# Pokémon TCG Card Dex

> Official app for managing Pokémon TCG card collections and deck building. (iPhone/iPad app by THE POKEMON COMPANY INTERNATIONAL, INC..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pokemon-tcg-card-dex/id1448310257 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [THE POKEMON COMPANY INTERNATIONAL, INC.](https://appshunter.io/developer/594261408)
- Category: Games, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.30/5 from 3,080 App Store ratings · 50 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 10.0 · 290 MB
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
- Released: 2019-02-08
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pokemon-tcg-card-dex/id1448310257/reviews.md

## What is Pokémon TCG Card Dex?

Pokémon Trading Card Game players, rejoice! Pokémon TCG Card Dex is the official app to manage your Pokémon TCG collection. With an ever-expanding world of cards, this will be your one-stop place to browse, manage, and set goals for your collection.

Pokémon TCG Card Dex has tons of helpful key features, including:
-Browse a growing database of new, current, and legacy expansions to the Pokémon TCG.
-Search for specific cards by type, name, Hit Points, or other statistics to make building your decks as easy as possible.
-Scan your cards into the app with our state-of-the-art image recognition feature, and see how far you've come in your collection.
-Track which cards you've scanned, so you can figure out which cards you still need.

## Key features

- Browse card expansions
- Search cards by type, name, HP
- Scan cards with image recognition
- Track scanned cards
- Manage TCG collection
- Set collection goals

## What do users think of Pokémon TCG Card Dex?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 👍 Good way to keep track of cards
- 🚀 Smooth scanning process
- 💡 Helpful for collectors
- 🔍 Useful search and filtering features

**Cons**

- 🐛 Inconsistent scanning accuracy
- 🔍 Limited card database (only XY and newer)
- 🔍 Lack of support for older card sets
- 💻 Unintuitive user interface

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Scanning often detects wrong cards
- App crashes when trying to scan certain cards
- Card ownership data sometimes resets unexpectedly

**Most requested features**

- Add support for older card sets (Base Set, HGSS, etc.)
- Implement a deck building/management feature
- Allow tracking of card quantities and variants (holo, reverse holo, etc.)
- Improve scanning reliability and accuracy

## Recent user reviews (10 of 50)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pokemon-tcg-card-dex/id1448310257/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Good… And bad

*2023-03-07, version 1.20*

So this app is a really good place to go to look for a specific card, but it’s not very good for scanning cards, however. Sometimes it will scan the right card, but most of the time it just thinks that I scanned the darker cards, like shadow circle, or sea of nothingness. I don’t know why it does this! It does this for really colorful cards as well! I don’t know if other people have the same issue, but I really hope you could fix this problem because I genuinely think that this could be a very, very useful app! Anyway thank you for making an app that is useful for other people to use!

### 3/5 — I would give it 5 stars but…

*2023-02-23, version 1.20*

I was originally going to give it 4 stars but I can’t scan all of my cards, the app only has expansions all back to X and Y but only as far back as 2014. I’ve been collecting card’s since I was a kid so I have cards from 2009 and even 2004. The scanning function needs work too. If you don’t scan the card on the right surface, in the right light it might show up as a different card and full art cards are harder to scan especially if they’re V pokemon (I have to manually add my V pokemon). At this point I’ll need to buy shadow circle so next time it shows up I can say I have it stop pushing the x button. All in all it’s still a good app, it just needs work.

### 5/5 — It’s perfect, but it needs more

*2023-02-19, version 1.20*

I found this app very good, but I think that they should have more you should have from probably base set because this would allow collectors to use it if you have base set and base set two and whatever then a lot more people can enjoy it but I think it is good cause then you don’t have to scramble around every single set just to find your card. You can just use the search tool or look at the bottom of the Pokémon card to find your set, so I like it, thank you but please add more.

### 1/5 — A few suggestions…

*2023-01-04, version 1.19*

1) Add the information that you would find in the booklet from the Elite Trainer Boxes. Meaning which cards have which, standard/holo/rare/ultra rare, etc. so we can check box the individual cards that we have. Meaning if we still need the holo of the card we can leave that box unchecked. 

2) Make the check boxes a little bigger and spaced out. How many times when trying to check the box that I’ve obtained that card and opened the card in full view. It’s annoying. Space out the rows more and make the check box larger. Again, add more check boxes underneath the card to be able to check non-holo and holo. 

3) Get rid of the scanning card feature. Enough reviews on here complain about how it doesn’t work and it’s broken. It doesn’t work for me either. Taking it away would be an improvement. This app could be the same exact thing as the books that come with the ETBs just in a digital version. Removing this feature would increase reviews. If something is not 100% working, don’t add it. 

These two things need fixed asap. Thanks in advance.

### 2/5 — Wait until the scanning gets improved

*2022-11-04, version 1.18*

The app itself doesn’t let me check my deck from the cards I scanned and it consistently fails to scan. Like 7/10 it’ll either not take the scan or show one of two completely different cards from what I scanned such as Dark Circle or one other. 

The app has managed to scan a few cards and work correctly which I’m surprised that even happened. And every card set to look at is a download required. It’s annoying because this app has so much potential. I looked at every suggestion to see how to correctly scan my cards that the app says, did all of it, still got the exact same issues.

### 4/5 — Good but needs more.

*2022-10-27, version 1.18*

This app is good for what it has, sometimes a little finicky but I've found if you're doing your regular cards with a yellow border if you have a straight black background it works almost always. And then for your specialty cards without a yellow border, unless the card is either white, yellow, it silver color, a solid white works the best. To be honest my only complaint is that since I've been collecting these since I was a kid, 80% of my cards aren't readable. From what I found it's cards made in 2014-Present. And seeing how most my cards are from Black and White as well as from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, they don't work. My only hope is that the exapand all the what to when they started selling them in 1995 so I can accurately know the cards I have instead of flipping through my card binder. Another nice feature which could be cool is if they allowed you to mark how many of that card you have, just for the convenience factor.

### 1/5 — Not good.

*2022-08-21, version 1.17*

When I started collecting, I mainly had cards from before sun and moon but the app doesn’t have an option to add those sets. I now have more cards from the newer sets but if I want to log my collection somewhere I’d rather just use a google doc because the scanning feature is annoying not to mention that it takes forever to log a few cards so any collector with more than 10 cards probably won’t have much fun putting their collection in the system. If you want my honest opinion, I dislike it. I don’t care if some people find it useful but I’m not gonna reinstall it because I don’t wanna waste my time putting the hundreds of cards that are newer into the system while just leaving my old cards lying around.

### 3/5 — I am a little disappointed.

*2022-07-26, version 1.17*

This app is good if you want to scan cards and view your collection as a whole.
This app however is very limited to the cards that it can scan. I have a bunch of team plasma and a Rayquaza C lv X that I would like to scan, but I can’t because this app is limited to X and Y series and everything that came afterwards. Nothing that came before X and Y like black and white or delta species or really any of the OG’s and that frustrates me because of the cards that I wish I could scan.
If the developers are reading this please update this app so we can add the older cards to our digital collection. Thank you and have a good one.

### 5/5 — The app seems to automatically close at some certain points when scanning

*2022-07-25, version 1.17*

I got the CardDex app to document my Pokémon card collection. But there are some cards that won’t seem to go through and I have to enter them manually and also sometimes when I’m scanning the app just automatically closes. I don’t know if it has something to do with my phone or the app itself but please try to fix those issues thanks

### 5/5 — Great app

*2022-06-29, version 1.17*

Great app but I would like if it included the older expansions.
Also it would be nice if it included reverse holos but I know scanning it like that would be hard so maybe when it shows is this your card you can have an option to make it a reversed holo. And if any one if having trouble scanning there cards who is reading the make sure that the card is not in a sleeve, the card is clean, and if scanning a V or Vmax make it so there not any light shining on the card directly

## Frequently asked questions about Pokémon TCG Card Dex

### What does the Pokémon TCG Card Dex app do?

This is the official app for managing your Pokémon Trading Card Game collection. It allows you to browse and search a vast database of cards, scan your physical cards into the app using image recognition, and track which cards you own and which you still need to complete your collection.

### What are the key features of the Pokémon TCG Card Dex app?

Key features include browsing a growing database of new, current, and legacy Pokémon TCG expansions. You can search for specific cards by type, name, or Hit Points, and scan your cards into the app to track your collection's progress.

### Is the Pokémon TCG Card Dex app free to use?

Yes, the Pokémon TCG Card Dex app is free to download and use. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned in the provided description.

### Who is the target audience for this app?

The app is designed for players of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It's intended for anyone who collects Pokémon cards and wants an efficient way to manage their collection, build decks, and track their progress.

### How does the card scanning feature work?

The app utilizes state-of-the-art image recognition technology to scan your physical Pokémon TCG cards. Once scanned, the app registers the card in your digital collection, helping you track what you have and what you still need.

## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.23 — 2023-08-08

Added support for the Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Obsidian Flames
Additional bug fixes

### 1.22 — 2023-06-06

Added support for the Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Paldea Evolved
Additional bug fixes

### 1.21 — 2023-03-29

Added support for the Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet
Additional bug fixes

### 1.20 — 2023-01-18

Added support for the Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield — Crown Zenith Expansion
Additional bug fixes

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