Life-Pad
Joseph Bertolini Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Life-Pad is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by Joseph Bertolini. Rated 5.0/5 from 4 ratings. Requires iOS 18.6. Updated September 16, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 4 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 44 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 16
- 2026 · v4.7
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About Life-Pad
A life tracker for competitive 1v1 Magic: The Gathering. Clean layout, simple controls, and nothing unnecessary. Most players already know how to track a game. A notepad, two columns, a running tally of life totals. It's simple and it works. Life-Pad follows the same structure. The layout uses two columns like a notepad, adjustments happen with a tap, and the interface requires little explanation. This app has been designed to get out of your way so you can focus on the match. Life tracking here works the way you'd expect: every life change recorded in order. Adjustments can be staged before committing, so a complex combat step doesn't require rushed math. Common game counters (poison, monarch, initiative, night/day, and floating mana) are accessible without needing extra dice or separate tracking. For tournaments that require it: notes can be locked to the main screen so they're visible to players at all times. Recording known card information has been designed from the ground-up to be as quick and simple as possible in game - one tap to enter a card and one tap to dismiss it with customizable 'quick card' buttons available as well. Most other apps just can't provide the utility of pen and paper. Whether it's a Commander-focused app with four-player interfaces and a multitude of sub-menus, or a minimal counter with just plus and minus buttons, most life trackers don't offer match structure, notes, or history. Once the game ends, the information is gone. When at a tournament or FNM simply set up the event by giving it a name and every match and game are automatically tracked while they're happening. After the match, Life-Pad supports notetaking while details are still fresh and reviewing past matches across all saved events. It's a practical way to identify patterns or just to simply remember to add more lands. Import decks and link them to events as a snapshot so that you can always reference what was played on that day. Add your decks and track their history by attaching them to events. Scryfall integration provides quick card lookup in deck view or during a game - perfect for confirming modern printings and for the guy who always plays with foreign language cards. Pin up to 5 cards to the side of your play screen for quick reference during a game. All cards in deck or previously searched are stored on device for fast reference even when cell quality isn't perfect. -- Features include: - Clean two-player life tracking built for 1v1 play - Optional top/bottom simplistic tracking for quick games - Full game life total history - Quick access card-name notes for revealed info at a glance - dismiss with a single tap - Game state tracking for player-counters, monarch, initiative, and day/night - Track floating mana in-game - Scryfall integration for fast card lookup - iOS integration allows for Siri and Quick Action card lookup without opening the app - Calculator for determining the correct amount of each basic land for your Limited deck - Optional ability to lock notes to main screen if required per tournament rules - Event logging and persistent in-game and post-game notes - Deck importing, editing, and linking to events as snapshots. - Sideboard guide per deck with notes - Deck exporting as images or as a formatted PDF for tournament submittal - Event history exporting via JSON for backup, restoring, or additional analysis - Top/Bottom traditional 2-player mode for quick games - Match timer with Dynamic Island and Live Activity support - Pre-Set themes including 6 with the classic Magic: the Gathering card borders - iCloud data backup for added reliability on updates & phone migration
What’s new
Version 4.7 · Updated September 16, 2026
New • Limited Lands calculator: enter your deck's mana pips and it calculates how many of each basic land to run • Share a deck as an image with a code built in so anyone with LifePad can pull the full list back out of the picture • Tournament decklist export: a printable, judge-ready registration sheet • Liquid Glass: added subtle LiquidGlass touches all over the app. This is an optional setting. • Round timer and Live Activity now work in 2-Player mode. • Card search and dice-roll buttons added right on the scorekeeping screen for faster access • Pauper added as an event format (not sure how this wasn't already there...) Improved • The screen now only stays awake while you're actually keeping score, and the Live Activity updates less often for better battery life. • Background colors and artwork now extend fully behind the top and bottom bar, and match across every screen. • Tap zones enlarged for most actions for less wasted taps • Search in Decks and Past Events now opens the keyboard the instant you tap it • Faster card search with lower data usage • Fixed a dark-mode readability issue in card search • General stability fixes and UI polish throughout
App privacy
The developer, Joseph Bertolini, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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