CB Hobby vs Waxstat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CB Hobby
Shop a wide selection of sports and trading cards from top brands. Get your favorite cards shipped directly to you, with fast processing times and secure packaging. Discover new releases and find products for every budget.
- Shop sports and trading cards
- Authorized Panini Direct reseller
- Authorized Upper Deck Diamond Dealer
- New products on release date
- Ships within 1 business day
- Free Priority shipping over $199
- Secure packaging
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Shop top brands of Sports cards and Trading cards shipped to your door in one business day. CB Hobby is an authorized Panini Direct reseller and an Upper Deck Diamond Dealer for sports cards and well as Magic: The Gathering and Pokémon for trading cards. All new products are in store and available in the app on their National Release Calendar date and will ship on their scheduled release date. We stock all major brands and have a product for every budget and sport. Free Priority shipping on orders over $199 and free Express shipping on all orders over $1,999, All orders ship within 1 business day in secure packaging (unless marked as a preorder, all release dates are estimates).
Waxstat
Easily compare prices and track releases for sealed hobby products. Scan UPCs or search to find real-time pricing from over 25 retailers. Stay informed with a release calendar and price change notifications.
- Price comparison for sealed products
- Real-time pricing from 25+ retailers
- UPC scanning for instant comps
- Release calendar
- Price change notifications
- Secret wax deals
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Waxstat is a free wax & hobby box price comparison and release calendar app. You can easily find comps for sealed products like hobby boxes, cases, mega boxes, blaster boxes, booster boxes, packs and more with a quick scan of the UPC or search. Product prices are updated in real-time from over 25+ retailers. With 18k+ individual products and over 83k+ real-time prices, Waxstat is the most trusted source of pricing and product data of hobby boxes and sealed products. Free Features: - Waxstat Deals-o-Clock - Look Up Wax Prices in Real-Time - Find Secret Wax Deals - Scan UPCs for Instant Comps - Get Notified of Price Changes - Up-to-Date Release Calendar Terms of Use: https://blog.waxstat.com/terms-and-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CB Hobby at none against Waxstat's 2. CB Hobby also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 89%). Waxstat's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and chart position (#164 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Waxstat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. CB Hobby asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for CB Hobby against 4.9 for Waxstat. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 50 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of CB Hobby's written reviews are positive against 89% of Waxstat's.
CB Hobby ships an update every 5 months, Waxstat every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CB Hobby | Waxstat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (37 ratings) — better | 4.9 (50 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 88.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #164 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MATKIT YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETI | EMDAP TECHNOLOGIES |
Customer experience
CB Hobby
Waxstat
Bugs and requests
CB Hobby
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Waxstat
Reported bugs
3 issues- Can’t properly cache login credentials
- Account suspended for IP Address issue
- Can’t log into the app on phone
Requested features
1 request- How to input a list of all cards
In-app purchases
CB Hobby
No in-app purchases
Waxstat
- Hobbyist7 Days trial$24.991 Month
- Dealer7 Days trial$99.991 Month
