Curio TCG vs Cauldron
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Curio TCG
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Curio TCG is a modern utility app designed for Trading Card Game collectors to organize and manage their personal collections. Create a digital record of the cards you own, organize them into binders, track conditions and variants, and interact with other collectors — all in one place. COLLECTION MANAGEMENT • Track cards you personally own • Card condition support (NM, LP, MP, HP, etc.) • Variants (Normal, Holo, Reverse, Full Art) • Quantity tracking • Separate collection and wishlist • Public or private visibility controls• Public or private collection visibility BINDER SYSTEM • Create custom binders for your collection • Organize cards visually • Share binders with other collectors • Like and favorite binders • Smart layout templates MARKETPLACE (COMMUNITY-DRIVEN) • Create listings for items in your collection • Browse listings shared by other users • Filter by price, condition, or seller • Favorite listings • In-app messaging between collectors SLAB & GRADED ITEMS • Track graded items (PSA, BGS, CGC, SGC) • Certification number notes • Grade and value annotations • Upload your own photos WISHLIST & DISCOVERY • Track items you want to collect • Price alerts • Set completion tracking • Search and filter community-submitted items DISCOVER CARDS • Advanced search and filtering • Set completion tracking • Updated market prices SOCIAL & STATS • Collector profiles • Binder sharing • Activity feed • Collection value overview • Progress and growth insights• Activity feed WHY CURIO TCG? • Utility-focused collection management • Ad-free experience • Community-driven content • Regular updates and improvements IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE Curio TCG is an independent collection management tool. Curio TCG is not affiliated with or endorsed by any third-party brand or trademark owner.
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.
- Voice-activated token printing
- Life total tracking
- Commander damage tracking
- Dice rolling and coin flipping
- Monarch and status effects
- Offline speech recognition
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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 the Phomemo M110, MUNBYN FM226 and NETUM NT-861 over Bluetooth, and the Brother QL-710W and QL-810W over Wi-Fi. • The NT-861 cuts each card off the roll, at real card size or sized to fit a sleeve. • 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. 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 • 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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cauldron at every 2 days against Curio TCG's fortnightly. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Curio TCG ships an update fortnightly, Cauldron every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Curio TCG | Cauldron |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (49 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 49 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ISMAIL DEMIRBILEK | Joseph Liechty |
In-app purchases
Curio TCG
No in-app purchases
Cauldron
No in-app purchases









