Four Cores vs Highground
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Four Cores
This app serves as a comprehensive companion for the Sorcery: Contested Realm trading card game. It offers detailed card information, deck building tools, strategy videos, and a live play counter.
- Card search with TCGPlayer prices
- Official FAQ rulings
- Deck building and sharing
- Strategy video feed
- Mana/Life counter
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Four Cores is an (Unofficial) all-in-one utility app for the Sorcery: Contested Realm trading card game. • Search and find details on every card, including TCGPlayer.com prices and official FAQ rulings. • Build and share decklists. • Find strategy and gameplay videos from the best Sorcery creators in a centralized content feed. • Level up your game with an in-app Mana / Life counter for live play. Four Cores is an independent fan-made companion app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Erik's Curiosa Limited, the maker of Sorcery: Contested Realm.
Highground
Track your base health and manage game progress for the SW Unlimited card game. Features custom base options, color choices, and epic action/initiative tracking for a streamlined experience.
- Score keeping for SW Unlimited
- Base health tracking
- Custom base options
- Base color customization
- Action tracking
- Initiative tracking
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Highground is a score keeper for the SW Unlimited card game! With a simple, energy efficient interface, keep track of your base health in the iconic card game. Custom base options, base colors are supported, as well as epic action and initiative tracking!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Highground at every 4 days against Four Cores's every 4 months. Highground also leads on ratings volume (77 vs 24). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Four Cores against 4.9 for Highground. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 77 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Four Cores ships an update every 4 months, Highground every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Four Cores | Highground |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (24 ratings) — better | 4.9 (77 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 77 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Herbig | Jaxon Evans |
Customer experience
Four Cores
Highground
In-app purchases
Four Cores
No in-app purchases
Highground
No in-app purchases
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