Helvault - MTG Scanner

Especially with the dropping if the legacy baggage the app has improved by a lot. The export now directly spits out sqlite files which have a much cleaner structure then before. Also the developer is open to feedback and feature suggestions. The scanner just works and the sync works really good between my two devices. I do have a collection of 25+ k cards and everything works like a charm. I have some minor ux nitpicks when moving cards and the next button is not visible if i searched something, but that’s not worth to remove a star really happy with the makeover.

Kann doch nicht sein, dass man hier schon wieder zahlen soll. Einfache Geldgier, viel anders ist hier nichts genau genommen ist alles gleich wie bei der Legacy App. Ich bin gespannt wie lange die Legacy App noch stabil läuft. Eine Alternative muss her. Keine Empfehlung.

Why dont you just UPDATE your old App? Yeah, because you need those who already paid for the lifetime scanner to purchase again???? What a scam. Pls do not download this app until they think of their beforehand buyers and make it possible to recover the purchase of the last app.

I paid a lifetime license in Helvault now it’s called legacy. But hey there’s a new app with a new interface but you bought features won’t be transferred. Just drop this app and get another one. Disappointing and disgusting decision by a greedy company.

Deceptive “update” New app release calls old version “legacy” and forces repurchase of previously bought features. Greedy move!

The developer is trying to tell us that they don’t like subscriptions, so they will only charge a one time fee for specific features. But as I now found out, whenever they need more money, they simply make a new app and let you pay for that again. What kind of „one time“ fee is this supposed to be? If this happens every now and then, it’s basically the same as a subscription, only worse. Because you never know when they are going to decide to make a new app so you have to pay again. Very intransparent. I recommend using ManaBox instead. Offers better features and a transparent pricing model.

Instead of updating the old app they made a new app requiring everyone to buy the features they ALREADY paid for AGAIN !!!

I already paid like 8 bucks for this app and now it’s asking for another payment of 10. Absolutely insane and very slimy.

While no scanner is perfect, this one is currently the best in my testing for 90s cards. I’ve scanned thousands, and have many thousands more to scan. That said, while good, there are several updates this app could use to be much better. Hoping development continues, dev is very solid. P.s. many of the negative reviews are because the legacy app’s “lifetime” purchase didn’t transfer over to this newer app. While each of those complains are valid, this app is very reasonably priced, and “technically” those complaints are regarding a different app. Just noting.

As a legacy user of 4+ years gotta say this app is definitely worth it. Incredibly dedicated developer, great customer service, and obviously passionate fan of Magic. Rebuying the card scanner is really a small price to pay for the amount of work that goes into this app, the dev has worked with me directly to fix some bugs that were happening a couple versions of ios prior. I was worried I would have to change to a new app, but he managed to fix my issue in about a week.