Comparison

SWU Hyperbuild vs Life

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

Head to head
About

SWU Hyperbuild

This app helps you create and manage decks for a card game. It features a complete card database, deck statistics, and offline access to your saved decks. It also includes tools for managing your card collection and generating tournament forms.

Highlights
  • Complete card database
  • Intuitive deck builder
  • Deck statistics and analysis
  • Card collection management
  • Offline access to decks
  • Tournament form generator
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SWU Hyperbuild is your ultimate companion for building and managing decks in SWU. Whether you’re a seasoned card game veteran or just starting your journey, our app provides an intuitive and powerful deck building experience. Key Features: Complete card database with regular updates Easy-to-use deck builder Deck statistics and analysis Card collection management Offline access to your saved decks Base Damage Tracker Tournament Form Generator, email sender

About

Life

A streamlined life tracker for competitive 1v1 Magic: The Gathering matches. It offers simple controls, game state tracking for common counters, and integrated note-taking for post-game analysis. Supports deck importing and Scryfall integration for quick card lookups.

Highlights
  • 1v1 life tracking
  • Game state counter tracking
  • Integrated note-taking
  • Deck importing and linking
  • Scryfall card lookup
  • Event history logging
  • Match timer
Features
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A life tracker for competitive 1v1 Magic: The Gathering. Clean layout, simple controls, and nothing unnecessary. Most players already know how to track a game. A notepad, two columns, a running tally of life totals. It's simple and it works. Life-Pad follows the same structure. The layout uses two columns like a notepad, adjustments happen with a tap, and the interface requires little explanation. This app has been designed to get out of your way so you can focus on the match. Life tracking here works the way you'd expect: every life change recorded in order. Adjustments can be staged before committing, so a complex combat step doesn't require rushed math. Common game counters (poison, monarch, initiative, night/day, and floating mana) are accessible without needing extra dice or separate tracking. For tournaments that require it: notes can be locked to the main screen so they're visible to players at all times. Recording known card information has been designed from the ground-up to be as quick and simple as possible in game - one tap to enter a card and one tap to dismiss it with customizable 'quick card' buttons available as well. Most other apps just can't provide the utility of pen and paper. Whether it's a Commander-focused app with four-player interfaces and a multitude of sub-menus, or a minimal counter with just plus and minus buttons, most life trackers don't offer match structure, notes, or history. Once the game ends, the information is gone. When at a tournament or FNM simply set up the event by giving it a name and every match and game are automatically tracked while they're happening. After the match, Life-Pad supports notetaking while details are still fresh and reviewing past matches across all saved events. It's a practical way to identify patterns or just to simply remember to add more lands. Import decks and link them to events as a snapshot so that you can always reference what was played on that day. Add your decks and track their history by attaching them to events. Scryfall integration provides quick card lookup in deck view or during a game - perfect for confirming modern printings and for the guy who always plays with foreign language cards. Pin up to 5 cards to the side of your play screen for quick reference during a game. All cards in deck or previously searched are stored on device for fast reference even when cell quality isn't perfect. -- Features include: - Clean two-player life tracking built for 1v1 play - Optional top/bottom simplistic tracking for quick games - Full game life total history - Quick access card-name notes for revealed info at a glance - dismiss with a single tap - Game state tracking for player-counters, monarch, initiative, and day/night - Track floating mana in-game - Scryfall integration for fast card lookup - iOS integration allows for Siri and Quick Action card lookup without opening the app - Calculator for determining the correct amount of each basic land for your Limited deck - Optional ability to lock notes to main screen if required per tournament rules - Event logging and persistent in-game and post-game notes - Deck importing, editing, and linking to events as snapshots. - Sideboard guide per deck with notes - Deck exporting as images or as a formatted PDF for tournament submittal - Event history exporting via JSON for backup, restoring, or additional analysis - Top/Bottom traditional 2-player mode for quick games - Match timer with Dynamic Island and Live Activity support - Pre-Set themes including 6 with the classic Magic: the Gathering card borders - iCloud data backup for added reliability on updates & phone migration

Screenshots

SWU Hyperbuild4 screens
Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Life at 5.0 against SWU Hyperbuild's 4.1. SWU Hyperbuild's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

Life holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SWU Hyperbuild ships an update every 9 days, Life weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SWU Hyperbuild versus Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSWU HyperbuildLife
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (7 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size334 MB44 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperBonafide Pro, LLCJoseph Bertolini

Customer experience

SWU Hyperbuild

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Life

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SWU Hyperbuild

No in-app purchases

None

Life

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SWU Hyperbuild free?
SWU Hyperbuild is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Life free?
Life is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SWU Hyperbuild or Life?
Life is rated higher. SWU Hyperbuild averages 4.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Life averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do SWU Hyperbuild or Life have ads?
Neither SWU Hyperbuild nor Life shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SWU Hyperbuild or Life?
SWU Hyperbuild ships an update every 9 days, and Life weekly. Most recently, SWU Hyperbuild was updated on September 19, 2026 and Life on October 16, 2026.

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