A critique on Mobile, and by extension some Desktop.

{"ops":[{"insert":"This website is hands down the best deck builder I've come across in a decade, so long as you are on desktop. \n\nThe mobile side however has room to grow. I personally think the best mobile based deck builder is the android app "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.deckedbuilder.com/android.html"},"insert":"Decked Builder"},{"insert":". I'd like to discuss what we could do to close that (perhaps perceived) gap. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"What you have over them:"},{"insert":"\n\nYou are a free app. An incredible deal honestly."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Scryfall Search Features. About the only thing I could want here is the ability to sort my search by CMC. I still open up Scryfall for that one feature, but it's a much more hybrid process than it was before the implementation. *"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The use of a Maybeboard. An underrated feature. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Dramatically better looking UI. Seriously, great job. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Deck Folders "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Incredible Desktop View."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The online interface is MUCH more detailed in the nitty gritty of deck entry. I can with relative ease find the exact copy of a card I'm entering compared to Archidekt. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n*There is a bug in your Scryfall search syntax. It doesn't recognize the + symbol. For instance "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%22%2B1%2F%2B1%22+o%3Acounter"},"insert":"the search \"o:\"+1/+1\" o:counter\" shows this"},{"insert":" on Scryfall, while having 0 results on the search option in the deck builder.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"What they have over you:"},{"insert":"\n\nAn easier to use UI for the core mechanic of deck builder on mobile. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A *very* easy way to add cards directly to the MB and SB. This is enhanced by the default search option in Decked only shows a single printing of each card. This is enhanced because on mobile it's less about the details, and more about getting lists together while on the bus, waiting at pharmacy, etc. I personally on desktop changed my entry option to show every copy, but this carried over to the mobile settings obviously. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A local database that allows people to make decks without internet access (at the loss of pictures). "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A more intuitive opening and closure of the on screen keyboard. When I search for a card on your app the keyboard tends to remain open even after I select search. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Heavily local focused design makes the UI incredibly responsive compared to the ever so slight lag that comes from the more web focused interface. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\nI used both mobile applications (Droid) to make the following deck list, just to feel out the differences more objectively.\n\nMB:\n4 Goblin Glory Chaser\n3 Fanatical Firebrand\n1 Frenzied Goblin\n4 Goblin Wardriver\n4 Goblin Instigator\n3 Hordeling Outburst\n3 Goblin Rabblemaster\n2 Goblin Heelcutter\n4 Stoke the Flames\n4 Goblin Grenade \n3 Brute Force\n4 Light up the Stage\n10 Mountain\n9 Snow-Covered Mountain\n2 Castle Embereth\nSB:\n3 Act of Treason\n3 Tormod's Crypt\n3 Smelt\n2 Damping Sphere\n2 Stingscourger\n1 Red Elemental Blast\n1 Pyroblast\nMB:\nGoblin Cohort\nLightning Bolt\n\nI simply had to go through more menus to start adding a deck in Archidekt. This could be short-cutted by the Sandbox option, which I chose to use. \n\nThe lack of Maybeboard for Decked. My work around is to add 10 of a maybe card to my SB, so it's easy to see how many cards I still need for my SB, as it's always off by multiples of 10. \n\nIt was super obvious that the on screen keyboard in Archidekt used the \"Go\" feature where Decked used \"Done\" Done was far superior as it closed the keyboard and allowed me to make inputs, AKA, one less tap on screen. Related: If type \"Goblin Inst\" and it autocompletes some options like \"Goblin Instigator\", and I tap that option, the keyboard closing would be awesome, but it doesn't. \n\nThis was exasperated dramatically when I tried adding cards to the SB and MB. The keyboard didn't close automatically when I hit done or selected the Autocomplete, so I had to tap away from the keyboard on white space (because there was no \"Done\" button). Wait for the keyboard to de-load, then select the blue box. Process that \"Sorcery\" is a category and change it to SB or MB. Then I had to close the search window and up the card count from there. Because of ease of use I then added a single copy of each card I wanted in my MB and SB, then closed the search screen and then pumped up the numbers. \n\nI have come to realize that on desktop my work around for this convolution is to simply add it to the maindeck and then drag and drop the card to the proper category. This is a work-around, and I didn't realize I was doing it until I tried it on mobile. Since drag and drop isn't supported on mobile (which makes sense to me based on the UI design), this work-around simply didn't exist. I would argue this is an issue in both Mobile and Desktop and even though I learned a work-around on desktop it could be optimized. \n\nI quickly switched to Text View while searching, which I think most users will do if they realize it's an option. It just makes more sense on mobile due to on screen real estate. That said, adding cards here awkwardly had me using my primary thumb (right) to add cards on the Plus button, covering the number of cards I was adding. I over added, then took out too many, then added some more to correct it on both land types, even though I knew it was finnegaly on the second entry. \n\nUn-intuitively when I was done I selected the Save option featured above the deck from the Sandbox view, and it asked me if I wanted to leave because I have unsaved changes. I know that this is just moving data over to a new deck, but this warning probably should have an exception from Sandbox mode, as it sounds like there is no way to save. \n\nI did both of the deck entries in between stuff on my desk Job, but overall I'd say it took 2.5 times longer to enter this deck in Archidekt than it did on Decked. \n\nI'd go so far to say as it might have been easier to use the edit mode and just hand enter the entire deck. More work entries, but less fighting the UI. I know exactly how a notepad will respond when I enter stuff into it. It doesn't \"fight\" me when I enter info. \n\nConclusion: At this exact time I use Decked to come up with a deck idea on the go, but when I get home I remake it in Archidekt via Desktop. Decked is superior on mobile by that far of a margin, that I'd rather do effective data entry than use the mobile option to start with. \n\n\nThanks for hearing me out, keep up the amazing work. \n"}]}