CB Hobby vs DealernetX
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).
DealernetX
Instantly access live bid/ask data for trading cards by scanning UPCs. Make informed buying and selling decisions with real-time marketplace prices directly on your phone.
- Scan UPCs with phone
- Live bid/ask data access
- Instant pricing comps
- In-store and show use
- Real-time marketplace data
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Scan smarter, sell faster. DealernetX Scanner app connects directly to live bid/ask data from DealernetX, giving you instant and accurate comps at your fingertips. Simply scan any UPC with your phone while at card shows or in-store — no more guessing or outdated pricing. Whether you're buying or selling, make confident decisions backed by real-time marketplace data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DealernetX at every 5 days against CB Hobby's every 5 months. CB Hobby's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (37 vs 5). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for CB Hobby against 5.0 for DealernetX. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CB Hobby has 37 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
CB Hobby ships an update every 5 months, DealernetX every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CB Hobby | DealernetX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (37 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MATKIT YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETI | Joshua Miller |
Customer experience
CB Hobby
DealernetX
In-app purchases
CB Hobby
No in-app purchases
DealernetX
No in-app purchases
