Helvault vs Disa's Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Helvault
Effortlessly manage your Magic: The Gathering card collection with an AI-powered scanner. Organize, filter, and analyze your cards with detailed stats and pricing information. Sync across devices and export your collection.
- AI-powered MTG card scanner
- Unlimited card collection storage
- Detailed collection statistics
- Card pricing and details
- CSV collection export
- iCloud syncing
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Helvault is a collection manager for Magic: The Gathering players and collectors who want to spend more time enjoying their cards, instead of typing names... With a powerful card scanner featuring an exclusive AI, Helvault is capable of identifying cards from all Magic's history without a hassle. Sort, filter, play and understand your card collection like never before! Key features: - Powerful MTG card scanner - Unlimited cards on your collection - Detailed stats about your collection - Card details, including prices - Export your collection as a CSV file - iCloud Syncing between devices - No ads, forever Helvault brings unlimited card collection management to your mobile device, for free. Some features however are unlocked through NON-RECURRING purchases (they are NOT subscriptions).
Disa's Diary
This utility app helps users track specific game tokens and their types within a graveyard. It offers a straightforward, single-screen interface for managing these game elements without any advertisements or in-app purchases.
- Track Tarmogoyf tokens
- Mark permanent types in graveyards
- Count specific token types
- Simple one-screen interface
- No ads
- Free to use
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Free. No ads. Create and track Tarmogoyf tokens. Mark which permanent types are in graveyards, and count how many of specific types there are. It really is a simple no-frills one-screen solution to a problem.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Disa's Diary at 5.0 against Helvault's 4.2. Disa's Diary also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Helvault's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (293 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Helvault sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Disa's Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.
Disa's Diary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Helvault has 293 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Helvault ships an update fortnightly, Disa's Diary every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Helvault | Disa's Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (293 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 293 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vitor Cesco | Andrew Benson |
Customer experience
Helvault
Disa's Diary
Bugs and requests
Helvault
Reported bugs
4 issues- Keypad issues when searching
- Disappearing settings icons
- Incorrect set identification for some cards
- Missing card prices and details
Requested features
5 requests- Deck building and management tools
- Advanced search and filtering options
- Bulk card management and transfer
- Improved support for special card versions and frames
- Seamless data migration from legacy app
Disa's Diary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Helvault
- Common Donation$0.99
- Rare Donation$4.99
- iCloud Syncing$4.99
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- Advanced Card Export/Import$6.99
- MTG Card Scanner - Lifetime$9.99
- Mythic Donation$9.99
Disa's Diary
No in-app purchases
