MagicJudge vs LADDER
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MagicJudge
An AI-powered assistant for Magic: The Gathering players. Get instant, clear explanations for complex rules and gameplay situations. Link rules to specific cards for enhanced understanding and resolve disputes with confidence.
- AI-generated rule explanations
- Comprehensive rule search
- Card tagging for context
- Instant gameplay clarifications
- Effortless rules lookup
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MagicJudge is an AI-powered assistant designed to help you navigate the complex world of Magic: The Gathering. Trained on the official MTG ruleset, it offers quick and reliable rule lookups, ensuring you can resolve disputes or clarify gameplay situations with ease. Features include: - Instant Clarifications: Get clear, AI-generated explanations tailored to your query. - Comprehensive Rule Search: Find precise answers to any rules question, fast. - Card Tagging for Context: Link rules to specific cards for better understanding. - Effortless Lookup: Save time flipping through rulebooks and stay focused on the game. Whether you’re playing casually or competing at a high level, MagicJudge is a great for clear and confident gameplay with your friends. Read the terms of use here: https://t.ly/58U9e Read the privacy policy here: https://t.ly/wMSFw
LADDER
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It's 2026. Every engineer works alongside AI agents, every PM promises an AI-native future, and "just use Claude" is both a solution and a curse. LADDER is a roguelike deckbuilder about the job. You start at L3. You draft a deck out of the things people actually do at work: pairing sessions, design docs, one-on-ones, and the shortcut you will regret in two sprints. You fight the things that actually stop work: scope creep, spec ghosts, the reorg. A run pauses whenever real work interrupts, and resumes right where you left off. THE SATIRE IS IN THE RULES AI-leveraged cards genuinely are faster. Delegate the ticket and it ships by lunch. The card that writes itself costs you one Tech Debt, and Tech Debt is a real resource that really comes due. Nothing here is flavor text pretending to be a mechanic. The shortcuts work, and then the bill arrives. FOUR CAREERS, ONE COMPANY LADDER is free to install, and the Engineer's first two levels cost nothing. The Engineering Manager and the Product Manager each let you play their opening level before you decide. The CEO is a paid role from the start. Each role is a one-time purchase with its own resources, its own enemies, and its own way to win. The EM balances AI Literacy against Politics. The PM races a roadmap clock against stakeholder trust. The CEO does not climb at all, because she is already at the top: her ladder is time, and each tier is another fiscal year she has to survive. All four work at the same company in the same fiscal year. An event you live through as an Engineer is one you caused as a CEO. WHAT YOU GET - Over 600 cards across four characters - Over 380 enemies, from the daily standup to the board room - Over 220 workplace events, most of which have no good option - Over 150 relics, several of which are just bad habits - An AI companion who comments on your run, and occasionally on you No ads. No gacha. No timers on your run. Portrait, one-handed, and the game itself plays offline. The AI companion is the one part that needs a connection: it runs on a daily allowance of Cognits that refills each day, with optional top-ups and a monthly plan if you want more of it. LADDER is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic, OpenAI, or any AI vendor named or parodied within it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://laddergame.ai/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LADDER at every 3 days against MagicJudge's every 9 days. LADDER also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.1). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. MagicJudge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and LADDER sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MagicJudge ships an update every 9 days, LADDER every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MagicJudge | LADDER |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (20 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ambicon ApS | Baran Kucukguzel |
In-app purchases
MagicJudge
- Pro Plan7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Pro Plan Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Pro Plan$29.991 Year
LADDER
- Cognit+$4.991 Month
- Coffee Money$0.99
- The Productivity Pack$2.99
- The Engineer's Climb$4.99
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- Product Manager$5.99
- Engineering Manager$5.99
- Tokenmaxxer Bundle$6.99
- CEO$7.99
- Org Chart Bundle$14.99
- Series A Whale$19.99









