# TCG Archivist — user reviews

> 4 indexed App Store user reviews of TCG Archivist by TCG Archivist LLC, rated 3.90/5 from 20 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tcg-archivist/id6751176846/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tcg-archivist/id6751176846.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 12 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 3

## Most critical reviews (4 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Garbage app and product

*2026-07-30*

Don’t get duped into paying 200 bucks for junk you can 3d print only to find out you have to pay 4.99 a month to use it

### 2/5 — Lots of UX issues! Buyer beware

*2026-08-18*

1. Why are we limited to fixing scan issues on the app? A desktop app/website would be so much faster to work with. Also my phone is a potato but my computer has a 16-core processor. Do the math…

2. Why are some cards marked “no foil exists, skipping” when I’m literally holding a foil version in my hand? (This is what inspired me to write this review)

3. Show the actual picture while I’m fixing a scan in the selection screen!!! So annoying to press back twice if I forgot the variant/set etc!

4. USELESS for land cards. There’s no point using it unless you’re going to sort by set and scan each land set pile with a filter set. It thought every mountain I scanned in was a rare 7th edition one worth $10 a pop. Took almost an hour to get them fixed manually. 

5. Does not handle 2 sided cards well. 

6. No option to say every card in a batch will be foil, have to do it afterward (and get told they’re not foil). 

7. Can’t set a year range, only a specific year in scan filter. Pointless. 

8. The device regularly halts over the slightest misalignment (cards not gripping). 

9. I already said this but the lack of website for managing cards and fixing scans is just tragic. 

In Conclusion:
If you’re a hobbyist with a somewhat sizable collection (500-5k) then it might be worth getting this thing, but any more than 5k and you should look elsewhere, this would be awful if I needed a scanner that could handle more than ~500 cards an hour, it does not feel like it respects my time, and the app is definitely not worth paying a subscription for.

### 3/5 — Not bad…..needs some improvement

*2026-03-22*

The only big concern I have right now is that it crashes when you try to manual grid scan. Other than that it’s wonderful. Get the grid scan fixed.

### 4/5 — Good for what it is

*2026-08-09*

Has minor bug but gets the job done.

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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 2026-08-25.*