Baseplate Brick Catalog vs BrikZ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Baseplate Brick Catalog
This app helps you catalog and manage your brick collection. It allows you to convert images to brick representations, scan sets for details, and access extensive information like build instructions and market prices. Organize your sets into built, owned, or wishlist categories.
- Image to brick conversion
- Set scanning with camera
- Build instructions
- Market price tracking
- Collection management (built, owned, wishlist)
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
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Baseplate is a beautiful brick catalog and inventory app built with iOS design guidelines in mind, and supercharged with magical features. ▼ Magical Features: ⁃ Convert images to brick representations ⁃ Scan sets with your device’s camera to get further set details ▼ Extensive Information: ⁃ Themes, sets, minifigures, pieces, and more ⁃ Build instructions ⁃ Set images ⁃ Piece counts ⁃ Release dates ⁃ Age information ⁃ Market price ⁃ Set descriptions ▼ Manage Sets: ⁃ Add to built, owned, or wishlist ▼ More: ⁃ Widgets for your Home and Lock Screens ⁃ Shortcuts ⁃ Upcoming sets ⁃ Extensive sort and filter options ⁃ Search for sets by name or ID ⁃ Context Menus across the app ⁃ Variety of alt app icons ⁃ Universal app (available on iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro) Happy building! ------- Access to some of the app’s features requires a monthly/yearly subscription, or a one-off purchase. Your Baseplate subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can go to your Settings > iTunes & App Store > Apple ID > Subscriptions to manage your membership and turn auto-renew off. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://taphouse.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://taphouse.io/privacy Baseplate was created by fans and is not an official LEGO® product. The LEGO Group of companies does not sponsor or support Baseplate.
BrikZ
This app helps LEGO enthusiasts organize their collections. Track sets and minifigures, monitor market values, and stay updated on new releases and discontinued items.
- Track LEGO sets
- Monitor minifigure collections
- View market prices
- Retirement and release calendar
- Share collection details
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BrikZ is the ultimate LEGO companion app for collectors. Track your sets and minifigures, monitor market prices, and stay on top of retirements and releases with a built-in calendar.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BrikZ at none against Baseplate Brick Catalog's 3. BrikZ also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Baseplate Brick Catalog's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Baseplate Brick Catalog sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. BrikZ asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Baseplate Brick Catalog against 5.0 for BrikZ. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Baseplate Brick Catalog ships an update every 5 days, BrikZ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Baseplate Brick Catalog | BrikZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Taphouse Software LLC | Bassam Hajjawi |
Customer experience
Baseplate Brick Catalog
BrikZ
In-app purchases
Baseplate Brick Catalog
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Lifetime$59.99
BrikZ
No in-app purchases








