Virtual Grellman vs FTA Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Virtual Grellman
This educational software helps users identify and attribute large cents by comparing photos. It provides detailed information on rarity, die pairings, and die states, along with collection tracking across devices.
- Photo-based coin attribution
- Rarity ratings
- Die pairing information
- Die state details
- DRNs for late date varieties
- Collection tracking
- Cross-device synchronization
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Virtual Grellman is attribution and educational software designed for large cents. Identifying your large cents by comparing photos instead of text descriptions makes attribution a breeze. Rarity ratings, die pairing information, and die state information is provided for every large cent variety, as well as DRNs (Date Reference Numbers) for the late date varieties. You can also keep track of your large cent collection, which is maintained across devices.
FTA Events
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The FTA Events mobile application allows you to browse through presentations, speaker details and other resources from select FTA events. Presentation slides are also available for many of the sessions. You can draw and highlight directly on the slides using your finger, and you can take notes adjacent each slide. All your notes are saved online and can be accessed through your online personal summary.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FTA Events at none against Virtual Grellman's 1. Virtual Grellman's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). On price, 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. Virtual Grellman sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FTA Events asks for nothing beyond the download.
Virtual Grellman ships an update every 5 weeks, FTA Events every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virtual Grellman | FTA Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xante Corporation | Foundation of Flexographic Technical Association Inc |
In-app purchases
Virtual Grellman
- Dates 1793-1857$119.00
FTA Events
No in-app purchases
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