Rough around the edges, but really neat. – CardWarden Review

First off, CardWarden is a great generic/universal card game engine. This app is ideal for those who want to play digital versions of card games that don't exist as apps (like Dominion or any of Fantasy Flight's LCGs).. or for those who want a way to quickly and easily mockup card game prototypes without all the physical stuff. It works like this… you simply snap photos of your card fronts and backs to import them into the app. You only need one of each card. Then, you can duplicate and combine cards as needed to assemble "decks". Decks can then be imported onto a "game table" and sorted, mixed, or matched as you see fit. Slide-out trays allow you to have "private" areas for hands, player-specific decks and such. That said, the app is a little on the clunky side. The UI has that haphazard, pre-rendered 3D vibe that was really big in the 90s, and that's really unfortunate. The app allows you to load in replacement textures for the game table, but it won't cover up some of the more glaring usability/UX issues. For instance, selecting a card back is a confusing process. There's no dedicated "import back" feature, so you first import a back as an actual card, and then you select a back from all available cards (so you need at least one card that serves no purpose but backing). Sounds confusing? It is. On the game board, trays are pulled out by tapping on the edges of the screen. Allowing users to swipe in from the edge to "pull out" trays would be far preferable as the tapping is fairly imprecise and prone to accidents since the trays are located right at the edges of the screen. Despite the UI and usability problems, is the app worth it? Yes. I think so… especially if you fall into either of the two categories I mentioned at the beginning. I hope the app continues to receive updates, and maybe even a new UI at some point in the future. It may be an ugly duckling now, but we all know that story. It's a great, useful app that just has a little growing up left to do.
Review by Veraxus on CardWarden.