Comparison

PackageX Workflows vs Cauldron

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

Head to head
About

PackageX Workflows

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PackageX Workflows is the companion mobile app for the PackageX platform. Run workflows on-device with barcode scanning, camera capture, and API integrations. Requires a PackageX account.

About

Cauldron

This app allows users to print game tokens and track life totals using voice commands. It supports various token types and game mechanics, and also includes dice rolling and coin flipping functionalities. Requires a specific thermal printer.

Highlights
  • Voice-activated token printing
  • Life total tracking
  • Commander damage tracking
  • Dice rolling and coin flipping
  • Monarch and status effects
  • Offline speech recognition
Features
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Say the name of a card. It comes out of your printer. Cauldron is the life counter that prints tokens. Hold the microphone, say "goblin" or "4/4 angel with flying" or "treasure," and the card is found, dithered and printed on receipt paper in about a second. LIFE COUNTER • Drag from one seat to another to deal commander damage. Partner commanders are counted apart. • Draw a glyph on a seat to give it the monarch, poison, energy, experience, rads or the city's blessing. • Three fingers across the board starts a new game. Two fingers opens the settings. • Circle the dial to undo and redo. • Supports up to 8 players in a pod (7+ on iPad / tablet only) • Say "2/4/6/8 players" to change the game size. • Archenemy and Treachery, dealt and printed by the app. • This is a full-fledged life counter, without menus. THE PRINTER • Cauldron drives 7 different printers over Bluetooth, and two others over Wi-Fi. • The printers use no ink - merely fast heat transfer to receipt paper, they will not smear. • A print queue lines up as many cards as you like, shows what is left, and can be stopped and carried on. E-INK • Cauldron supports 5 variety of thin, cheap e-ink displays for token print targets, written to over NFC DICE AND COINS AND MORE • Say "roll a d20" or "flip a coin." • Four, six, eight, ten, twelve, twenty and a hundred sides... • all announced out loud by a voice synthesizer that sounds like it was built in 1982. • "Momir {number}" to get a random creature. Say "Calling Mr. Vig" for a standalone Momir Vig faux-payphone interface. • Say "copy camera" to photograph a card and print it as a copy. THE TOKEN INDEX Say "token index" or hold four fingers on the board to open it. • Browse and search every printable token, by name or by artist, with filters for each kind of token. • Swipe through each token's artwork and print the one you like. • Tap an artwork to keep it out of random picks, or long-press to always print that one. • SHUFFLE, RANDOM and SEQUENTIAL control how artwork is dealt when you ask by voice. • A UB switch keeps Universes Beyond artwork out of random picks. • Create your own tokens, and add your own artwork to or photo library. • Favorites: drag the heart onto artwork you love, then print one, print them all, or share them as an Instagram story. • See any card full screen, with the artist credited u • Tap (i) for a guide to everything. THE CARD INDEX Say "card index" to open it. • Every real Magic card, held on your phone, to search, sort and print. • Browse by set, and print a booster pack. • Print a whole card, or just its art or its words. GAME MODES • Archenemy, Treachery, Planechase and Horde • Chaos draft Every token is indexed on your phone, so lookup is quick. Speech is recognised on the device. Nothing about your game is uploaded anywhere. No Accounts. No Signups. WHAT YOU NEED A supported thermal printer and a roll of paper. Cauldron will show you which paper and printer to purchase. Card data and images from Scryfall. Cauldron 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 Apple's Standard Terms of Use apply: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PackageX Workflows4 screens
Cauldron4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cauldron at every 2 days against PackageX Workflows's every 3 weeks. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PackageX Workflows ships an update every 3 weeks, Cauldron every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PackageX Workflows versus Cauldron: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPackageX WorkflowsCauldron
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (51 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—51 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB90 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPackageXJoseph Liechty

In-app purchases

None

PackageX Workflows

No in-app purchases

None

Cauldron

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PackageX Workflows free?
PackageX Workflows is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cauldron free?
Cauldron is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PackageX Workflows or Cauldron have ads?
Neither PackageX Workflows nor Cauldron shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PackageX Workflows or Cauldron?
PackageX Workflows ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cauldron every 2 days. Most recently, PackageX Workflows was updated on October 28, 2026 and Cauldron on October 29, 2026.

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