Comparison

Commander Tracker vs cmdTower

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

Head to head
About

Commander Tracker

Easily track life totals, commander tax, and card abilities during Magic: The Gathering Commander games. This tool offers a simple interface for real-time monitoring and adjustments, enhancing your gameplay experience.

Highlights
  • Life total tracking
  • Commander tax monitoring
  • Card ability counter management
  • Real-time value adjustments
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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MTG Commander Tracker is a user-friendly tool designed to enhance your Magic: The Gathering Commander Sessions. This mobile app allows players to create and manage counters, monitor changes in real-time, and adjust values with a simple interface. Perfect for tracking anything from life totals to commander tax to individual card abilities, MTG Commander Tracker makes it easy to stay on top of your game.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Track commander damage
  • Support for up to 6 players
  • Track storm, poison, energy, and radiation counters
  • Customize starting values
  • Works for 60-card formats
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Commander Tracker3 screens
cmdTower4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: cmdTower at every 9 days against Commander Tracker's every 5 weeks. Commander Tracker's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.3 vs 18.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Commander Tracker against 5.0 for cmdTower. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Commander Tracker ships an update every 5 weeks, cmdTower every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Commander Tracker versus cmdTower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommander TrackercmdTower
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.3 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermichael limaHellish Creative LLC

Customer experience

Commander Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

cmdTower

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Commander Tracker

No in-app purchases

None

cmdTower

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Commander Tracker free?
Commander Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is cmdTower free?
cmdTower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Commander Tracker or cmdTower?
Commander Tracker and cmdTower are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Commander Tracker or cmdTower have ads?
Neither Commander Tracker nor cmdTower shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Commander Tracker or cmdTower?
Commander Tracker ships an update every 5 weeks, and cmdTower every 9 days. Most recently, Commander Tracker was updated on June 1, 2026 and cmdTower on July 6, 2026.

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