Comparison

Fanatics Collect vs Loop

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

Head to head
About

Fanatics Collect

This app is a marketplace for buying and selling sports cards, TCG, and memorabilia. It offers auctions, fixed-price listings, and a secure vault for storing collectibles. Users can manage their entire portfolio directly from their phone.

Highlights
  • Buy and sell sports cards
  • Weekly and Premier auctions
  • Fixed price marketplace with offers
  • Authenticated and verified listings
  • Secure vault for collectibles
  • View vault portfolio on phone
Features
Currently charting
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Fanatics Collect is the most trusted and dynamic marketplace for buying and selling sports cards, TCG, and sports memorabilia. EXPLORE Browse hundreds of thousands of sports cards, TCG, and memorabilia listings in our Buy Now marketplace or Weekly and Premier auctions. BUY Buy with confidence. Every card for sale on Fanatics Collect has been shipped to us, authenticated and verified before listing. SELL List your cards for sale and find a buyer quickly and easily, with the most competitive seller rates in the industry. VAULT Store and secure your collectibles in our industry-leading Vault facility.   App Features   More Ways to Sell   Users can easily sell their cards through our curated Weekly Auctions, our high-end Premier Auctions, or as a fixed price with the ability to accept offers on our Fixed Price Marketplace.   Your Vault Portfolio   View your entire portfolio on your phone. All cards are listed in a fun and straightforward interface, including insured values for each card and a stated value of your entire vault portfolio.     Ship to the Vault   Not a Fanatics Collect Vault member yet? The app provides users with a unique vault address with instructions on how to send in your first shipment of cards.

About

Loop

Log golf rounds with a one-tap scorecard, track your handicap, and share your game with friends. Features GPS rangefinder, real hole maps, and practice modes. Offers advanced analysis and insights with an optional subscription.

Highlights
  • One-tap scorecard
  • GPS rangefinder
  • Real hole maps
  • USGA/WHS-style Handicap Index
  • Live foursome scoring
  • Practice modes
Features
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Loop is where your golf lives. Log every round with a one-tap scorecard, keep a USGA/WHS-style Handicap Index, and share it all with the people you actually play with. No fake users. No invented stats. Just your game, tracked honestly, getting better. TRACK EVERY ROUND • One-tap scorekeeper — score, putts, and fairways logged in seconds, GIR figured out for you • GPS rangefinder, free — real distances to the front, centre and back of the green, measured from where you actually stand • Real hole maps, free — the true shape of every mapped hole, with each shot you hit plotted on it • 12,600+ real U.S. courses built in from OpenStreetMap, playable offline • Real scorecards — pars, yardages and stroke indexes from OpenStreetMap, plus 30 hand-verified championship cards • Practice mode for range sessions, putting, and short game — training counts too KNOW YOUR HANDICAP • A USGA/WHS-style Handicap Index computed from your rounds — the same differential math used for official indexes • Course Handicap and live net scoring on every round • Score trends, scoring distribution, fairways & greens, and putting breakdowns PLAY WITH YOUR PEOPLE • A feed of your friends' rounds — give kudos, leave comments • Group Loops: score your whole foursome live on one card, with a live leaderboard • Clubs & leagues with gross, net, and 30-day-average leaderboards • Follow friends by username; private accounts require approval GO PRO — THE ANALYSIS LAYER Logging and social are free, forever. Loop Pro adds the intelligence: • Satellite hole view — the real hole from above on licensed satellite imagery, with your live GPS position on it • Caddie Memory — what you scored, hit, and noted the last time you played this hole • Course Intel — where you leak strokes at each course you play • Handicap Outlook — the score you need to shoot to cut your index • Shot Quality lab and putting-by-distance breakdowns • Unlimited career archive and unlimited private leagues Loop Pro is $9.99/month or $79.99/year, each with a 7-day free trial. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Everything in Loop is real: real courses (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), real math, real friends. We don't sell your data and we don't show ads. Terms of Service: https://thegolfloop.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://thegolfloop.com/privacy

Screenshots

Fanatics Collect4 screens
Loop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fanatics Collect at none against Loop's 2. Fanatics Collect also leads on ratings volume (9.3K vs 3) and chart position (#51 vs unranked). Loop's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence 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. Loop sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Fanatics Collect asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loop holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fanatics Collect has 9.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fanatics Collect ships an update every 11 days, Loop weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Fanatics Collect versus Loop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFanatics CollectLoop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9.3K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings9.3K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
Best chart rank#51 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size769 MB52 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperFanatics Collectibles AD, Inc.Jameson Vasquez

Customer experience

Fanatics Collect

All ratings9,250 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral1.3%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews341 reviews
Positive33.1%
Neutral5.0%
Negative61.9%

Loop

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Fanatics Collect

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login and account verification issues
  • Inconsistent app performance and stability
  • Inaccurate card values and grading information

Requested features

4 requests
  • Sort and filter options for collections
  • Customizable portfolio views
  • Faster intake and fulfillment processes
  • Improved search and browsing functionality

Loop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Fanatics Collect

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Loop

Subscriptions2
  • Loop Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Loop Pro Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Fanatics Collect free?
Fanatics Collect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loop free?
Loop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fanatics Collect or Loop?
Loop is rated higher. Fanatics Collect averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9.3K ratings, while Loop averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Fanatics Collect or Loop have ads?
Fanatics Collect shows ads; Loop does not.
Which is updated more often, Fanatics Collect or Loop?
Fanatics Collect ships an update every 11 days, and Loop weekly. Most recently, Fanatics Collect was updated on November 2, 2026 and Loop on October 28, 2026.

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