# Lifetap Life Counter for MTG

> The most powerful life counter for Magic: The Gathering

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.lifetap](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.lifetap)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.lifetap`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Michael Bourkas
- **Category:** ENTERTAINMENT
- **Downloads:** 662,301
- **Rating:** 4.86 / 5 (7,180 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3.9
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-18
- **First published:** 2020-04-19
- **Publisher country:** CA
- **Size:** 92 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lifetap)
- **Website:** [https://getlifetap.com](https://getlifetap.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://getlifetap.com/privacy](https://getlifetap.com/privacy)

## Description

Lifetap is a clean, fast MTG life tracker designed for speed and simplicity. It supports 2–6 players (including EDH/Commander and Three-Headed Giant) and even a one-player mode that tracks commander damage and counters. 

Customize players with card art backgrounds, save profiles, and load them quickly. It also includes Planechase and Archenemy support, a bounty mini-game, a variety of counters, quick resets, turn timer options, a dice roller, mana and storm counters, multilingual support, tablet compatibility, and crash-safe memory saving.

## Rankings

- #85,880 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.lifetap.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Lifetap Life Counter for MTG is widely praised for deep customization, broad counters, ad-free offline use, and a user-friendly interface. It also supports Planechase, Archenemy, and bounty cards, and has received updates like match history. A few users report UI regressions around commander display and customization after updates. Overall, it's a powerful, flexible MTG life counter with ongoing development that many players rely on.

### Pros

- Extensive customization and counters across life total, commander damage, poison, monarch, XP, energy, treasure, with backgrounds and card images.
- Ad-free experience and offline functionality (no internet required).
- Very easy to use with a clean UI and fast controls (e.g., quick +/- adjustments, seamless 1v1 to Commander swaps).
- Strong support for Planechase, Archenemy, and bounty cards via backgrounds or uploads.
- Active development with regular updates, including match history and tracking features.

### Cons

- UI changes can limit commander display options (e.g., can't change commanders; horizontal name alignment option removed).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.lifetap)