What is the best deck building app for iPhone?

Legends of Runeterra, S tier, ranked #1 of 39, rated 4.8 by 62,774 people.

Which deck building apps are free?

34 of 39 are free to download: Legends of Runeterra (S), Magic: The Gathering Arena (S), Clash Royale (S), Hearthstone (S) and more. 17 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.

Which deck building app has the best App Store rating?

Balatro at 5.0 from 107,760 ratings.

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Best Deck Building Apps for iPhone (2026)

39 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Legends of Runeterra is the top-ranked of 39 deck building apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 62,774 ratings.

1
Legends of RuneterraS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 62,774 ratings · score 97
2
Magic: The Gathering ArenaS
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 155,697 ratings · score 96
3
Clash RoyaleS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 3,874,975 ratings · score 92
4
HearthstoneS
Free download · ★ 4.2 · 122,497 ratings · score 92
5
Cards, Universe & EverythingS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 10,483 ratings · score 92

What belongs in this list

Play a game where I build a deck of cards and use it to win battles or rounds.

Not here: a card collection viewer alone; a deck-building guide or card database for another game alone; a poker or solitaire game with a fixed deck alone; a deck or patio design tool alone; a general chatbot asked for deck lists alone

More lists: Best Deck-Building RPG Game Apps

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 →

Compare every app

1
Legends of RuneterraS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 62,774 ratings · score 97 · best in class
2
Magic: The Gathering ArenaS
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 155,697 ratings · score 96 · best in class
3
Clash RoyaleS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 3,874,975 ratings · score 92 · best in class
4
HearthstoneS
Free download · ★ 4.2 · 122,497 ratings · score 92 · best in class
5
Cards, Universe & EverythingS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 10,483 ratings · score 92 · best in class
6
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master DuelS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 87,929 ratings · score 90 · best in class
7
StormboundA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 9,041 ratings · score 90 · excellent
8
Black Deck - Card Battle TCGA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 17,792 ratings · score 88 · excellent
9
Warhammer Combat CardsA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 9,601 ratings · score 87 · excellent
10
Card Guardians - Deck builderA
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,110 ratings · score 85 · excellent
11
Boom ArenaA
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 6,025 ratings · score 83 · excellent
12
ARCANE RUSH: Auto BattlerA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,026 ratings · score 82 · excellent
13
Void TyrantA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 10,278 ratings · score 81 · excellent
14
Star RealmsA
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 4,448 ratings · score 80 · excellent
15
Castle Duels: Royal PvP BattleB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 6,001 ratings · score 79 · good
16
Card Battle!B
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 16,581 ratings · score 74 · good
17
GWENT: The Witcher Card GameB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 57,226 ratings · score 74 · good
18
Slay the SpireB
$9.99 · ★ 4.3 · 3,239 ratings · score 74 · good
19
WWE SuperCard - Wrestling GameB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 78,769 ratings · score 72 · good · provisional
20
MARVEL SNAP - Hero Card GameB
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 136,949 ratings · score 72 · good · provisional
21
Castle Crush: Clash Cards GameB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 80,407 ratings · score 72 · good · provisional
22
Top Drives - Car Race BattlesB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 54,025 ratings · score 71 · good · provisional
23
Animation Throwdown: Card GameC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 43,208 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
24
Draft ShowdownC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 15,851 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
25
Dune: ImperiumC
$10.99 · ★ 4.9 · 4,986 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
26
SIEGE: World War IIC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 12,240 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
27
DominionC
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 5,031 ratings · score 68 · situational
28
Dicey ElementalistC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 5,066 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
29
War Alliance - Squad TacticsC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 4,704 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
30
Bloons Card StormC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,893 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
31
Night of the Full MoonC
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 2,436 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
32
Pokémon TCG LiveC
Free · ★ 4.3 · 39,280 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
33
Mighty Party: Battle HeroesC
Free download · ★ 4.2 · 28,862 ratings · score 65 · situational · provisional
34
Dice A MillionD
$4.99 · ★ 4.4 · 24 ratings · score 58 · weak · provisional
35
BalatroD
$9.99 · ★ 5.0 · 107,760 ratings · score 55 · weak · provisional
36
Vampire CrawlersD
$9.99 · ★ 3.6 · 72 ratings · score 54 · weak · provisional
37
Card CrusadeD
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,415 ratings · score 53 · weak · provisional
38
Magic Brick WarsD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 4,768 ratings · score 52 · weak · provisional
39
War Heroes Strategy Card GamesF
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 34,168 ratings · score 45 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best deck building app for iPhone?: Legends of Runeterra, S tier, ranked #1 of 39, rated 4.8 by 62,774 people.
Which deck building apps are free?: 34 of 39 are free to download: Legends of Runeterra (S), Magic: The Gathering Arena (S), Clash Royale (S), Hearthstone (S) and more. 17 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which deck building app has the best App Store rating?: Balatro at 5.0 from 107,760 ratings.
How many deck building apps reach S or A tier?: 14 of 39. 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.