Comparison

MTG Trades vs Cantrip

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

Cantrip

Easily build and manage your Magic: The Gathering decks. Search and filter cards from any set, and quickly add, remove, or sideboard cards with intuitive gestures.

Highlights
  • Powerful deck builder
  • Card search and filtering
  • Add/remove cards with swipe
  • Sideboard management
  • Supports all card sets
Features
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Cantrip is an poweful and easy to use deck builder for Magic: The Gathering. With Cantrip you can filter and search for cards from any set. Building decks is quick and easy using Cantrips deck builder which lets you add, remove, and sideboard cards with a swipe.

Screenshots

MTG Trades4 screens
Cantrip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MTG Trades at 4.6 against Cantrip's 3.9. MTG Trades also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 15) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Cantrip's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, review sentiment, 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. Cantrip asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MTG Trades holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MTG Trades has 1.1K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of MTG Trades's written reviews are positive against 57% of Cantrip's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MTG Trades ships an update every 2 months, Cantrip every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MTG Trades versus Cantrip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMTG TradesCantrip
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better3.9 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews61.2% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K — better15
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB142 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMichael WybrowWhite Bridge Labs

Customer experience

MTG Trades

All ratings1,142 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral1.1%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews250 reviews
Positive61.2%
Neutral2.0%
Negative36.8%

Cantrip

All ratings15 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral20.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%

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

Cantrip

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

Cantrip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MTG Trades free?
MTG Trades is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cantrip free?
Cantrip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MTG Trades or Cantrip?
MTG Trades is rated higher. MTG Trades averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Cantrip averages 3.9 from 15 ratings.
Do MTG Trades or Cantrip have ads?
Neither MTG Trades nor Cantrip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MTG Trades or Cantrip?
MTG Trades ships an update every 2 months, and Cantrip every 4 months. Most recently, MTG Trades was updated on October 13, 2026 and Cantrip on October 1, 2026.

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