Comparison

Cardivorous vs Decksmith

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

Head to head
About

Cardivorous

Manage your Magic: The Gathering collection with AI-powered deck building, card scanning, and collection analysis. Track card values, optimize decks, and access your collection offline. Perfect for collectors and players.

Highlights
  • AI Deck Builder
  • Advanced Card Scanner
  • Collection Statistics
  • Multi-Format Deck Support
  • Real-time Price Tracking
  • Offline Access
  • Cloud Sync
Features
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Transform your Magic: The Gathering experience with Cardivore - the ultimate collection manager powered by cutting-edge AI technology. PREMIUM AI FEATURES • AI Deck Builder - Generate competitive decks from your collection with strategic insights • Comprehensive Deck Analysis - Get detailed strengths, weaknesses, and improvement suggestions • AI Deck Advisor Chat - Interactive assistant for deck optimization and strategy advice • Collection Review AI - Comprehensive analysis of your entire collection with acquisition recommendations POWERFUL SCANNING & COLLECTION • Advanced Card Scanner - Instantly identify cards with camera recognition • Batch Scanning - Process multiple cards simultaneously for efficient collection building • Smart Search - Find cards by name with autocomplete and filters • Collection Statistics - Track your collection value, rarity distribution, and growth DECK MANAGEMENT • Multi-Format Support - Commander, Standard, Limited, and custom formats • Deck Validation - Format compliance checking and card legality • Visual Deck Builder - Intuitive interface with mana curve analysis • Export & Share - Save and share your deck creations ADVANCED FEATURES • Commander Hub - Dedicated tools for EDH players • Price Tracking - Real-time card values and collection worth • Premium Loading Animations - Beautiful, engaging user experience • Offline Support - Access your collection without internet • Cloud Sync - Seamless backup across all your devices CREDIT SYSTEM Unlock premium AI features with our flexible credit system. Purchase credits to access advanced AI analysis and deck building capabilities. Perfect for collectors, competitive players, and casual Magic fans alike. Download Cardivore and revolutionize how you manage your Magic collection! Note that Cardivore is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.

About

Decksmith

Effortlessly manage your Magic: The Gathering collection with real-time card scanning and price tracking. Build and validate decks for various formats, analyze their composition, and connect with a community of players. Enjoy offline access and robust privacy controls.

Highlights
  • Real-time card scanning
  • Automatic price tracking
  • Format-aware deck building
  • Collection inventory management
  • Offline access
  • Community features
  • Privacy controls
Features
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Your entire Magic collection, in your pocket. Decksmith turns your iPhone into a card scanner, a price tracker, a format-aware deck builder and a social hub for players — wrapped in a fast, beautiful, native interface. Point your camera at a card and it is recognised in real time. Name, set, rarity, artwork and current market price are filled in automatically. No typing. No spreadsheets. — SCAN. TAP. COLLECTED. — • Real-time card recognition straight from the camera — no manual entry • One-tap confirm adds the card, its artwork and its full data to your collection • Pick the exact printing you own, set foil or non-foil, and track multiple copies • Every card image is stored on device, so your collection stays gorgeous offline — KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH — Live market prices in USD or EUR. Decksmith keeps the price you paid alongside today's value, for every single card, so you can see at a glance what your collection has done — card by card and as a whole. Refresh whenever you want an update. — A DECK BUILDER THAT KNOWS THE RULES — Build for Standard, Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Pauper or Casual. Decksmith enforces deck size and copy limits for the format you chose, gives Commander its own dedicated slot, and tells you the moment a deck is legal. — SEE THE SHAPE OF YOUR DECK — An automatic mana curve, card-type distribution and average mana value for every deck you build. Spot the missing two-drop before your opponent does. — FIND ANY CARD, INSTANTLY — Search the full Magic card database or your own collection. Filter by colour, rarity, card type, set, mana cost, foil finish and double-faced cards. Sort by name, price or date added. Switch between grid and list whenever it suits you. — SMART LISTS — Build lists that fill themselves. Save any combination of filters as a smart list — trade binder, EDH staples, everything foil under €5 — and it updates itself as your collection grows. Or curate a list by hand. Give each one its own icon and colour. — YOUR CARDS, FULL SCREEN — A gallery mode built for staring at cardboard. High-resolution art, glowing foil borders on your foils, pinch to zoom into the tiniest detail, swipe from card to card. Double-faced cards flip with a tap. — EVEN BETTER TOGETHER — Join the Decksmith Community and the app opens up: publish decks with one tap, collect likes and comments, follow the players whose brews you love, browse their collections and decks for inspiration, send friend requests, and keep up with everything in a live activity feed. — PRIVACY YOU ACTUALLY CONTROL — The whole app works offline, with no account and no sign-up — your collection lives on your device. Create an account only if you want cloud sync across your iPhone and iPad, or the community features. Then decide exactly what is visible: profile visibility, whether you are discoverable, and whether new decks default to public or private. Block anyone. Export or delete your data at any time. — IMPORT AND EXPORT, NO LOCK-IN — Bring your collection with you via CSV from the popular collection and deck-building sites, or restore a full Decksmith backup — collection, decks and lists included. Export your data to a single file whenever you like and share it via AirDrop, mail or cloud storage. — BUILT LIKE AN APPLE APP — Written from scratch in SwiftUI. Dark from the first pixel, tuned for 120 Hz, alive with haptics, and quick everywhere it counts. No subscription. No ads. No account required. Card data and images provided by Scryfall. Decksmith is an unofficial fan app and is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Wizards of the Coast. Magic: The Gathering is © Wizards of the Coast LLC. Start scanning. Start building.

Screenshots

Cardivorous4 screens
Decksmith4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Decksmith at none against Cardivorous's 5. Cardivorous's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cardivorous sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Decksmith asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cardivorous against 5.0 for Decksmith. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cardivorous has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cardivorous ships an update weekly, Decksmith every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cardivorous versus Decksmith: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardivorousDecksmith
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB24 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperDavid ShettlerWaldemar Schneider

Customer experience

Cardivorous

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Decksmith

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Cardivorous

One-time5
  • 100 Credit Pack$5.00
  • 250 Cardivore Credits$12.00
  • 500 Cardivore Credits$23.00
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  • 1000 Cardivore Credits$45.00
  • 2500 Cardivore Credits$100.00
None

Decksmith

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cardivorous free?
Cardivorous is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Decksmith free?
Decksmith is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cardivorous or Decksmith?
Cardivorous and Decksmith are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Cardivorous or Decksmith have ads?
Neither Cardivorous nor Decksmith shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cardivorous or Decksmith?
Cardivorous ships an update weekly, and Decksmith every 3 weeks. Most recently, Cardivorous was updated on September 10, 2026 and Decksmith on August 21, 2026.

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