PriceCharting vs Essential 8 Knowledge Base
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PriceCharting
Instantly identify and track the market value of your collectibles, including video games, trading cards, comic books, and more. Scan items, view historical sales data, and manage your collection's worth over time. Get personalized recommendations and notifications for items on your wishlist.
- Scan items by photo or barcode
- Track market prices for collectibles
- View historical sales data
- Manage personal collection value
- Get grading recommendations
- Create and share item lots
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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/
Essential 8 Knowledge Base
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Essential 8 Knowledge Base is an offline quick-reference app for administrators and cyber security teams implementing the ASD Essential Eight in Windows-based environments. Designed for practical use beside a console, the app helps you quickly review each Essential Eight mitigation, understand maturity-level expectations, and access implementation-focused guidance without needing an account, internet connection, or external service. Features include: Coverage of all eight ASD Essential Eight mitigation strategies ML0, ML1, ML2 and ML3 reference content for each control Windows-focused implementation notes using built-in administration tooling Practical references for Group Policy, registry settings, PowerShell, Windows Defender, AppLocker, WDAC, Windows Update for Business, backups and related controls Optional Microsoft 365 additional controls view for E3, Entra ID P1/P2 and E5 environments Copy-friendly technical blocks for paths, commands and configuration values Built-in About, Privacy and reference links Fully offline operation No analytics, tracking, account sign-in or user data collection The app is intended as a technical reference for enterprise administrators, cyber security engineers and IT operations teams working through Essential Eight uplift activities. Content should always be validated against the current ASD Essential Eight Maturity Model and relevant Microsoft documentation before implementation in production environments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Essential 8 Knowledge Base at none against PriceCharting's 3. PriceCharting's advantage is chart position (#45 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.5). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. PriceCharting sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Essential 8 Knowledge Base asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PriceCharting | Essential 8 Knowledge Base |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (27K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 65.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #45 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PriceCharting, LLC. | David Warner |
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
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- Ability to have multiple collections
- Ability to sort by console
- Ability to search by name in collection view
- Wishlist function
Essential 8 Knowledge Base
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PriceCharting
- Collector - Monthly$5.991 Month
- Collector - Yearly$59.991 Year
- Collector - Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
Essential 8 Knowledge Base
No in-app purchases







