CanastaMagic vs Punktezettel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CanastaMagic
This app simplifies scoring for Modern American Canasta. It offers camera-based scoring for closed canastas, open melds, and leftover cards, or a free manual scoring option. Track games with friends, review history, and manage special hands, bonuses, and penalties.
- Camera scoring for cards
- Manual score entry
- Friend tracking and stats
- Game history and saved rounds
- Special hands, bonuses, and penalties
- Subscription for advanced features
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Stop counting cards by hand. CanastaMagic is the smartest way to score Modern American Canasta. Camera Scoring: Use your camera to score closed canastas, open melds, and leftover cards by simply pointing your camera at these parts of your hand and tapping the camera shutter. Manual Scoring: Prefer to enter scores yourself? The full manual scoring flow is always available for free. Input closed canastas, open melds, and leftover cards with a clean, intuitive interface designed for fast entry, and the app will simply calculate your total score according to the rules and provide a clear summary to ensure you never miscount again. Play With Friends: Add friends and track games together. If you are making wagers the app will track the value per point and compute payouts as well. See who's on top in the dedicated "Stats" section where you can filter your own game states by partner and opponents. Game History: Every round and game is saved automatically. Review past scores, track winning streaks, and continue paused games with ease. Special Hands, Bonuses and Penalties: All 11 special hands are built in. Apply them in the scoring flow or browse the full reference guide anytime from the menu. Bonuses and Penalties are applied to your team's cards without any calculation required. Subscription: Camera scoring requires a subscription after 6 free scans. Manual scoring is always free. Subscriptions are billed monthly and can be cancelled anytime through your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Punktezettel
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Punktezettel is your digital score sheet for card and dice games – simple, clear and always with you. No more paper and pens. Whether Canasta, Skat, Wizard, Phase 10, Yahtzee or one of the many other supported games – Punktezettel lets you track scores quickly and easily. At the end, the winner screen shows who came out on top. Supported games: - Canasta (natural, mixed & joker canastas, team scoring, minimum meld) - Skat (full game value calculation, Ramsch, Bock & pushing, Contra/Re, Officers' Skat, 3 or 4 players with the dealer sitting out) - Wizard (bids and tricks with trick counter) - Doppelkopf (Re/Contra, extra points, Bock rounds) - Schafkopf (Sauspiel, Wenz, Solo) - Phase 10 and Level 8 (with phase overview) - Yahtzee/Kniffel (classic sheet, multiple columns, progress saved automatically) - Flitschige - Rote Zora 7 Tango - Rummy & Gin Rummy - Schwimmen (31), Skyjo, Skip-Bo and more Features: - All games free to use - Player profiles with avatar and any color you like - Choose seating order and dealer - Live ranking: all players at a glance - Round history and edit last round - Winner screen at the end of every game - Statistics per player and per game - Match archive grouped by date, undo deleted matches - Help page with rules overview for every game - Dark mode with an elegant green design Pro version ($0.99): Play ad-free – one-time purchase, forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CanastaMagic at none against Punktezettel's shown. CanastaMagic also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. CanastaMagic sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Punktezettel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CanastaMagic ships an update every 2 days, Punktezettel every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CanastaMagic | Punktezettel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ceramic Global LLC | Christopher Kolodzeycik |
In-app purchases
CanastaMagic
- Premium Bronze$1.991 Month
- Premium Silver$3.991 Month
- Premium Gold$6.991 Month
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- Premium Platinum$12.991 Month
Punktezettel
- Punktezettel Premium$0.99
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