Comparison

TCGplayer vs Holodek

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TCGplayer

Quickly scan and identify trading cards to track their market prices and manage your collection. Access your entire collection on the go and browse the extensive marketplace for seamless shopping.

Highlights
  • Blazingly fast card scanning
  • Effortless price tracking
  • Access collection anytime, anywhere
  • Seamless in-app shopping
  • Supports numerous TCGs
Features
Currently charting
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Blazingly Fast Card Scanning Say goodbye to tediously typing and searching for the correct card versions! The TCGplayer app scans your cards with unparalleled speed and accuracy, giving you more time to enjoy the games you love. Track Prices with Ease From the top TCGs to the hottest new games, the TCGplayer app lets you effortlessly scan, organize, and track the market price for every card from every TCG on our marketplace for free! Access Your Collection Anytime Your entire TCG collection is just a tap away! Whether at home or on the go, you can access your entire collection whenever and wherever you need from your mobile device. Simply log in to the app and your collection is at your fingertips! Seamless Shopping Browse and shop the extensive catalog on the TCGplayer marketplace from thousands of sellers with just a few taps. Supported Games: Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, One Piece TCG, Star Wars Unlimited, Digimon Card Game, Disney Lorcana, Cardfight!! Vanguard, Dragon Ball Super: Fusion World, Dragon Ball Super: Masters, Final Fantasy, Flesh and Blood, Grand Archive TCG, Shadowverse: Evolve, Sorcery: Contested Realm, Union Arena, UniVersus, Weiss Schwarz, Akora TCG, Alpha Clash, Argent Saga TCG, BAKUGAN TCG, Battle Spirits Saga, Chrono Clash System, Dice Masters, Dragoborne, Dragon Ball Z TCG, Elestrals, Exodus TCG, Force of Will, Future Card Buddyfight, Gate Ruler Gundam Card Game, Kryptik, Lightseekers TCG, MetaX TCG, MetaZoo, Munchkin CCG, Star Wars: Destiny, The Caster Chronicles, Transformers TCG, Warhammer Age of Sigmar Champions, WIXOSS, World of Warcraft TCG, Gundam

About

Holodek

Features
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Step into the game. Holodek is a premium home for card, word, puzzle and board games on your phone — multiplayer with friends, computer opponents, no ads, no clutter. Five daily puzzles — Queens, Tango, Wordle, Breach and Sudoku — are playable without an account. One go at each, every day. Make an account when you want a streak, a club or a friend to beat. FIFTEEN GAMES, ONE APP Daily puzzles — Wordle, Sudoku, Queens, Tango, Breach Card games — Eina, Spite & Malice, Blind Man's Bluff, Solitaire, Bingo Numbers & logic — Countdown, The Numbers Game, Number Maze Board & party — Ludo, Lizard Spock BREACH Six code words hidden in a grid of twenty-five. An AI hands you one-word clues; you decode them before the worm eats the board. Play it solo as a daily, co-op with a friend, or head-to-head. PLAY YOUR WAY Play head-to-head with a friend over a room code, jump into a quick match, or take on a computer opponent. Rounds are real-time and server-driven — no host, no waiting, no drama. Bots fill in when matchmaking is quiet, so you never wait long. Add friends, build a profile, collect badges, and start a club — a group that checks in on the same daily puzzles and shares a board. GENEROUSLY FREE No ads. Ever. • Today's daily puzzle in every game — free forever • Every card, board and multiplayer game • 30 practice puzzles per difficulty, in every puzzle game • One club, up to 8 members HOLODEK PLUS — OPTIONAL Holodek Plus is an optional subscription that adds depth, never an advantage: • Every past daily — the full archive • Unlimited practice puzzles, every difficulty, every game • Unlimited Breach • Hints with no daily cap • Unlimited clubs, up to 30 members, with past boards and all-time standings • Every new game we ship, in full Plus never buys a better result: hints are capped per puzzle for everyone, subscribers included, and dailies have no hints at all. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Breach is clued by an AI, so the free tier includes five Breach sims a day; Holodek Plus removes that limit. Every other card, board and multiplayer game is unlimited on the free tier. Holodek Plus is offered as a monthly subscription and an annual subscription. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency before you buy. Payment is charged to your store account on confirmation. The subscription renews automatically for the same period unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. Manage the subscription or turn off auto-renewal in your store account settings at any time. If a free trial is offered, any unused portion is forfeited when you buy the subscription. Privacy Policy: https://www.holodek.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.holodek.app/terms

Screenshots

TCGplayer4 screens
Holodek4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TCGplayer at none against Holodek's 4. TCGplayer also leads on chart position (#25 vs unranked). Holodek's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Holodek sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. TCGplayer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TCGplayer ships an update fortnightly, Holodek every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
TCGplayer versus Holodek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTCGplayerHolodek
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (16K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews21.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#25 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB66 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperTCGplayer, Inc.NOLDOR (PTY) LTD

Bugs and requests

TCGplayer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on startup
  • Incorrect card information displayed
  • Inability to properly scan certain card types (foils, black cards, etc.)

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to sync collection across devices
  • More sorting/filtering options for collections
  • Support for additional card games beyond MTG, Pokemon, and Yu-Gi-Oh

Holodek

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TCGplayer

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Holodek

Subscriptions2
  • Holodek Plus7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Holodek Plus Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Holodek Premium$4.99
  • Holodek Founder$19.99

Questions

Is TCGplayer free?
TCGplayer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Holodek free?
Holodek is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TCGplayer or Holodek have ads?
Neither TCGplayer nor Holodek shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TCGplayer or Holodek?
TCGplayer ships an update fortnightly, and Holodek every 9 days. Most recently, TCGplayer was updated on October 19, 2026 and Holodek on October 13, 2026.

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