Comparison

Twenty Life Count vs Take 30

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

Take 30

Track player health and damage for trading card and tabletop games. Create leagues to monitor game history, standings, and progress with visual graphs. Customize the app's appearance and orientation for different play styles.

Highlights
  • Player damage and health tracking
  • League creation and management
  • Standings and progress visualization
  • Customizable health and colors
  • Adjustable orientation modes
  • Detailed damage history
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Take 30 is a companion app for trading card and tabletop games. Record base damage and remaining health for 2 or 4 players so you can focus on the game, not the math. Create leagues to track games over time, view standings, and watch points progress with clean visual graphs. Perfect for casual nights or competitive seasons. Customize your setup with adjustable health, text and background colors, orientation modes for tabletop or camera-facing play, and detailed damage history. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any official entity.

Screenshots

Twenty Life Count4 screens
Take 304 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Take 30 at 5.0 against Twenty Life Count's 3.7. Take 30 also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Take 30 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Twenty Life Count ships an update every 3 months, Take 30 monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Twenty Life Count versus Take 30: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTwenty Life CountTake 30
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuca TorellaChristopher Turnage

Customer experience

Twenty Life Count

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Take 30

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Twenty Life Count

No in-app purchases

None

Take 30

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Twenty Life Count free?
Twenty Life Count is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Take 30 free?
Take 30 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Twenty Life Count or Take 30?
Take 30 is rated higher. Twenty Life Count averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Take 30 averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Twenty Life Count or Take 30 have ads?
Neither Twenty Life Count nor Take 30 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Twenty Life Count or Take 30?
Twenty Life Count ships an update every 3 months, and Take 30 monthly. Most recently, Twenty Life Count was updated on October 24, 2026 and Take 30 on October 24, 2026.

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