Cherry Collectables vs Waxstat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cherry Collectables
Shop the latest card collections and access exclusive discounts. Get early access to new releases and special offers with convenient browsing and secure checkout.
- Exclusive discounts
- Early access to launches
- First-to-know notifications
- Easy browsing
- Secure checkout
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Download the Cherry Collectables app to access exclusive discounts, early access to collection launches. Everything you love, right at your fingertips. EASY BROWSING Shop the freshest new arrivals across our entire catalog. EXCLUSIVE ACCESS Be first to know about exclusive offers and launches through first-to-know notifications and app-user-only early access. SECURE CHECKOUT IN A FLASH Tap, swipe, shop and secure your new products in an instant with our super easy checkout.
Waxstat
Easily compare prices and track releases for sealed hobby products. Scan UPCs or search to find real-time pricing from over 25 retailers. Stay informed with a release calendar and price change notifications.
- Price comparison for sealed products
- Real-time pricing from 25+ retailers
- UPC scanning for instant comps
- Release calendar
- Price change notifications
- Secret wax deals
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Waxstat is a free wax & hobby box price comparison and release calendar app. You can easily find comps for sealed products like hobby boxes, cases, mega boxes, blaster boxes, booster boxes, packs and more with a quick scan of the UPC or search. Product prices are updated in real-time from over 25+ retailers. With 18k+ individual products and over 83k+ real-time prices, Waxstat is the most trusted source of pricing and product data of hobby boxes and sealed products. Free Features: - Waxstat Deals-o-Clock - Look Up Wax Prices in Real-Time - Find Secret Wax Deals - Scan UPCs for Instant Comps - Get Notified of Price Changes - Up-to-Date Release Calendar Terms of Use: https://blog.waxstat.com/terms-and-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cherry Collectables at none against Waxstat's 2. Cherry Collectables also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Waxstat's advantage is ratings volume (49 vs 3) and chart position (#71 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Waxstat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. Cherry Collectables asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cherry Collectables against 4.9 for Waxstat. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Waxstat has 49 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Cherry Collectables's written reviews are positive against 88% of Waxstat's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cherry Collectables | Waxstat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.9 (49 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 88.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 49 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #71 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CHERRY COLLECTABLES | EMDAP TECHNOLOGIES |
Customer experience
Cherry Collectables
Waxstat
In-app purchases
Cherry Collectables
No in-app purchases
Waxstat
- Hobbyist7 Days trial$24.991 Month
- Dealer7 Days trial$99.991 Month
