Card Hobby vs Hobby Box App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Card Hobby
Discover and trade a wide variety of sports and entertainment cards. This platform offers worldwide shipping, lower seller fees, and a secure marketplace for buying and selling items from base cards to grail cards. Shop exclusive Asia boxes and cases with confidence.
- Discover diverse sports and entertainment cards
- Buy and sell in auctions or fixed price
- Worldwide shipping with item examination
- Combined shipping options available
- Low seller fees starting at 5%
- Shop Asia exclusive boxes and cases
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- More items to discover - Card hobby is now open for registration. Buyers are clicks away from shopping in the marketplace where all types of basketball, soccer, baseball, football, racing, flighting and entertainment cards are available in auctions or fixed price format. More than 100,000 users in China buy and sell on card hobby. - Worldwide shipping - Worry about international shipping? Card hobby offers alternative shipping methods for international users to transact with confidence. Every item will be shipped to card hobby office and examined for conditions on delivery. Buyers will receive push notification within the app before they decide to have all purchased items shipped to the registered shipping address. Combined shipping is available to save for buyers. - Lower seller fees - Seller fees go as low as 5% when you decide to sell on card hobby. The competitive rates are significantly lower than selling elsewhere. - Items in all price range - Whether to find a base card for set building or adding a grail card for collection, card hobby opens a new door for deal sourcing for low to high end from all sports. - Shop all Asia exclusive boxes & cases - One-stop shopping site for assorted asia exclusive boxes & cases at competitive price. Shipping is available worldwide.
Hobby Box App
Discover local card shows and manage your collection's inventory. Easily import your graded cards to make them visible to other attendees and connect with collectors to facilitate deals.
- Discover nearby card shows
- Import graded card inventory
- Make collection visible to attendees
- Connect with other collectors
- Facilitate card deals
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HobbyBox App makes it easy to find a card show near you! Search by location, radius and date range to see which shows are happening in your area, nationwide. HobbyBox is the best and easiest way to make sure you never miss a show! Join +24,000 HobbyBox Collectors and Vendors today! HobbyPay is now live for card show vendors who track every deal! Log sales, trades, percentage buyouts, split payments and more. Accept CC payments directly through your HobbyPay account. Download a spreadsheet of all your deals after the show to make managing your vendor business easy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Hobby Box App at none against Card Hobby's shown. Hobby Box App also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 43%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 — 4.2 for Card Hobby against 4.3 for Hobby Box App. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 18 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of Card Hobby's written reviews are positive against 67% of Hobby Box App's.
Card Hobby ships an update monthly, Hobby Box App every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Card Hobby | Hobby Box App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (15 ratings) | 4.3 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SSUPER TECHNOLOGY INC. | Hobby Box, Inc. |
Customer experience
Card Hobby
Hobby Box App
In-app purchases
Card Hobby
No in-app purchases
Hobby Box App
No in-app purchases
