Comparison

Stackheim vs Kira

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

Head to head
About

Stackheim

Features
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Stackheim is an unofficial Magic: The Gathering deck builder, collection manager and game tracker. It prices your collection, searches every card offline and identifies a card from the camera. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Decks, your collection, lists, the tracker, search, sets and the scanner work without an account. Create one to add friends, trade or play across phones, and to keep what you have. Until then, deleting the app loses it. DECKS • Build and edit decks, partner commanders included, in folders • Mana curve, draw odds, and Frank Karsten's land count • Roles: counts of lands, ramp, card advantage and disruption • Legality check, with each problem listed • Import a deck list and see what you already own • Playtest: draw, mulligan and play a deck out • Per-deck record: games, wins and win rate • Browse other players' public decks COLLECTION • Printing, finish, condition or proxy, signed or altered, quantity, price paid, and its box or binder • TCGplayer or Cardmarket prices in twelve currencies, synced daily • Total value, its 30-day move and the biggest movers • Import a pasted card list, or a CSV from ManaBox, Moxfield, Archidekt, Dragon Shield, TCGplayer and Deckbox, and export a CSV GAME TRACKING • Best of 1, 3 or 5 • Life totals by tap or long-press, in amounts you set • Focus mode: just the life totals • Commander damage and tax per commander • Monarch and initiative • Counters and tokens: poison, energy, radiation, treasure, food, clue and more • Mana in all six colors, per player • Shared-device layouts for 2–6 players, and a single-player mode • Multiplayer: the table joins by QR code, live on every phone • Undo and redo LISTS • Want lists and watch lists • Share with friends or by link, or keep it private TRADES Write down what you swap with a friend, or anyone, and see who is up. Trade puts what you got in your collection and takes out what you gave. CARDS AND SETS • Search with most of Scryfall's syntax • Each card's printings, faces, prices and similar cards • Price alerts by push or email • Sets: what you own of each, its value and the cost of the rest • New cards since you last looked SCANNING • Point the camera at a card to identify it • Add scanned cards to your collection, a deck or a list • Matching runs on the device; no image is uploaded HISTORY AND STATISTICS • Game history, with each game's event log • A 40-tier rank ladder, Bronze to Mythic • Friends by code or QR, and your games together FORMATS Commander • Brawl • Duel Commander • Oathbreaker • Pauper Commander • Standard • Pioneer • Modern • Pauper • Legacy • Vintage • Draft • Sealed / Prerelease • Jumpstart • Custom OFFLINE The card database downloads on first launch. Then search, sets, deck edits, games and the scanner work offline; adding to the collection or a list needs a connection. FREE AND PRO Your games, decks, collection, lists and trades are free, and they stay yours if you stop paying for Pro. Game tracking, multiplayer, search, scanning and your record are free too, with no caps. Every card shows today's price and its 30-day move, and your collection its total and movers. One price alert is free. Stackheim Pro adds price history and more than one price alert, and Insights into your games, decks and collection. Price history is every card's price chart since April 2026 and the value over time of your collection and each deck. SUBSCRIPTION Stackheim Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, sold as Stackheim Pro Monthly or Stackheim Pro Annual. It renews at the end of each period unless canceled at least 24 hours before, and can be managed or canceled at any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://stackheim.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://stackheim.com/privacy Stackheim is an unofficial, independent companion app for tabletop play. Magic: The Gathering is a trademark of Wizards of the Coast LLC. Stackheim is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Wizards of the Coast or Hasbro, Inc.

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Kira

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Kira identifies your trading cards with your iPhone's camera and shows what they're worth in seconds. SCAN AND SEE THE PRICE • Point the camera at a card: Kira reads the code printed on it and shows its market price right on the card. • Slide a whole stack through and watch the total add up. • Every version of a card has its own price: holo, reverse holo, 1st Edition, parallel and more. 12 CARD GAMES Kira works with 12 of the most popular trading card games, and new sets are added as they come out. REAL MARKET PRICES • Market prices from the biggest card marketplaces in Europe and North America, updated every day. • See prices in your own currency. • The card data downloads to your phone once, so scans and searches are instant and work offline. YOUR COLLECTION • File scanned cards into binders with their version, condition and quantity. • See what your whole collection is worth at a glance. • Search any card by name or number and browse every set in Explore. • Add Kira's widget to your Home Screen to see a binder and its best cards. FREE, OR THE ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE Kira is free to download. Without Ultimate Experience you can search every card, see prices, browse Explore and keep up to 50 cards in your collection. Scanning with the camera is part of Ultimate Experience (you get one free scan while you set up the app), which also removes the collection limit. Ultimate Experience is available as a yearly or weekly auto-renewable subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. New subscribers to the yearly plan can start with a free trial where offered; the app shows the exact price and terms before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them anytime in your Apple Account settings. Kira is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by any card game publisher or card marketplace. Card names and images belong to their respective owners and are shown only to identify your cards. Terms of Use: https://kiratcgscanner.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://kiratcgscanner.com/privacy

Screenshots

Stackheim4 screens
Kira4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stackheim at none against Kira's shown. Kira's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Stackheim sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and Kira sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $8.39 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stackheim ships an update weekly, Kira every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Stackheim versus Kira: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStackheimKira
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB81 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBjarne HandelandGuillem Martinez

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Stackheim

Subscriptions2
  • Stackheim Pro (Monthly)14 Days trial$2.491 Month
  • Stackheim Pro (Annual)14 Days trial$22.991 Year
5 purchases

Kira

Subscriptions4
  • Ultimate Experience$8.397 Days
  • Ultimate Experience1 Month trial$39.991 Year
  • Ultimate Experience3 Days trial$44.991 Year
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  • Ultimate Experience1 Year trial$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ultimate Experience Lifetime$149.99

Questions

Is Stackheim free?
Stackheim is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kira free?
Kira is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stackheim or Kira have ads?
Kira shows ads; Stackheim does not.
Which is updated more often, Stackheim or Kira?
Stackheim ships an update weekly, and Kira every 3 days. Most recently, Stackheim was updated on October 31, 2026 and Kira on October 29, 2026.

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