MTG Trades vs Solo Trip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MTG Trades
Manage your Magic: The Gathering card collection and trades with real-time pricing data. Evaluate trades, track loaned or borrowed cards, and maintain watchlists of desired cards. Access a comprehensive database with offline capabilities.
- Card price lookup by expansion/name
- Trade evaluation
- Trade history
- Watchlist of wanted cards
- Loan/borrow tracking
- Offline database access
- Foil and non-foil pricing
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MTG Trades gives you the tools you need for trading Magic cards, right at your fingertips. It includes card prices by expansion or card name, lets you evaluate trades and view your trade history, store a watchlist of wanted cards, and allows you to track cards you have loaned or borrowed. Features: • View price information for every physical Magic card by individual printings. • Supports non-foil and foil pricing for all cards, including many promo cards, tokens and emblems. • Download database and automatic prices updates from within the app, for offline use (requires Premium). • Save cards to various Want Lists so you always know what you're looking for during trades and how much they're worth (requires premium for multiple lists) • Want Lists show total value and can be sorted alphabetically, by price or by rarity. • Enter cards or cash in a new Trade to quickly evaluate the equity of the trade. • Store a history of your past trades along with current and at-the-time price information (requires premium for multiple trades) • Track cards you have lent out or borrowed from other people. • Prices are aggregated from a range of online stores courtesy of TCGplayer.com. • Complete iCloud syncing. • Supports Dynamic Type for altering text size. • Universal app for iPhone, iPad and Mac (as iPad app). • Supports iPad multitasking. This app has been carefully designed to be simple and fast to use. If you have any suggestions for improvements, please suggest them from within the app. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ This app is not produced or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
Solo Trip
This app tracks your distance for various activities like running, walking, biking, and driving. It provides essential metrics such as pace, speed, and distance covered. Detailed driving data can be exported for year-end review.
- Distance tracking
- Pace and speed metrics
- Run/Walk mode with mile alerts
- Bike mode with average speed
- Driving mode with exportable data
- Kilometer support
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Solo Trip is a no-frills distance tracker that focuses on the essentials. Also supports tracking in kilometers! - Run/Walk Mode: Track your distance and your pace. Beeps every mile so you can stay on track. - Bike Mode: See your average and current speed over the trip as well as the data displayed in Run/Walk mode. - Driving Mode: More detailed tracking so you can export your data at the end of the year.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Solo Trip at none against MTG Trades's 2. Solo Trip also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 60%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. MTG Trades sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Solo Trip asks for nothing beyond the download.
Solo Trip holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1K and 2.1K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of MTG Trades's written reviews are positive against 81% of Solo Trip's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | MTG Trades | Solo Trip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) | 4.8 (2.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.2% of reviews | 81.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K | 2.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Wybrow | John Palacios |
Customer experience
MTG Trades
Solo Trip
User reviews
MTG Trades
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and reliable updates
- 👍 Comprehensive card database
- 📊 Excellent trade tracking features
- 💰 Accurate and up-to-date pricing
- 🗂️ Useful want lists and collection management
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- 🕰️ Slow to add new cards and sets
- 🔍 Limited search and filtering options
- 💳 Subscription model concerns
- 🔋 High battery consumption
Solo Trip
From 2.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Accurate tracking of distance and time
- 💡 Useful map feature showing route
- 🔒 No ads or subscriptions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or glitches
- 🐛 Inaccurate split times and distance tracking
- 🐛 Time zone issues with recorded times
- 🐛 Trips not saving properly
Bugs and requests
MTG Trades
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when deleting cards from lists
- MKM card images not loading properly
- Incorrect pricing for some promo and special cards
Requested features
5 requests- Integrate with deck building and collection management
- Add more advanced search and filtering capabilities
- Implement market pricing options for trades
- Improve basic lands and foil card handling
- Provide more detailed price history and trending data
Solo Trip
Reported bugs
4 issues- Pause button not working correctly
- Distance tracking issues when pausing/resuming
- Overlapping date and distance display
- Inconsistent GPS tracking accuracy
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to manually edit/add trips
- Implement iCloud sync for cross-device use
- Add option to name/label individual trips
- Provide more data export options
In-app purchases
MTG Trades
- Premium Monthly1 Month trial$0.991 Month
- Premium Yearly1 Month trial$6.991 Year
Solo Trip
No in-app purchases
