# PackRip: TCG Card Packs — Booster Pack Opening Simulator

> Collectible card game pack opening simulator with crafting and collection tracking. (iPhone/iPad app by Arinc Elhan.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/packrip-tcg-card-packs/id6763404045 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Arinc Elhan](https://appshunter.io/developer/1822604589)
- Category: Games, Entertainment, Card, Simulation
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 57 App Store ratings · 6 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 36 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-04-25
- Data updated: 2026-09-13
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/packrip-tcg-card-packs/id6763404045/reviews.md

## What is PackRip?

Open booster packs. Hunt holos, shinings, and gold-stars. Every odd disclosed, every card original.

PackRip is an indie collectible-card pack-opening game. Free daily packs, transparent pull rates. Just you, a sealed pack, and the rip.

Why collectors love PackRip:
• Free daily packs every day
• Every set unlocked from the start — open any collection right away
• 9 rarity tiers — Common, Uncommon, Rare, Holo Rare, Holo EX, Rare Secret, Shining, Gold Star, Crystal
• Foil variants for every card — chase the rarest finish
• The Forge — scrap duplicates into shards and craft the cards you're missing
• Pity guarantees with visible counters — see exactly how close your next holo is
• Binder view — flip through your collection album-style, nine cards a page
• Hold any card to admire it full-screen — live holographic shimmer and shine
• Collection value — see the total worth of every card you own
• Pack value preview — the average return shown before you open
• Wishlist your chases — heart any card, Hunt Packs surface them first
• Set checklists with Owned / Missing / Foils filter, completion bars, and milestone coin rewards
• Pure SwiftUI 3D tilt + motion-reactive holographic shine, with pack-tear and reveal sound
• 16 collectible Seals — each grants a permanent gameplay perk
• Daily, weekly, and Super quests with coin rewards
• Hunt Packs — target a specific missing card with up to 60% odds
• Pull rate transparency — every odd visible before any purchase
• Share your best pack rips — one-tap portrait PNG for the group chat
• Cloud sync — no signup, no account, no email
• Server-driven content — new card sets drop without an app update

PackRip is a simulator. No physical cards are sold or shipped. In-app purchases provide virtual coins used to open simulated packs.

PackRip Plus (optional auto-renewable subscription):
• No ad interruptions — no banners, no full-screen ads
• 4 extra daily packs (7 total)
• 1.5× XP on every pack
• Higher coin payouts when selling cards
• 2× daily streak coin reward
• Monthly coin bonus, dropped automatically
• Exclusive title & name color, unlocked instantly
• Plus seal on your Trainer card
• Streak protection
Monthly or annual billing. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation. Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID subscription settings.

Legal: PackRip is an indie fan-made collectible-card simulator. All card art is AI-generated and original to PackRip.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://elhanarinc.github.io/packrip-cards/privacy.html

## Key features

- Open virtual TCG booster packs
- Hunt holographic and foil card variants
- Craft cards using duplicate shards
- Track collection value and completion
- Transparent pull rates and pity guarantees
- Daily free packs and quests

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PackRip Plus | $4.99 | per month |
| PackRip Plus (Annual) | $39.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Starter Pouch | $0.99 | one-time |
| Small Stack | $4.99 | one-time |
| Booster Bundle | $9.99 | one-time |
| Big Box | $19.99 | one-time |
| Collector's Vault | $49.99 | one-time |
| Whale Chest | $99.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (6 of 6)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/packrip-tcg-card-packs/id6763404045/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Awesome cards

*2026-08-20*

I like the connectivity to have discounted cards

**Developer response:** Thank you, Markwonder3! Great to hear you're enjoying the collection side — more improvements on the way. If you ever have a suggestion, Settings → Support reaches us directly.

### 3/5 — Pity system

*2026-07-29*

I have the crystal pity yet i’ve opened every pack and i have not gotten one

**Developer response:** You were right — this wasn't bad luck. A classification bug meant no pack could actually contain a Crystal card, so the "next pack guaranteed" message was impossible to fulfil. Fixed in 1.2.3, now with Apple for review: Crystal cards are classified correctly, the guarantee only counts up in sets that can actually produce that rarity, and stuck counters clear on your next pack. Note that Crystal cards only exist in a couple of the vintage sets — that's where the guarantee pays out. Sorry for the wasted packs, and thanks for reporting it.

### 3/5 — What are these new packs they are not even Pokemon

*2026-07-08*

So basically I was updating it then when I went in there was no Pokémon only packs called a pack called Olympus if you have Pokémon still bring back pls

**Developer response:** Sorry about that — what you ran into is a content-loading bug, not a change to the game.

  PackRip loads its set list from our server on launch. If that request fails, the app falls back to the small bundled set (Olympus) and stays stuck there for the whole session, so your library looks like it vanished.

1.2.4 fixes it: the app now remembers the last set list that loaded successfully, so a dropped connection can't strand you on the fallback anymore. Update once it's out and everything should be back where you left it — nothing was deleted, your collection is safe on our servers.

### 1/5 — I’m confused

*2026-06-30*

Don’t understand the purpose is it just a digital platform that you can earn the real currency off of?

**Developer response:** Thanks for asking! PackRip is a card pack opening simulator for entertainment and collecting. You cannot earn, withdraw, or cash out real money in the app. Coins and cards are virtual only and are used for opening simulated packs, building your collection, and progressing in-game.

### 3/5 — THIS GAME CHANGES A LOT

*2026-06-18*

When you play the game on the website in a browser, it is so much better. There are soo many more features that make the game fun to play. Downloading the game not only doesn’t let you manually swipe to open packs and go through each card 1 by 1, but it also gets rid of leaderboards, daily packs, it shows ads even though it said it wouldn’t, and its pay 2 win. It’s fun but if it was like the browser version where it says .co, it would be 5 stars easily

**Developer response:** Thanks for taking the time to write this — detailed feedback like yours is exactly what helps us improve. Good news: most of what you're missing is actually already in the app, and a few things may be from an older build, so please update to the latest version (1.1.6).

  - Card-by-card reveal is built in — tap or swipe to open each card one at a time.
  - Daily packs and the leaderboard are both live; the Daily Challenge on the home screen gives you a daily pack and a leaderboard to climb.
  - There are zero third-party ads in the app — we don't run any ad network at all. What you ran into is an optional Plus subscription offer, not an ad, and if it's showing too often that's on us to tune, so we're dialing the frequency down.
  - Every card, pantheon, and pull is earnable for free. Plus just speeds things up and hides that offer screen — no card is ever locked behind payment.

### 4/5 — Game bug

*2026-04-26*

I have opened and collected all cards with the exception of Noctis (I just haven’t unlocked it) but you can bypass the 3 pack a day by ignoring the buy option and spamming open pack

**Developer response:** Hey, thanks for the catch and the 4 stars! 
We looked into this — the daily pack limit is actually enforced both on the home screen and inside the pack-opening flow, so "Open Another" should hit a "Daily Pack Limit Reached" screen once you're out of free packs. 
If you're still able to bypass it on the latest version, please email us at elhanarinc@gmail.com with your iOS version and a quick description of the steps — we'd love to reproduce and fix it. Good luck unlocking Noctis!

## Frequently asked questions about PackRip

### What is PackRip?

PackRip is an indie fan-made collectible-card pack-opening game. It simulates opening booster packs from various TCGs, allowing users to collect cards, craft duplicates, and track their collection's value. No physical cards are involved.

### Does PackRip have ads?

No, PackRip does not contain advertisements. The app is free to download and play, with optional in-app purchases and a subscription for enhanced features.

### How does PackRip handle card rarities and variants?

PackRip features 9 rarity tiers, including Common, Uncommon, Rare, Holo Rare, Holo EX, Rare Secret, Shining, Gold Star, and Crystal. It also includes foil variants for every card, allowing users to chase the rarest finishes.

### Can I play PackRip offline?

The provided data does not specify offline play capabilities. However, cloud sync is mentioned, suggesting an online connection may be required for certain features like syncing your collection across devices.

### What are the benefits of PackRip Plus?

PackRip Plus is an optional subscription that offers 4 extra daily packs, 1.5x XP per pack, higher coin payouts, a 2x daily streak reward, a Plus seal on your Trainer card, and streak protection. It is available via monthly or annual billing.

### How often is PackRip updated?

The app was last updated on 2026-06-22, indicating recent development activity. New card sets are delivered server-side without requiring an app update, ensuring fresh content.

### What devices does PackRip support?

PackRip is currently supported on iPhone. The age rating for the app is 4+.

### How does the Forge system work in PackRip?

The Forge allows you to scrap duplicate cards into shards. These shards can then be used to craft the specific cards you are missing from your collection, helping you complete sets more efficiently.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.9 — 2026-09-11

A fix-it release, aimed squarely at the things that were wasting your time.

• Earned a pack? It's yours immediately. Watching a bonus video used to show a "free pack ready" message while your pack count stubbornly sat at zero — the pack was real and waiting on the server, the app just wasn't asking for it. It now arrives the moment the video ends.
• Packs no longer open by themselves. A timing bug could roll extra packs you never tapped for, and those phantom opens spent your daily free packs — so you'd hit "daily limit reached" long before you actually should have. Fixed at the source.
• Out of packs? There's now a way out that doesn't cost anything. The daily-limit screen offers an optional bonus video before it offers the shop, and it takes you straight into the pack instead of dropping you back on the wall you just came from.
• Screens stay put. The ad slot used to collapse and spring back open while it was loading, shoving everything underneath it up and down for over a minute. It now holds its place.
• Honest purchase errors. If a purchase can't be completed, the app tells you and points you at Restore Purchases, instead of leaving a button that quietly does nothing.

As always: every pull rate is disclosed before you open, and PackRip Plus still removes the ads that interrupt you.

### 1.2.8 — 2026-09-07

A correctness release. Less new, more right.

• Your rarest cards finally shine. Ultra Rare, Rainbow Rare, Double Rare, V, VMAX, VSTAR, GX, Lv.X, Prime, LEGEND, BREAK and the Illustration Rares were rendering completely flat — over 2,700 cards that were the best pulls in the game and the dullest ones on screen. They now get the holo treatment their tier deserves.
• Bonus rewards now credit properly. If you earn an extra pack, it lands on your account instead of going nowhere.
• Seal perks show what they actually do. The discounts and streak bonuses listed on each Seal are now read from the live game economy, so the number you read is the number you get.
• Your daily streak Seal can never pay you less than not having it.
• Banners on Home, Collection and Stats no longer disappear for the rest of a session after a single failed load.
• A weak connection no longer strands you on offline defaults for the rest of the session, and settings changes now reach the app without a full restart.
• A pile of quieter fixes to how the app reads its live configuration.

Nothing about your collection, coins, streak or PackRip Plus changes in this update.

Thanks for playing PackRip. Keep ripping.

### 1.2.7 — 2026-09-05

Performance and stability improvements throughout the app.

• Faster, steadier pack opening and reveal
• More reliable daily free packs and rewards
• Collection and set browsing improvements
• Various bug fixes and under-the-hood polish

Thanks for playing PackRip. Keep ripping.

### 1.2.6 — 2026-09-01

Reliability and measurement release.

• Fixed a counting bug where packs purchased from the shop were not recorded against the pack you started, so your session stats could under-report.
• Purchase flows now report their outcome accurately. Cancelling a purchase is treated as a cancellation, not an error.
• Improved first-run measurement so we can see where new collectors get stuck and make the opening experience clearer. This is aggregate only — no new information about you is collected, and nothing is tied to your identity.
• General stability and performance improvements.

### 1.2.5 — 2026-08-19

This is a privacy and reliability update.

• Third-party analytics removed. PackRip no longer bundles or contacts any
external analytics service. The "Share Anonymous Analytics" setting is gone
because there is nothing left to opt out of.
• The app reports only anonymous aggregate counts to our own backend — for
example "a pack failed to open" — with no user identifier, no card data and no
free text.
• Better server-side error diagnostics, so pack-loading problems get found and
fixed faster.
• Groundwork for future collection guidance.

No changes to pull rates, odds disclosure, prices, packs, or the economy.

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-13.*