# The Tin: Card Collection — TCG Card Tracker & Scanner

> Open-source TCG card collection tracker with scanning, pricing, and grading tools. (iPhone/iPad app by Tomas Reyes.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-tin-card-collection/id6788516920 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Tomas Reyes](https://appshunter.io/developer/1869796885)
- Category: Lifestyle, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 16 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-31
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-tin-card-collection/id6788516920/reviews.md

## What is The Tin?

The Tin is a free, open-source trading card game (TCG) collection tracker. No ads, no paywall, no subscription, no account — forever.

SCAN — point your camera at a card and it's identified and added in seconds.

TRACK — your collection, wishlist, conditions and variants, with current market prices (TCGplayer USD / Cardmarket EUR) and 2-year price history.

GRADE IT — population data and value estimates for each grade, so you know whether grading is worth it before you ship a card.

SELL SMART — jump straight to eBay and TCGplayer listings for any card.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN — no analytics, no tracking. Your collection lives on your device, not our servers.

OPEN SOURCE — AGPL-licensed, self-hosted, community-run: github.com/the-tin-app/the_tin. Card data updates nightly.

The Tin is an independent, unofficial app for collectors. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any card publisher, manufacturer, or rights holder. All card and set names are trademarks of their respective owners, used for identification only.

## Key features

- Card scanning and identification
- Collection and wishlist tracking
- Market price monitoring (TCGplayer/Cardmarket)
- Price history analysis
- Grading value estimation
- Direct listing to eBay/TCGplayer
- Private, device-based collection storage

## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-tin-card-collection/id6788516920/reviews.md

### 5/5 — It’s actually free

*2026-08-17*

Other apps make you pay for the same service but this one is actually free.

## Frequently asked questions about The Tin

### Does The Tin have ads?

No, The Tin is ad-free. The app is designed to be completely free with no advertisements, ensuring an uninterrupted user experience for collectors.

### How does The Tin identify cards?

The Tin uses your device's camera to scan trading cards. The app then identifies the card and adds it to your collection in seconds.

### What market data does The Tin provide?

The Tin tracks current market prices from TCGplayer (USD) and Cardmarket (EUR). It also offers a 2-year price history for each card.

### Can I track the condition and variants of my cards in The Tin?

Yes, The Tin allows you to track your collection's conditions and variants. This helps in managing your collection's details accurately.

### Is my collection data private with The Tin?

Yes, The Tin is private by design. Your collection lives on your device, and the app does not use analytics or tracking.

### What is the update frequency for card data in The Tin?

Card data in The Tin is updated nightly. This ensures that you have access to the most current information for your collection.

### On which devices can I use The Tin?

The Tin is supported on iPhones and iPads. It is designed for Apple mobile devices.

### Is The Tin available for free?

Yes, The Tin is completely free to use. There is no paywall, subscription, or account required to access its features.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.5 — 2026-08-21

BULK EDIT — tick any selection of cards and set them all at once: acquisition date, source, how you got them, price paid, condition, printing and the trade flag.

Blank means leave unchanged, never "clear it" — opening the sheet and tapping Apply cannot write anything on its own. Price paid has an each / total-for-lot toggle, and a lot splits in whole cents so the shares add up to exactly what you handed over. A graded card's condition is its grade, so setting "Near Mint" across a selection skips the slabs and tells you it did. You see how many cards already have a value before you replace any of them.

PRINT LABELS — print labels for a hand-picked selection in one run, instead of one card at a time.

Select All on the collection screen is also reachable for the first time; it had been rendering behind the tab bar.

### 1.0.4 — 2026-08-18

CENTERING — measure how well a card is centred, on a card you've just scanned or one already in your tin. Photograph it, drag the eight lines onto its cut edge and its printed border, and you get the two ratios collectors quote.

It's a measurement, not a grade. The app doesn't look at corners, edges or surface, and it won't tell you what a grader would say. Nothing is detected for you either — automatic edge-finding was confidently wrong on real photos, so you place every line yourself and the number on screen is one a person has looked at. The ratios and the photo are kept with the card, and both are included in your backup and your CSV export.

PORTFOLIO — the value chart ended in a vertical cliff at today's edge, reporting steep losses on tins where nothing had been bought, sold or repriced. It was measuring each card's history against a different price table than the one the app values the card from. Fixed, and an obviously-wrong price spike at the end of a card's history no longer drags the whole chart with it.

### 1.0.3 — 2026-08-14

BINDER — photograph a binder page and get a virtual one back, with a price on every pocket. Four shots per page and it reads all nine. Nothing is added to your tin — it's a way to see what a page is worth without typing anything.

LABELS — print a sticker for one card or a whole divider, on standard 2" × 1" stock. Scanning one opens that exact copy, printing and condition already selected. Without the app on the phone, the sticker opens a web page instead.

YOUR OWN PHOTOS — attach photographs of the copies you own. They print in the collection report as an evidence appendix, which is the form an insurer asks for.

FIRST RUN — the app no longer opens on a form asking your budget, Movers no longer greets an empty tin with "nothing here", and search results now say what you already own. Arriving with a spreadsheet? Import a list is on the empty tin.

READABILITY — status colours you can actually read, type that grows with your Dynamic Type setting, captions that stop truncating.

FIXES — remove a card from the edit screen, shared card links open the app instead of just launching it, gem rates in the right units, and the scanner stops running flat out when there's nothing in front of it.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-08-10

FOR YOU — the recommendation feed is shelves now. Cards you're hunting are grouped by what they'd mean for your wallet: Easy adds, Worth a think, and Someday. Nothing is hidden for being expensive — it's sorted by intent instead.

LOADING — screens no longer swap layouts while data arrives. The Tin and Discover keep their shape and fill in, so a full collection never reads as an empty one for the first second.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-08-04

TRADE — put two collections side by side, tally both piles, and see one honest percentage of who owes what. Share the trade sheet as a link or a PDF.

SEALED — track sealed boxes, packs and tins alongside your singles, with their own prices and their own place in each set.

WATCHING — price targets are now a screen you check, not notifications that interrupt you. Set a target on any card and see everything that has hit it in one place.

GRAILS — mark the one card you're actually hunting. It sits at the top of your wishlist, above everything else you're after.

SCANNER UPDATES — when a new scanner pack is published, the app now tells you instead of quietly leaving you on the old one. If you use the camera, expect a one-time prompt to update: the current pack recognises around 1,400 cards the previous one couldn't, including several recent sets. The scanner keeps working on the pack you already have until you choose to update.

FIXES — shared wishlist links now open the card they point at. Card details no longer blank out when you add a card to your wishlist. Fixed a crash when scrolling a large artist collection, and a case where an unrecognised wishlist entry could clear the list.

## More apps by Tomas Reyes

- [LanguageLoop](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/languageloop/id6757940306)

All apps by Tomas Reyes: https://appshunter.io/developer/1869796885

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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 2026-08-27.*
