Comparison

iCollect Trading Cards Scanner vs Backyard Ultra Loop Run

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

Head to head
About

iCollect Trading Cards Scanner

Manage your sports and non-sports trading card collections with this app. Scan cards using advanced image recognition or search a vast database to catalog your items. Track collection value, add personal details, and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Card scanning with image recognition
  • Extensive card database with images
  • Collection value tracking
  • Cloud backup and multi-device sync
  • Customizable item details
  • Sharing and exporting options
Features
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iCollect Trading Cards is the #1 app on the App Store for managing your trading card collections. Sports cards includes basketball, football, baseball, hockey, soccer, tennis, golf, boxing, racing, MMA, wrestling, and cricket. Non-sports cards includes Pokemon, Disney Lorcana, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Star Wars, Garbage Pail Kids, and so much more. This is a Universal app and works on both iPhone and iPad and syncs directly with our Mac app. Scan in or search for any item you own or want and add them to your lists. Full of incredible features! Features includes: • MILLIONS of cards in our database with front and back images • Uses advanced machine learning image recognition to find cards easily, as well as an advanced database search • Various companies and brands including Topps, Bowman, Donruss, Panini, Leaf, Score, and more • Many known years of sets • Franchises, Subsets, and Parallels • Various collection value totals for each • Quantity, and bulk quantity adding • Cloud Backup • Sync across multiple devices, including iPad • Supports input in any language and allows selections of any country and currency • Filters, sorting, and importing • See your full collection value • Insure your collectibles • Three different custom layouts • Exporting • Multi-level sorting • Shake to Select • Default Field Data • Customize which fields are displayed • Section Counts • Share your collection with friends or on social media like Facebook and Twitter • Format your Titles with A, An, or The removed • Extra features like colored Themes and Dark Mode • Every field is editable • Store up to four pictures per item, including front, back, and inside images of items • Personal details per item including Loaned, Purchase Price, Purchase Date, Date Added, Personal Rating, Last Watched, Storage Location, Opened, Notes, Estimated Value, and more • Index bars and search for quick access in large collections This app is a completely new collecting experience, written from the ground up for iOS 18, the latest devices like iPhone 16, 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max, SE 2, iPad Pro, and full Universal iPhone/iPad support built-in and syncs directly to our Mac app. Our app was created with a cloud database backend designed specifically to allow each item to be stored with its own individual attributes. TERMS OF USE and PRIVACY INFO: https://www.icollecteverything.com/privacy-policy/

About

Backyard Ultra Loop Run

Features
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Every 60 minutes, 4.167 miles. Until only one runner is left. Backyard Ultra is the most honest race format in the world – and Backyard is the app that gets you ready for exactly that. YOUR TRAINING PLAN, BUILT FROM YOUR NUMBERS Backyard builds your plan from your current weekly mileage, your longest run, your level, and your target date. No one-size-fits-all program off the shelf, but weeks tailored to you – with easy runs, long runs, tempo runs, intervals, back-to-back runs on tired legs, strength & stability work, and recovery weeks. Every workout comes with a target pace, a description, and the reason it's in the plan. Haven't booked a race yet? Then you'll get an open 12-week plan and can add the date later. BACKYARD SIMULATION WITH LIVE YARD TIMER The core feature: simulate a full Backyard race. Yards of 4.167 miles on a 60-minute cycle, with a countdown to the next start, remaining time display, and an alarm that calls you back to the corral. Run with a yard limit or an open end – keep going until you can't anymore. The simulation keeps running with the screen locked and shows your yard, pace, and countdown right on the lock screen. GPS TRACKING THAT KEEPS UP Distance, pace, time, elevation gain, and your route – recorded live, even in the background. After your run, you'll see your per-mile splits and the route you ran on a map. If GPS falls short on tight loops, you can end the yard manually. ROUTE FINDER FOR REAL LOOPS Find loop courses near 4.167 miles close to you – built from real map data, with surface type, elevation profile, and traffic levels. Prefer pavement, filter for low traffic, adjust the radius, save a route, and pull it straight into your next simulation. STATS THAT ANSWER THE RIGHT QUESTIONS Total miles, runs, longest run, elevation gain, and longest streak – plus the numbers that actually matter in a Backyard: fastest yard, average yard time, successful yards, longest simulation. The analysis shows your weekly mileage trend, pace progression, and yard drop-off and yard variance: how much do your late yards slow down compared to your first ones? That's exactly what decides how far you'll get. RACE GUIDE FOR YOUR FIRST BACKYARD Pacing, fueling, sleep, clothing, headlamp, batteries – the guide explains what matters in the late hours, including a checklist you can tick off. YOUR DATA BELONGS TO YOU Backyard works completely without an account – in that case, all data stays on your device. With Apple or Google sign-in, you can sync your plan, runs, and yards across devices. Export runs and yards as CSV or your session as GPX and take it wherever you want. You can delete your account anytime with one tap. English and German, kilometers or miles, dark interface throughout for nighttime use. BACKYARD PREMIUM Backyard is free to use. Premium unlocks the full training plan, the Route Finder, in-depth analysis with export, and an ad-free experience – as a monthly, yearly, or one-time purchase. Loop by loop. One more loop. Last one standing. Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://artvation.com/privacyapps

Screenshots

iCollect Trading Cards Scanner4 screens
Backyard Ultra Loop Run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Backyard Ultra Loop Run at none against iCollect Trading Cards Scanner's 22. iCollect Trading Cards Scanner's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. iCollect Trading Cards Scanner sells 22 in-app purchases, starting at $79.99 per year. Backyard Ultra Loop Run asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iCollect Trading Cards Scanner ships an update every 2 weeks, Backyard Ultra Loop Run every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iCollect Trading Cards Scanner versus Backyard Ultra Loop Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCollect Trading Cards ScannerBackyard Ultra Loop Run
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (284 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings284 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiCollect Everything, LLCAnnika Koenemann

Bugs and requests

iCollect Trading Cards Scanner

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Card scanner doesn't recognize cards
  • App has a card limit before payment
  • App is not updated
  • App is slow
  • App doesn't have all baseball cards
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  • App is not for non-sport cards
  • App has many features listed as 'coming soon'

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add card values/worth
  • Include more sports card sets
  • Update the application
  • Fulfill 'coming soon' promises
  • Add Topps 1968, 69, & 76 cards
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  • Support for non-sport cards
  • Allow decimal prices
  • Add more sports pictures and prices

Backyard Ultra Loop Run

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

22 purchases

iCollect Trading Cards Scanner

Subscriptions1
  • Pro User - Yearly$79.991 Year
One-time21
  • 50 AI Identification Scans$9.99
  • Add Unlimited Hockey Cards$29.99
  • Add Unlimited Pokémon Cards$29.99
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  • Add Unlimited Star Wars Cards$29.99
  • Add Unlimited Other Sports$29.99
  • Add Unlimited GPK Cards$29.99
  • Unlimited Other Non-Sports$29.99
  • Add Unlimited Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards$29.99
  • Add Unlimited Lorcana Cards$29.99
  • Unlimited Magic: The Gathering$29.99
  • Add Unlimited Baseball Cards$29.99
  • Add Unlimited Football Cards$29.99
  • Add Unlimited Golf Cards$29.99
  • Add Unlimited Wrestling Cards$29.99
  • Add Unlimited Basketball Cards$29.99
  • Add Unlimited Cricket Cards$29.99
  • Add Unlimited Tennis Cards$29.99
  • Add Unlimited Soccer Cards$29.99
  • 250 AI Identification Scans$44.99
  • Unlimited All Trading Cards$59.99
  • 500 AI Identification Scans$79.99
None

Backyard Ultra Loop Run

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iCollect Trading Cards Scanner free?
iCollect Trading Cards Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backyard Ultra Loop Run free?
Backyard Ultra Loop Run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iCollect Trading Cards Scanner or Backyard Ultra Loop Run have ads?
Backyard Ultra Loop Run shows ads; iCollect Trading Cards Scanner does not.
Which is updated more often, iCollect Trading Cards Scanner or Backyard Ultra Loop Run?
iCollect Trading Cards Scanner ships an update every 2 weeks, and Backyard Ultra Loop Run every 11 days. Most recently, iCollect Trading Cards Scanner was updated on October 22, 2026 and Backyard Ultra Loop Run on October 24, 2026.

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