Comparison

PriceCharting vs Collector

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

Head to head
About

PriceCharting

Easily determine the market value of your collectibles, including video games, trading cards, comic books, and more. Track prices, manage your collection, and receive alerts for items on your wishlist. Features photo and barcode scanning for quick identification.

Highlights
  • Track market prices for collectibles
  • Scan items with photo/barcode
  • Manage personal collections
  • Create wishlists with alerts
  • View historical sales data
  • Get grading recommendations
Features
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The best of PriceCharting and SportsCardsPro now on iOS! Find out what your collectibles are worth. Track market prices of video games, sports cards, Pokemon, YuGiOh, Magic the Gathering, Lorcana, and other trading cards, comic books, US coins, LEGO, and more. Completely free. We track thousands of sales from the top auction sites: eBay, Heritage, PWCC, and more, filter and sort them by condition into easy to use price guides. PriceCharting allows you to: - View pricing for all conditions of an item. - View previous sales of collectibles from across the web. - Add items to your Collection to track their value over time. - Add items to your Wishlist - Use Search By Photo or Barcode Scanner to instantly ID your trading card or comic. - View all of the variations of your collectibles with our extensive photo catalog. - Share collectibles with your friends via text message. - Get notifications when items on your wishlist are listed below market value on eBay or our own marketplace - Create lots from any number of items, add markups, and share PDF receipts when you're at conventions or just a garage sale - Get grading recommendations for your ungraded collectibles that would gain the most value Example video games console supported: Playstation, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5, Nintendo NES, SNES, Wii, Wii U, Gameboy, GBA, Nintendo DS , Xbox, Sega Genesis, Dreamcast, and many others. Example Pokemon sets supported: Base Set, Scarlet & Violet, Pokemon 151, Vivid Voltage, Obsidian Flame, and every other Pokemon English and Japanese set. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Collector

This app helps you create and manage personal databases for anything you collect or need to organize. It offers a wide range of templates and customizable fields, making it easy to build your own inventory without any coding knowledge.

Highlights
  • 30+ ready-to-use templates
  • Pre-filled lists for quick setup
  • Customizable collection themes
  • Full-text search functionality
  • CSV import/export and backup
  • Template sharing with others
  • No coding or database design required
Features
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Collector is an easy to use inventory app trusted by over 130.000 users. Collector is a powerful and intuitive personal database and organizer app. Perfect for managing everything you want to collect and organize, from your favorite movies to customer invoices, Collector strikes the ideal balance between ease of use and robust features. “Collector looks fantastic. I can’t imagine all the hard work you guys put into this app — the icon alone is just stunning.” — Shawn Blanc
 “Collector is a powerful, customizable, easy-to-use database app for Mac.” — Peter Cohen, iMore 
“Wow, Collector looks really great!” — Christina Warren, Mashable 
“Collector is an impressively nimble piece of software that makes personal databases insanely simple to create and use.” — J. R. Bookwalter, Mac|Life 
“Collector makes creating a personal database very simple.” — MacFormat Highlight Features - 30+ Ready to use templates: Start organizing in seconds with a variety of templates. - Pre filled lists: Access lists like countries, currencies, or credit card vendors instantly. - Build unique collections and choose from various color themes. - Full text Search: Find your data instantly with powerful search capabilities. - CSV Import/Export and Backup: Easily manage your data and welcome Bento users. - Template Sharing: Import, export, and share templates with friends, family, and colleagues. - No database design or coding knowledge required: Get started without any prior experience. 15+ Customizable Field Types - Single-line and multi-line text fields with formatting - Number fields for decimal, currencies, percent, scientific, spell out, and more - Date fields - Time fields - Combined date and time fields - Yes/No checkbox fields - List fields - Website fields - Email fields - Image fields - Contact fields - Star rating fields - And more... 30+ Ready To Use Templates - Bank Accounts - Blood Donor Cards - Book Collection - Classes - Customers - Donations - Equipment - Events - Exercise Logs - Expenses - Health Cards - Health Insurance - Home Inventory - House Search - Job Search - Loyalty Cards - Meetings - Membership List - Movie Collection - Notes - Party Planner - Recipes - Software Licenses - Student List - To-Do Lists - Vacations - Vehicle Insurance - Vehicle Maintenance - Wine Collection - And more... Collector is dedicated to providing the most innovative personal database experience ever designed. Get Collector today and discover a new level of organization in your life. — $5.99 Monthly $39.99 Yearly $89.99 Lifetime — Privacy Policy: https://focusplan.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PriceCharting4 screens
Collector4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PriceCharting at 66% against Collector's 0%. PriceCharting also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (28K vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. PriceCharting sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Collector sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PriceCharting holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PriceCharting has 28K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of PriceCharting's written reviews are positive against 0% of Collector's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PriceCharting ships an update every 8 days, Collector weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
PriceCharting versus Collector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPriceChartingCollector
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (28K ratings) — better3.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews66.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings28K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#37 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB15 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPriceCharting, LLC.Andrea Gelati

Customer experience

PriceCharting

All ratings27,638 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews910 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral8.5%
Negative25.5%

Collector

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

PriceCharting

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Collection Value Not Accurate
  • Taking pics
  • I can't register cards
  • The camera is not opening
  • No half grades and no 9.9 grades
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  • Needs heavy improvements.
  • Problems with App
  • App broken
  • Missing at least one thing
  • Needs work

Requested features

9 requests
  • Adding none recognized games
  • Graded 10 cards
  • Folders
  • Currency
  • Ability to switch between currencies
Show 4 more
  • Ability to have multiple collections
  • Ability to sort by console
  • Ability to search by name in collection view
  • Wishlist function

Collector

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PriceCharting

Subscriptions3
  • Collector - Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Collector - Yearly$59.991 Year
  • Collector - Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
4 purchases

Collector

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Plan7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Weekly Plan7 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Yearly Plan7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Purchase$129.99

Questions

Is PriceCharting free?
PriceCharting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Collector free?
Collector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PriceCharting or Collector?
PriceCharting is rated higher. PriceCharting averages 4.8 out of 5 from 28K ratings, while Collector averages 3.8 from 5 ratings.
Do PriceCharting or Collector have ads?
Neither PriceCharting nor Collector shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PriceCharting or Collector?
PriceCharting ships an update every 8 days, and Collector weekly. Most recently, PriceCharting was updated on November 9, 2026 and Collector on November 8, 2026.

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