MTG Trades vs SphereDex
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.
SphereDex
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An unofficial, fan made companion for the Palworld Trading Card Game. Not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Pocketpair, Bushiroad, or the Palworld TCG. SphereDex is the fastest way to track your Palworld Trading Card Game collection, built to fit how you collect. Log the cards you own, build a wishlist, and keep your whole binder in your pocket. COLLECT YOUR WAY Your collection, your rules. Turn market prices on to follow what your cards are worth, or switch prices off completely for a clean binder with no numbers anywhere. Whether you collect purely for the love of it or track every value like a trader, SphereDex works the way you want. BUILD YOUR COLLECTION • Mark cards as owned and set quantities across multiple collections • Browse by set, or see every card at once • Track variants, foils, and graded slabs • Build a wishlist of the cards you are chasing SCAN WITH YOUR CAMERA Point your camera at a card number and add it to your collection instantly. No typing. FOLLOW THE MARKET (only if you want to) • Real sold prices and live listings in your currency (eBay and Palworld Prices) • See the total value of your collection at a glance • Spot the biggest movers and sort by value • Sealed products too: booster boxes, packs, and decks, with buy links STAY UP TO DATE • Built in news feed for the latest Palworld TCG announcements PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your collection lives on your device. No ads, no trackers, no selling your data. Sign in only if you want to sync across devices. Export a backup anytime. SphereDex is a free, fan made companion app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Pocketpair or Bushiroad. Palworld and the Palworld Trading Card Game are trademarks of their respective owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SphereDex at none against MTG Trades's 2. SphereDex also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. SphereDex asks for nothing beyond the download.
MTG Trades ships an update every 2 months, SphereDex every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MTG Trades | SphereDex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Michael Wybrow | CRAIG JONATHAN JAY |
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
SphereDex
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MTG Trades
- Premium Monthly1 Month trial$0.991 Month
- Premium Yearly1 Month trial$6.991 Year
SphereDex
No in-app purchases









