Purplemana vs Riffle Zone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Purplemana
Instantly identify and price your trading cards from over 70 games. Track your collection's value over time without spreadsheets and make informed decisions for buying and selling.
- Instant card pricing
- Collection value tracking
- Fast card scanning
- Support for 70+ games
- Informed buy/sell decisions
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Turn every pull into clarity—know what your trading cards are worth instantly. Purplemana helps you scan, price, and track your trading card collection across 70+ games, so you can buy smarter, trade confidently, and never lose track of value. KEY BENEFITS • Get instant card prices so you can negotiate trades with confidence • Track your collection’s value over time—without spreadsheets • Scan faster, even with cards in sleeves, to add cards in seconds • Collect across games in one place (Magic, Pokémon, One Piece, and more) • Make better buy/sell decisions with reliable, up-to-date pricing data HOW IT WORKS Scan a card with your camera to identify it and pull the latest market price. Add it to your collection to track what you own and watch your total value update as prices move. WHO IT’S FOR Collectors, traders, and players who want a fast trading card scanner, accurate TCG pricing, and a simple way to manage a growing collection. Download Purplemana and scan your first card now.
Riffle Zone
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Build sharper decks. Know what you own. Play more. Riffle Zone is a complete toolkit for Commander and every other format — deck building, collection tracking, card scanning, price checking and life tracking in one app that works on iPhone and iPad. BUILD BETTER DECKS Score any deck on consistency, resilience, interaction and speed, and see exactly which cards earn the points. Check where it lands on the Commander bracket system, with game changers, combos, mass land denial and extra turns detected for you. SCAN YOUR COLLECTION Point your camera at a card and add it in seconds. Recognition runs on your device, so it's fast and works without a signal. KNOW WHAT YOU OWN Track every copy across binders and storage locations, with prices, conditions and finishes. Reserve cards to a deck so you always know what's actually free to build with. CHECK PRICES Compare a whole wish list across game stores at once and find what's cheapest — or find it near you. AT THE TABLE A life tracker built for real pods: 2–6 players, commander damage, counters, and a turn dial that keeps the game moving. WORKS OFFLINE Edits queue while you're offline and sync when you're back — a full playgroup's worth of cards, and no signal in the room. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Purplemana at none against Riffle Zone's 6. Purplemana also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Riffle Zone sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.00 per month. Purplemana asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Purplemana | Riffle Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 230 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PMX Labs Inc | Nathan Thisler |
In-app purchases
Purplemana
No in-app purchases
Riffle Zone
- Riffle Zone Family$6.001 Month
- Riffle Zone Pro$12.001 Month
- Riffle Zone Pro Family$18.001 Month
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- Riffle Zone Family$60.001 Year
- Riffle Zone Pro$119.991 Year
- Riffle Zone Pro Family$179.991 Year
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