IITC vs TCGrade Binder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IITC
Enhance your Ingress intel map experience with this powerful tool. It offers a faster, more feature-rich alternative to the standard intel map, providing advanced functionalities for gameplay.
- Faster intel map loading
- Expanded feature set
- Customizable map overlays
- Improved performance
- Enhanced gameplay tools
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IITC is a browser add-on that modifies the Ingress intel map. It is faster than the standard site, and offers many more features.
TCGrade Binder
Digitally organize and track your trading card collection with realistic binder pages. Monitor card details, market value, and collection growth. Features multi-game support and a wishlist for desired cards.
- Digital binder pages with animations
- Track card details and market value
- Automatic gain/loss calculations
- Multi-game support with autocomplete
- Wishlist functionality
- Duplicate detection
- Export to PDF and shareable links
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Turn your card collection into a living, breathing digital binder. TCGrade Binder is the easiest way to organize, track, and enjoy your trading card collection - whether you're chasing a full Pokémon set, building a Magic: The Gathering cube, or cataloging Yu-Gi-Oh, Digimon, Lorcana, One Piece, or Dragon Ball cards. No spreadsheets, no guesswork - just a clean, satisfying binder that lives on your phone. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Real binder pages - flip through 4-pocket pages exactly like the real thing, with a smooth page-turn animation. • Track every detail - card name, set, card number, game, purchase price, and current market value (manual input), all in one place. • See your gains at a glance - automatic gain/loss calculations show how your collection's value has moved. • Multi-game support - built-in name and set autocomplete for Pokémon, with full set libraries for Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh, Digimon, Lorcana, One Piece, and Dragon Ball. • Wishlist - keep a running list of the cards you're hunting, and mark them off the moment you land one. • Duplicate detection - flags cards that match on name, set, AND card number, so you always know what you've got two of. • Daily streaks - a friendly nudge to check in on your collection, with a companion BOT that reacts to your milestones. • Export & share - generate a polished PDF of your binder, or share a live, read-only link so friends can browse without being able to edit it. • Multiple binders (Pro) - organize by game, by set, or however makes sense to you. • Camera capture (Pro) - snap a photo of a card straight into its binder slot. • Custom binder covers (Pro) - pick a color theme or use your own photo. BUILT FOR PRIVACY TCGrade Binder has no server, no account system, and no tracking of any kind. Your entire collection lives in your own private iCloud account through Apple's CloudKit - never on our servers, never visible to us, never sold or shared. No ads. No analytics. No sign-up. It works with the iCloud account already on your phone and syncs automatically across your own devices. FREE VS. PRO Free gets you a full binder with up to 4 pages, manual card entry, and every core organizing feature - free, forever. TCGrade Binder PRO unlocks: • Unlimited binders and unlimited pages • Camera capture for adding cards • Custom binder cover colors and photos • Priority access to new features as they ship Pro is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription, billed through your Apple ID. Cancel anytime in Settings. A NOTE ON TRADEMARKS TCGrade Binder is an independent, fan-made organizational tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, Wizards of the Coast, Konami, Bandai, or any other trading card game publisher. All card game names, set names, and card names are trademarks of their respective owners and are used here only to help you catalog your own collection. https://tcgrade.net/binder/privacy https://tcgrade.net/binder/support Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TCGrade Binder at 100% against IITC's 29%. TCGrade Binder also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). IITC's advantage is ratings volume (72 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. IITC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TCGrade Binder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TCGrade Binder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IITC has 72 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of IITC's written reviews are positive against 100% of TCGrade Binder's.
IITC ships an update every 3 months, TCGrade Binder every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IITC | TCGrade Binder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (72 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yangkun Zhang | Jonathan Binasco |
Customer experience
IITC
TCGrade Binder
Bugs and requests
IITC
Reported bugs
92 issues- Login issues
- App doesn't let users in
- Bugged and needs fixing
- Login doesn't work
- Double-tap zoom no longer works
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- User scripts do not work
- Machina portals not differentiated
- Search function not working correctly
- App not functioning
- Blank screen on login
- Login through Google goes to blank screen
- Old version worked fine
- App says unavailable
- Maps littered with Machina portals
- User scripts do not work
- iPadOS 16 doesn’t show portals, links, fields
- Incorrectly display all links
- Not rendering portals, links, or fields on iPad
- Cannot see portals, links, and fields
- Suddenly stopped being able to log in through Facebook
- App freezes and becomes unresponsive
- Blank screen, cannot sign in
- Blank screen and cannot log in to Google
- Issues with CE release for Apple devices
- Fields aren’t drawn
- Cannot turn off comm view
- Comm overlay prevents viewing portal info
- Doesn’t confirm to install user scripts
- Clicking 'info' makes everything disappear
- Latest update messed up map view
- Map view seems to be in desktop mode
- Desktop view is on all the time
- Cannot turn off desktop view in settings
- Draw tools and cross links plugin not working
- Link maker pops up but nothing happens
- Cannot see if links are blocking planned field
- Google changed authentication methods
- Intel for Ingress automatically fails
- Google removed support for authentication method
- Details of portals inaccessible
- Google login failure
- App needs to be recompiled with latest Auth versions
- ERROR 403 when trying to login with Google
- Login issues after updates
- Error: disallowed_useragent
- Google sign-in not supported inside the app
- Google login not working
- 403 error on Google login
- Draw tools not showing on maps
- Cannot move tables around
- Problem loading map tiles
- Map tiles not working
- Vector layer floating on grey-blue sea
- App mostly un-usable after iOS updates
- Intel updates pause and freeze display
- COMM chat overlays map and can’t be cleared
- Panning can freeze the app
- Draw Tools Export Doesn’t Work on iPhone X
- Copy code section doesn't work
- Bookmarks won’t work on the go
- Cannot bookmark new portals
- Copy/paste/select all problem in draw tools
- Sync plugin authorization issue
- Authorization quit working for syncing
- Cannot click authorize for Sync plugin
- Draw tools export needs fixing
- Cannot select entire string for draw tools export
- Game plugin issues
- Cannot connect through G+ account
- Map doesn't load behind portals
- Add-ons/plugins stop displaying altogether
- Battery drain
- Uses more battery than Ingress
- Freezes when zooming out
- Update freezes map
- App is very slow
- Map isn't working
- Latest version has a bug
- Puts user in the middle of an ocean
- Requires force close to reset/refresh map
- Latest version freezes when loading map
- Fields and portals data not loading
- Status 'map: pauses'
- Zooming out takes user to North pole
- Mostly non-functional
- Stuff is broken
- Ingress Intel updates not allowing things to work
- This is not IITC
- Draw tools don't work at all
- Randomly turning addons on/off
- Features that simply don't work
- Freezes regularly
Requested features
7 requests- Add search bar in plugins list
- Ability to generate Google Maps links
- Fix copy/paste/select all in draw tools
- Fix authorization for syncing
- Fix draw tools export
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- Fix game plugin issues
- Fix draw tools
TCGrade Binder
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IITC
- IITC Debug Console$2.99
TCGrade Binder
- Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pro Annual$19.991 Year









