Poke Awesome Code Catcher vs Card Binder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Poke Awesome Code Catcher
Easily scan unused Pokemon code cards to earn rewards. Choose to receive more Pokemon cards or cash. This free app offers bonuses for the number of codes you scan.
- Scan Pokemon QR codes
- Earn rewards
- Choose compensation (cards or cash)
- Free to use
- Bonuses for multiple codes
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Do you have Pokemon Code Cards that you don't use? Do you want to turn that into more Pokemon cards, or better yet, money?!?! Poke Awesome Code Catcher allows you to scan your Pokemon QR codes quick and easy and you get to choose how you'd like to be compensated. This app will always be free and you will receive bonuses based on how many codes you have to scan in.
Card Binder
Easily manage your Magic The Gathering card collection by scanning and organizing cards. Access real-time pricing, detailed card information, and build custom decks. Sync your collection across devices and explore new cards.
- Scan and save cards
- Real-time card pricing
- Detailed card information
- Build custom decks
- Validate deck legality
- Cross-device syncing
- Export collection
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The ultimate Magic The Gathering app. Quickly scan and save all your cards into your Binder collection, check each card price in real-time. You will be able to see a lot of details for each card: legality, all the card editions, first appearance date, and more! Features: - Build your collection quickly scanning all your cards. - Explore card details including the legality, price, editions, and much more. - Build amazing decks with support for sideboard and maybeboard. - Support for commander decks. - Validate your deck and ensure it is legal for any format. - All content is live and automatically updated. - Collection stored and shared between all your IOS devices. - Search for any card, even if it is not in your collection. - Get to know more cards using the explore tab. It will show random cards to you. - No ads, ever. - Dark mode support. - Export and share your collection using .csv files. If you have any question or feedback we'd love to hear from you at support@cardbinderapp.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Card Binder at 4.5 against Poke Awesome Code Catcher's 2.4. Card Binder also leads on review sentiment (59% vs 24%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Poke Awesome Code Catcher's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.2 vs 17.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Card Binder sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Poke Awesome Code Catcher asks for nothing beyond the download.
Card Binder holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 187 and 573 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Poke Awesome Code Catcher's written reviews are positive against 59% of Card Binder's.
Poke Awesome Code Catcher ships an update every 4 months, Card Binder every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Poke Awesome Code Catcher | Card Binder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (187 ratings) | 4.5 (573 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.5% of reviews | 59.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 187 | 573 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.2 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Christopher Campbell | Nicolas Yuste Tirados |
Customer experience
Poke Awesome Code Catcher
Card Binder
User reviews
Poke Awesome Code Catcher
From 187 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast payment processing (within 24 hours)
- 📱 Easy and quick code scanning process
- 💰 Legitimate payment for unused codes
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🎁 Store credit option available
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently on launch
- ⚠️ Misleading submission acceptance status
- 🚫 Submissions closed but app still allows scanning
- 💸 No payment received despite submissions marked complete
- 🔒 Codes become locked in app with no export option
Card Binder
From 573 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Efficient scanning
- 📚 Comprehensive card database
- 💰 Accurate card pricing
- 🗂️ Effective card organization
- 🎨 Visually appealing interface
Room to improve
- 🔒 Limited free storage
- 🐛 Scanning issues after updates
- 🔍 Suboptimal search and filtering
- 🔀 Difficulty syncing across devices
- 💰 Expensive paid upgrades
Bugs and requests
Poke Awesome Code Catcher
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes immediately upon opening
- App freezes after scanning codes
- Cannot open app after installation
- Codes lost when app crashes
- Submission errors after scanning large batches
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- Payment marked complete but funds not received
- Unable to submit codes despite app allowing scanning
- Scanning process fails mid-way through
- App crashes when attempting to agree to terms before submission
Requested features
8 requests- Clear notification on app launch if submissions are currently accepting codes
- Ability to export or retrieve codes from the app
- Minimum code requirements clearly stated upfront
- Support for scanning older/previous set codes
- Better communication about submission windows
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- Dark mode option
- More payment method options beyond PayPal
- Higher payment rates for codes
Card Binder
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to recognize certain card names
- Disappearing foil card data
- Deck building issues with commander cards
- Inconsistent set recognition
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to filter cards by set
- Option to add custom tags to cards
- Bulk card addition to decks
- Wishlist functionality
- Improved sorting and organization tools
In-app purchases
Poke Awesome Code Catcher
No in-app purchases
Card Binder
- Space for 100 cards$0.99
- Space for 1000 cards$4.99
Questions
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