Reviews of EDH Shieldmate

By: Jorge Quintanilha App

List of user reviews and ratings for EDH Shieldmate

Total ratings

4.72 (Rating count: 708)

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Review summary

EDH Shieldmate is highly praised for its comprehensive features tailored for Magic: The Gathering players, especially Commander format, and its attractive interface. Users appreciate its customization options and support for multiple players. Common drawbacks include a non-intuitive commander damage interface, a learning curve for control comprehension, accidental game resets due to back button behavior, and some usability issues with player layouts and controls when using four or more players. Despite these, it remains favored over many alternatives for its versatility and performance.

Pros

Highly customizable with a wide array of features supporting various Magic: The Gathering formats including Commander, poison, Commander tax, experience, City's Blessing, Monarch, and Mana pools.
Clean and visually appealing user interface with themes, including popular ones like the Yawgmoth theme, making it attractive and easy to use once learned.
Supports multiple players efficiently (1-6 players) and offers presets and quick color swaps, enhancing versatility.
Positive overall user experience with many considering it the best life counter app compared to others available.
Efficient performance without heavy battery drain or overheating issues seen in other similar apps.

Cons

Commander damage screen is unintuitive, with many users requesting improved layout and clearer labeling or integration with life totals to avoid confusion.
Learning curve for controls and customization is steep; the functions of some buttons and symbols are not immediately obvious without referring to the manual or exploration.
The app lacks a confirmation or save state feature, causing accidental resets especially when pressing the back button, which can be frustrating mid-game.
Layout issues when an odd number of players are present, and some controls like down arrows malfunction or are hard to use with 4 or more players.
Absence of customization for some interface elements like counter indicators below life totals or font size adjustments leading to cut-off player names.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.30

All time rating average: 4.72

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Date	Author	Comment
2024-08-18	Fa*****	The app is not bad. But the menus are clunky and aren't intuitive. Having the life gain life loss be buttons on the sides of the life is very annoying, but the concept is there. I'll come back and check on it in the future, but right now, I'll stick to Carbon or Lifetap
The app is not bad. But the menus are clunky and aren't intuitive. Having the life gain life loss be buttons on the sides of the life is very annoying, but the concept is there. I'll come back and check on it in the future, but right now, I'll stick to Carbon or Lifetap
2024-06-01	Da*****	Only thing I miss in this app is making the commander damage screen mimick the damage screen's layout. currently, the screen changes to a table which is not easy to associate with the player layout. I think lifelinker or lifetap does to this well, where you tap the button it opens a mini rectangle with the players in the same layout and you associate the commander damage you took.
Only thing I miss in this app is making the commander damage screen mimick the damage screen's layout. currently, the screen changes to a table which is not easy to associate with the player layout. I think lifelinker or lifetap does to this well, where you tap the button it opens a mini rectangle with the players in the same layout and you associate the commander damage you took.
2023-11-07	Fr*****	I use this app everytime I sit down for a game of magic no matter what format. The only thing I wish I could do is change some of the buttons. I've gone through the manual and every setting within the app and I am unable to change them. It just doesn't give me the option but if I'm just blind I will retroactively change this to a 5 star! Omg as I finished this review I figured it out dear lord. I will say it's not easy to figure out but just on a wim I tried! But hey 5 stars now!
I use this app everytime I sit down for a game of magic no matter what format. The only thing I wish I could do is change some of the buttons. I've gone through the manual and every setting within the app and I am unable to change them. It just doesn't give me the option but if I'm just blind I will retroactively change this to a 5 star! Omg as I finished this review I figured it out dear lord. I will say it's not easy to figure out but just on a wim I tried! But hey 5 stars now!
2022-08-10	Se*****	I've been using this life counter for several years now, and I've never found another that I like better. Would definitely recommend. The only thing I'd like to see addressed, and the only thing holding this app back from 5 stars, is the commander damage screen. I think it'd benefit from having the axes labeled. I can't count the number of times I've gone to tick up commander damage after I've attacked, and back out to find I've subtracted it from my own life total and having to go fix it.
I've been using this life counter for several years now, and I've never found another that I like better. Would definitely recommend. The only thing I'd like to see addressed, and the only thing holding this app back from 5 stars, is the commander damage screen. I think it'd benefit from having the axes labeled. I can't count the number of times I've gone to tick up commander damage after I've attacked, and back out to find I've subtracted it from my own life total and having to go fix it.
2020-05-25	My*****	Honestly, this has been my favorite life counter I've found in 10+ years of playing and is the one I've been using for 3+ years. The level of features and customization is leagues and miles ahead of the competition. More people need to know about this app.
Honestly, this has been my favorite life counter I've found in 10+ years of playing and is the one I've been using for 3+ years. The level of features and customization is leagues and miles ahead of the competition. More people need to know about this app.
2020-05-21	Ma*****	Perfect app for Commander! Tracks life, poison, Commander tax (normal and partner), Commander damage, experience, City's Blessing, Monarch, and Mana pools. The level of customization is great, and the interface might look a bit busy, but it's really handy to have all the trackers at your fingertips. I have the Yawgmoth theme, and as a Black mage, I couldn't be happier!
Perfect app for Commander! Tracks life, poison, Commander tax (normal and partner), Commander damage, experience, City's Blessing, Monarch, and Mana pools. The level of customization is great, and the interface might look a bit busy, but it's really handy to have all the trackers at your fingertips. I have the Yawgmoth theme, and as a Black mage, I couldn't be happier!
2019-10-10	A *****	App is fantastic, fully fledged, looks and works great. One issue I have is the counters aren't easily identifiable. Sure you can read the manual but having to remember each time can be tricky. Perhaps have an information button that brings up labels temporarily upon press. Also I would love to see this app on iOS so I can use it on my larger iPad screen. Will buy the app twice if you do!
App is fantastic, fully fledged, looks and works great. One issue I have is the counters aren't easily identifiable. Sure you can read the manual but having to remember each time can be tricky. Perhaps have an information button that brings up labels temporarily upon press. Also I would love to see this app on iOS so I can use it on my larger iPad screen. Will buy the app twice if you do!
2019-09-28	A *****	I love the app. Having 1-6 players and easy access to so many different game aspects like Monarch, XP, City's Blessing is great and the backgrounds/themes are great. If I could change two things I'd change the Commander Damage chart. It wouldn't be hard to do... At all. As it is, it's a little unintuitive, though being able to link the Commander Damage to the life total makes it easier. The other thing is how the app deals with odd numbers of players makes it a bit awkward. But I'm happy overall
I love the app. Having 1-6 players and easy access to so many different game aspects like Monarch, XP, City's Blessing is great and the backgrounds/themes are great. If I could change two things I'd change the Commander Damage chart. It wouldn't be hard to do... At all. As it is, it's a little unintuitive, though being able to link the Commander Damage to the life total makes it easier. The other thing is how the app deals with odd numbers of players makes it a bit awkward. But I'm happy overall
2019-09-27	A *****	Almost 5 star. Being a long time player I recognized the buttons so it took maybe one minute to learn. Good use of symbols and UI. One thing I unfortunately can't move away from my other app is the fact I can't commander damage myself. My group meta is very control magic heavy and my commander is smacking me in the face at least 1 in 3 games for sure. I can get away with using the experience counters except I need those for my one commander deck which happens to be my favorite.
Almost 5 star. Being a long time player I recognized the buttons so it took maybe one minute to learn. Good use of symbols and UI. One thing I unfortunately can't move away from my other app is the fact I can't commander damage myself. My group meta is very control magic heavy and my commander is smacking me in the face at least 1 in 3 games for sure. I can get away with using the experience counters except I need those for my one commander deck which happens to be my favorite.
2019-06-27	A *****	Best life counter app out there, especially with the recent updates. Clean layout, doesn't kill my battery or cause my tablet to completely overheat like some other life counter apps with colored backgrounds I've used. And it's the only one I've seen that doesn't just pretend Partner isn't a thing. One small annoyance I have though is the Four Color themes being named after the Nephilim. It's kind of annoying when someone in the playgroup sits down with a 4 color deck and we have to take a minute to look up which Nephilim has that color identity. Maybe change it so each one's color is the one they're missing from their ID? I dunno, just a suggestion. Anyways, yeah. Great app!
Best life counter app out there, especially with the recent updates. Clean layout, doesn't kill my battery or cause my tablet to completely overheat like some other life counter apps with colored backgrounds I've used. And it's the only one I've seen that doesn't just pretend Partner isn't a thing. One small annoyance I have though is the Four Color themes being named after the Nephilim. It's kind of annoying when someone in the playgroup sits down with a 4 color deck and we have to take a minute to look up which Nephilim has that color identity. Maybe change it so each one's color is the one they're missing from their ID? I dunno, just a suggestion. Anyways, yeah. Great app!