BarzLoaded vs Card Ladder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BarzLoaded
This app helps gym-goers and powerlifting competitors accurately calculate the weight plates needed for a barbell. It also calculates powerlifting scores and converts weights between pounds and kilograms, speeding up loading and scoring processes at meets.
- Calculate barbell plate loading
- Convert pounds to kilograms
- Calculate Wilks, Schwartz, and Malone scores
- Identify strongest lifter across weight classes
- Reduce misloaded bar chances
- Speed up loading and scoring
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BarzLoaded is intended for use in gyms and at Powerlifting meets. Dial in the weight and BarzLoaded displays the plates to load on each end of the bar, and the weight converted from pounds to kilos. BarzLoaded can also display the Wilks, Schwartz and Malone scores for a meet total for an Open lifter of an entered bodyweight and gender, allowing the strongest lifter across weight classes to be quickly identified. Meet officials, spotters & loaders, and spectators can use BarzLoaded at Powerlifting and Weightlifting meets to reduce the chance of a misloaded bar, and speed the loading and scoring processes. Coaches and meet expeditors can use BarzLoaded to quickly convert attempts from pounds to kilos, and identify the weight a lifter needs to attempt to be strongest overall lifter.
Card Ladder
This app provides an accurate price guide and collection tracker for sports and Pokemon cards. It offers comprehensive analytics, value estimations, and sales data from top platforms. Users can browse for free or upgrade for advanced features like all-time sales history and price alerts.
- Accurate sports and Pokemon card price guide
- Collection tracker with analytics
- Millions of cards with sales data
- Daily hobby news and content
- Advanced value estimation
- Price alerts
- Customizable dashboard
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The Most Accurate Sports and Pokemon Card Price Guide and Collection Tracker on the Market Track and grow your collection with comprehensive analytics and value estimations for millions of cards, including sales data from all the top platforms. Browse for free, or take your game to the next level with Card Ladder Pro. Free Features • Search card values and statistics of our verified cards • Read daily hobby news, content, and headlines • Browse daily sales recaps • Follow the Card Ladder Index daily • Buy cards from several marketplaces Card Ladder Pro Features • All the FREE Features • View all-time sales history from every marketplace • Advanced value estimation for millions of cards backed by our industry leading indexes • Add any card to your collection with accurate value estimates • Track the value of your whole collection • Track player market performances • Configure price alerts • Customize your own dashboard • Advanced searching, filtering and sorting • In-depth comparisons of multiple cards • View collection showcases of other members ...and so much more! Love Card Ladder? Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cardladder/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CardLadder Terms of Use: https://www.cardladder.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.cardladder.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Card Ladder at Free against BarzLoaded's $1.99. Card Ladder also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). BarzLoaded's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (75% vs 51%). On 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
Card Ladder is free to download; BarzLoaded costs $1.99 up front. Card Ladder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. BarzLoaded asks for nothing beyond the download.
Card Ladder holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Card Ladder has 12K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of BarzLoaded's written reviews are positive against 51% of Card Ladder's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BarzLoaded ships an update every 4 months, Card Ladder every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BarzLoaded | Card Ladder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 4.9 (12K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 50.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 12K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #7 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | decaprio.com, LLC | Ladder Studios, Inc |
Customer experience
BarzLoaded
Card Ladder
Bugs and requests
BarzLoaded
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Card Ladder
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues
- App crashes
- Pro mode not working
- Inconsistent card data
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to add cards without purchase price
- More sports card data (especially for older/less popular players)
- Improved search functionality
- Better customer support
- Dark mode option
In-app purchases
BarzLoaded
No in-app purchases
Card Ladder
- Card Ladder PRO Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Card Ladder PRO Yearly7 Days trial$199.991 Year
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