Comparison

MagicCon vs TCG Guilds

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Event schedule and programming
  • Detailed convention center maps
  • Guest and artist profiles
  • Real-time push notifications
  • Badge activation for immersive features
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!

About

TCG Guilds

Features
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TCG Guilds is a deck simulator, card scanner and local trade finder for Magic: The Gathering Commander players. One collection, on iPhone and on the web. BUILD FROM A PRECON Search 165 ready-made Commander decks by set, precon or commander. Pick one and it lands as a real deck with the product's exact printings, ready to make your own. Or paste a list from Moxfield or Archidekt. PLAY IT BEFORE GAME NIGHT Game Sim plays your exact list out 1,500 times under casual, high-power or cEDH assumptions and scores it on speed, consistency, interaction and focus. Every turn shows the odds: mana to spend, lands hit, commander on the battlefield, engines up and running. A plain-English read tells you what to fix first. SCAN YOUR CARDS Point the camera at a card — sleeved, in a binder page, under shop lighting. Each card is read, matched to its set, printing and price, and saved only when you confirm. Voice logging and CSV import too. FIND TRADES NEARBY Join a guild — your playgroup or your local game store — and TCG Guilds reads every guildmate's shelf against every one of your decks, in both directions. Arrange it in the app and swap in person. Nothing ships, nobody holds your cards, there is no cut. KNOW YOUR COLLECTION Value, counts, printings, and which deck or binder holds each copy. Free for your first 3,500 cards and 5 decks. Premium lifts the caps for $3.99/month or $39.99/year, billed through the App Store. TCG Guilds is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Wizards of the Coast Fan Content Policy. Not approved or endorsed by Wizards. Card data and images via Scryfall. SUBSCRIPTION INFO TCG Guilds is free to use. Optional TCG Guilds Premium is available at $3.99/month. Premium unlocks unlimited deck creation and card storage. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://www.tcgguilds.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.bridgecalm.com/terms

Screenshots

MagicCon4 screens
TCG Guilds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MagicCon at none against TCG Guilds's 2. TCG Guilds's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. TCG Guilds sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. MagicCon asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MagicCon ships an update every 4 months, TCG Guilds every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MagicCon versus TCG Guilds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagicConTCG Guilds
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (119 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews14.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings119 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB47 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperReed Elsevier Inc.Liam Nguyen

In-app purchases

None

MagicCon

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

TCG Guilds

Subscriptions2
  • TCG Guild$3.991 Month
  • TCG Guilds$39.991 Year

Questions

Is MagicCon free?
MagicCon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TCG Guilds free?
TCG Guilds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MagicCon or TCG Guilds have ads?
Neither MagicCon nor TCG Guilds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MagicCon or TCG Guilds?
MagicCon ships an update every 4 months, and TCG Guilds every 5 days. Most recently, MagicCon was updated on October 15, 2026 and TCG Guilds on October 10, 2026.

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