Crack A Card vs cmdTower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crack A Card
Create custom home screen widgets to display artwork from thousands of Magic: The Gathering cards. Explore cards within the app, filter by set or format, and save your favorites.
- Custom home screen widgets
- Display Magic: The Gathering card art
- Filter by set or format
- In-app random card generator
- Favorite card saving
- Multiple widget configurations
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Make simple widgets to display artworks from the many thousands of Magic: The Gathering cards to add a little bit of color to your home screen. Crack A Card uses Scryfall's random card generator to add a little bit of magic to your home screen. But, if you don't wan't to pull from every era of Magic, you can limit yourself to a specific set, group of sets or format. If you want, you can explore the wide world of Magic cards simply within the app through the random generator. And don't forget to mark your favorites so you can come back to them later! Additionally, you can create unique widgets, separate from the settings of the main app for many different widgets on your Home Screen, each with a different filter. Crack A Card is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.
cmdTower
This companion app simplifies tabletop gaming by allowing players to easily track commander damage, various counters, and game configurations. It supports up to six players and is designed for quick setup and focus on gameplay.
- Track commander damage
- Support for up to 6 players
- Track storm, poison, energy, and radiation counters
- Customize starting values
- Works for 60-card formats
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cmdTower is a commander-first table top companion. Made with simplicity as a core pillar, it takes just one tap to begin a game. Your focus should be casting spells and hanging out with friends, not worrying about missing damage or companion apps asking too many questions. Let cmdTower be your 'command tower' and guide the way! Track commander damage - Quickly track the commander damage dealt to you and by whom. Don’t get caught off-guard, and better prioritize your targets. Up to 5 of your favorite frenemies - Play with yourself, up to 5 of your favorite friends, or any combination between. No need to argue about who goes first either! Feeling salty? No judgement here! Track those counters - Easily track storm, poison, energy, experience, and even radiation damage alongside the normal health/commander damage stats. Get useful utilities during game - Lookup card rules, roll dice, track the game time, and more all without leaving a game! Configure your experience - Customize the default starting values, making it even easier to get into a game if you commonly use certain setups. Not "just' commander! - cmdTower works great for regular 60 card formats, and with it's customizable configurations, probably works for how you want to play as well! Magic on your home screen - View daily card art, or quickly jump into a game from your home screen! — Magic The Gathering is property of Wizards Of The Coast. This app and related content are produced under Wizard's fan policy which means everything here is completely free, and unofficial.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: cmdTower at none against Crack A Card's 5. Crack A Card's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. Crack A Card sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. cmdTower asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Crack A Card against 5.0 for cmdTower. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Crack A Card ships an update every 4 days, cmdTower every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crack A Card | cmdTower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Litteken | Hellish Creative |
Customer experience
Crack A Card
cmdTower
In-app purchases
Crack A Card
- Common Donation$0.99
- Uncommon Donation$1.99
- Rare Donation$4.99
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- Mythic Donation$9.99
- A Whole Draft Donation$19.99
cmdTower
No in-app purchases









