Comparison

MTG Trades vs heypster

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

heypster

Discover and share thousands of high-quality GIFs for your conversations. This platform prioritizes user privacy by not storing search history or collecting data. Enjoy an ad-free experience across multiple Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Thousands of high-quality GIFs
  • Free of charge
  • Ad-free experience
  • No search history kept
  • No data collection
  • Available on multiple Apple devices
Features
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heypster is a platform for high-quality GIFs, free of charge, ad-free, and respectful of user privacy: We do not keep any search history, and we do not collect any data. Our platform contains thousands of GIFs for your conversations. You can use our application on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, iMessage App and Apple Vision Pro.

Screenshots

MTG Trades4 screens
heypster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MTG Trades at 4.6 against heypster's 3.5. MTG Trades also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). heypster's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (81% vs 61%). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. MTG Trades sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. heypster asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MTG Trades holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MTG Trades has 1.1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of MTG Trades's written reviews are positive against 81% of heypster's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MTG Trades versus heypster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMTG Tradesheypster
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews60.7% of reviews80.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB20 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperMichael WybrowHeypster

Customer experience

MTG Trades

All ratings1,142 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral1.1%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews252 reviews
Positive60.7%
Neutral2.0%
Negative37.3%

heypster

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive80.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.2%

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

heypster

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MTG Trades

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly1 Month trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly1 Month trial$6.991 Year
None

heypster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MTG Trades free?
MTG Trades is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is heypster free?
heypster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MTG Trades or heypster?
MTG Trades is rated higher. MTG Trades averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while heypster averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do MTG Trades or heypster have ads?
Neither MTG Trades nor heypster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MTG Trades or heypster?
MTG Trades ships an update every 2 months, and heypster every 2 months. Most recently, MTG Trades was updated on October 23, 2026 and heypster on October 23, 2026.

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