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Best Deck-Building RPG Game Apps for iPhone (2026)

8 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Deck Building.

Legends of Runeterra is the top-ranked of 8 deck-building RPG game apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 62,774 ratings.

  1. 1
    Legends of RuneterraS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 62,774 ratings · score 96
  2. 2
    Card Guardians - Deck builderS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,110 ratings · score 92
  3. 3
    Black Deck - Card Battle TCGS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 17,792 ratings · score 90
  4. 4
    Void TyrantA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 10,278 ratings · score 88
  5. 5
    Dicey ElementalistB
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 5,066 ratings · score 81

What belongs in this list

Play a role-playing game where I build a deck of cards and use it to fight battles and grow my character.

Not here: card collecting alone; a turn-based rpg with menu commands alone; a strategy rpg with units on a grid alone; a text adventure with choices alone; a generic card game with no character growth alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
LegendsCard GuardiansBlack Deck
A
Void Tyrant
B
DiceyMonster Draft
C
ARCANE RUSH
D
Card Crusade
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Legends of RuneterraS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 62,774 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  2. 2
    Card Guardians - Deck builderS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,110 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  3. 3
    Black Deck - Card Battle TCGS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 17,792 ratings · score 90 · best in class
  4. 4
    Void TyrantA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 10,278 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  5. 5
    Dicey ElementalistB
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 5,066 ratings · score 81 · good
  6. 6
    Monster Draft: Running GameB
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 112,202 ratings · score 71 · good · provisional
  7. 7
    ARCANE RUSH: Auto BattlerC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,026 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  8. 8
    Card CrusadeD
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,415 ratings · score 53 · weak · provisional

Questions people ask

What is the best deck-building RPG game app for iPhone?
Legends of Runeterra, S tier, ranked #1 of 8, rated 4.8 by 62,774 people.
Which deck-building RPG game apps are free?
8 of 8 are free to download: Legends of Runeterra (S), Card Guardians - Deck builder (S), Black Deck - Card Battle TCG (S), Void Tyrant (A) and more. 3 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which deck-building RPG game app has the best App Store rating?
Card Crusade at 4.8 from 2,415 ratings.
How many deck-building RPG game apps reach S or A tier?
4 of 8. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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