule of panels, ticketed play events, signings, and other activities. Browse different stages, event types, and don't forget to set reminders, so you never miss a moment. 2. Maps Easily find your way around the convention center with all of our detailed show maps! Location of Magic Marketplace exhibitors, Art of Magic artists, play areas, panel rooms, and more. 3. Guest and Artist Info Check out profiles for our special guests and featured artists. Get signing schedules and booth locations so you can plan your meet-and-greet moments. 4. Push Notifications & Updates Stay informed with real-time alerts about schedule changes, exclusive announcements, or show updates throughout the weekend. 5. Badge Activation & Gaming Use the badge activation directly in the mobile app to unlock immersive features, the game hub, and more happening throughout the show!
Purplemana
Instantly identify and price your trading cards from over 70 games. Track your collection's value over time without spreadsheets and make informed decisions for buying and selling.
- Instant card pricing
- Collection value tracking
- Fast card scanning
- Support for 70+ games
- Informed buy/sell decisions
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Turn every pull into clarity—know what your trading cards are worth instantly. Purplemana helps you scan, price, and track your trading card collection across 70+ games, so you can buy smarter, trade confidently, and never lose track of value. KEY BENEFITS • Get instant card prices so you can negotiate trades with confidence • Track your collection’s value over time—without spreadsheets • Scan faster, even with cards in sleeves, to add cards in seconds • Collect across games in one place (Magic, Pokémon, One Piece, and more) • Make better buy/sell decisions with reliable, up-to-date pricing data HOW IT WORKS Scan a card with your camera to identify it and pull the latest market price. Add it to your collection to track what you own and watch your total value update as prices move. WHO IT’S FOR Collectors, traders, and players who want a fast trading card scanner, accurate TCG pricing, and a simple way to manage a growing collection. Download Purplemana and scan your first card now.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Purplemana at 4.0 against MagicCon's 2.4. Purplemana also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 15%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months). MagicCon's advantage is ratings volume (119 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Purplemana holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MagicCon has 119 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of MagicCon's written reviews are positive against 50% of Purplemana's.
MagicCon ships an update every 4 months, Purplemana every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MagicCon | Purplemana |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (119 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 119 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 230 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Reed Elsevier Inc. | PMX Labs Inc |
Customer experience
MagicCon
Purplemana
In-app purchases
MagicCon
No in-app purchases
Purplemana
No in-app purchases








