Comparison

Twenty Life Count vs MTG Mate

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

Head to head
About

Twenty Life Count

Easily track life totals for Magic: The Gathering games. Features a simple interface for managing your life and your opponent's during matches. A great companion for playing the card game.

Highlights
  • Life tracking for multiple players
  • Simple and clean interface
  • Companion app for Magic The Gathering
  • Easy to use during gameplay
Features
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Twenty is a simple, colorful life counter for Magic: The Gathering. Track your life total and your opponent’s with controls facing each player. Tap to add or subtract life, and swipe to reveal handy tools between turns. • Choose a color for each player. • Start at 20, 30, or 40 life. • Roll dice to decide who goes first. • Reset both life totals for your next game. Everything you need to keep count, so you can focus on your next move.

About

MTG Mate

Features
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MTG Mate is a life tracker and card library for Magic: The Gathering on iPhone and iPad. Use it at the table for Commander, Standard, Two-Headed Giant, or a custom game. Keep decks, collections, and trades on the same device, even if you never create an account. Life tracking Track 1 to 6 players with layouts that fit the table. Commander damage covers partners and companions, with a dedicated view and D-pad navigation. Poison and infect share a combined total. Energy and other counters sit on each player card. Hold +/- to move life quickly, and turn on unlimited life when a combo goes off. You can also stop the app from marking a player dead if they can keep playing at 0. Game night tools Start a game with Commander, Standard, Two-Headed Giant, or your own starting life. Player panels can show commander art. A dice roller and coin flip sit in the game so you are not hunting for a D20. Life history on a player card helps when someone asks what happened two turns ago. Card library Save cards, build collections, and move cards in bulk. Import lists from Manabox, Archidekt, or Moxfield, or paste a text list. Export when you need to share a list elsewhere. Collection value and match history live in the stats hub so you can see how a collection and a play group change over time. Decks Build decks with commander, partner, companion, mainboard, and sideboard. Check format legality, mana curve, and type split. See an estimated deck value. Look up synergies and combos on a card when you are brewing. Card search Search Scryfall for prices, rulings, and legalities. Results collapse reprints so the same card does not appear ten times. Download the card database to search on the device with no signal. Online results keep loading in the background when you have a connection. Friends, trades, and sharing Add friends and set private aliases only you can see. Keep a trade ledger of cards and cash with a person or a friend. Sign in with email if you want Cloud Sync across iPhone, iPad, and the web library at mtgmate.app. Local first Cards, decks, and games stay on the device unless you turn on Cloud Sync. No ads. Free. MTG Mate is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Wizards of the Coast. Magic: The Gathering is a trademark of Wizards of the Coast LLC.

Screenshots

Twenty Life Count4 screens
MTG Mate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MTG Mate at every 2 weeks against Twenty Life Count's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Twenty Life Count ships an update every 3 months, MTG Mate every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Twenty Life Count versus MTG Mate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTwenty Life CountMTG Mate
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB18 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLuca TorellaJacob Suchorabski

In-app purchases

None

Twenty Life Count

No in-app purchases

None

MTG Mate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Twenty Life Count free?
Twenty Life Count is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MTG Mate free?
MTG Mate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Twenty Life Count or MTG Mate have ads?
Neither Twenty Life Count nor MTG Mate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Twenty Life Count or MTG Mate?
Twenty Life Count ships an update every 3 months, and MTG Mate every 2 weeks. Most recently, Twenty Life Count was updated on October 24, 2026 and MTG Mate on October 25, 2026.

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