Comparison

SnapDrafter vs DeckLab

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

Head to head
About

SnapDrafter

Digitally save, organize, and share your Magic: The Gathering draft decks with ease. Instantly import cards by snapping a photo, track your performance, and access card rulings. Enjoy an ad-free experience for all your drafting needs.

Highlights
  • Instant photo deck capture with OCR
  • Organized digital deck library
  • Track deck performance and stats
  • Export decklists as text
  • Quick card ruling lookups
  • Basic land calculator
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SnapDrafter turns your paper Magic: The Gathering decks into clean, organized digital decklists in seconds. • Snap a photo, get a digital decklist. Point your camera at your decklist and SnapDrafter's on-device OCR reads every card name, fuzzy-matching it against the full Magic card database. Review matches with confidence scores, tap to correct with autocomplete, and save. All processing happens locally on your device without an account. • A toolkit built for draft and cube players. Visualize your deck with mana curve and color distribution charts. Tap any card for its oracle text and official Gatherer rulings. Use the smart basic land calculator, weighted by mana cost, ramp, and fixing. Keep every token your cards create at your fingertips. • Your drafts, archived. SnapDrafter remembers every deck with its date, set or cube, and win-loss record. Filter, sort, revisit your history, and back everything up in one tap. • Share and export. Send your play group a beautiful decklist image with card art and your record, ready for social media. Or copy your deck as a standard text list to import into Cubecobra, Moxfield, Archidekt, and any other tool you love. No ads. No tracking. No cloud. SnapDrafter is local-only and free, supported by donations from players like you. If it makes your draft nights better, consider donating to show your support.

About

DeckLab

Features
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DeckLab is a Magic: The Gathering companion app built for Commander players who want a cleaner way to build, organize, and improve their decks. With DeckLab, you can: - create and manage your Commander decks - choose your commander and add cards easily - organize your personal collection - save cards to your wishlist - search cards quickly - scan cards to save them or check rules - browse popular commanders - get commander suggestions for new deck ideas - share decklists and export your decks - keep everything synced to your account - ask questions about rules and interactions with DeckDoc DeckLab is designed to make deck building feel simpler, faster, and more organized. Whether you are testing ideas, saving lists, tracking your collection, or starting a new Commander project, DeckLab gives you one place to manage it all. Key features: - DeckDoc: intelligent assistant - Commander-focused deck builder - Deck, collection, and wishlist management - Fast card search - Card Scanner - Commander discovery and suggestions - Deck sharing and export tools - Sign in with email, Google, and Apple - DeckLab is an unofficial product made for the Magic community.

Screenshots

SnapDrafter4 screens
DeckLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: DeckLab at 16.0 against SnapDrafter's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SnapDrafter versus DeckLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSnapDrafterDeckLab
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB89 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDorian BrownLuan Martins da Silva

In-app purchases

None

SnapDrafter

No in-app purchases

None

DeckLab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SnapDrafter free?
SnapDrafter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DeckLab free?
DeckLab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SnapDrafter or DeckLab have ads?
Neither SnapDrafter nor DeckLab shows ads.

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