TCGSim vs Card Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TCGSim
Practice popular trading card games solo with this easy-to-use app. It supports deck tuning, strategy research, and includes features like free card manipulation and dice rolls. Customize your experience with optional in-app purchases.
- Solo play for 1-2 player fields
- Free card manipulation
- Deck and card management
- Import decks via codes/CSV
- Dice roll and coin toss
- Customizable backgrounds
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A must-have app for TCG players! This app is a simple and easy-to-use solo play app for popular trading card games. Use it for deck tuning and strategy research. Supported TCG Examples: - Yu-Gi-Oh! - Pokémon TCG (Pokémon Card) - Duel Masters *This app is a non-official app for each TCG. Key Features: - Solo play (supports 1-player and 2-player fields) - Free card manipulation - Deck management (create/edit/delete) - Card management (create/edit/delete) – up to 500 cards - Download cards/decks from deck codes or CSV files - Dice roll / coin toss functions In-App Purchases (Optional): - Remove ads - Increase deck registration limit - Customize card back images Customize field background images *For the setting method, please refer to the X (old twitter) account below. https://twitter.com/TCGSim
Card Maker
Design your own unique monster cards by selecting frames, effects, monster art, and backgrounds. Start creating your personalized collection today and enjoy a fun, creative experience.
- Customizable card frames
- Selectable effects
- Monster art options
- Background image choices
- Unique card creation
- Collection building
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Create your own monster card! You can choose the frame, effect, monster, background image as you like, making a unique card just for you! Start playing now and complete your collection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Card Maker at 4.7 against TCGSim's 3.0. Card Maker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (89 vs 2). TCGSim's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months). 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. TCGSim sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Card Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Card Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Card Maker has 89 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of TCGSim's written reviews are positive against 50% of Card Maker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TCGSim ships an update every 3 months, Card Maker every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TCGSim | Card Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (89 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 89 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 167 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenta Hayakawa | INHYUK CHOI |
Customer experience
TCGSim
Card Maker
In-app purchases
TCGSim
- Unlock Custom Field Image$1.99
- Unlock Custom Card Back$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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- Unlock Deck Slots$2.99
Card Maker
No in-app purchases
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