MintCollect vs Card Grading AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MintCollect
Manage your trading card collection with real-time market data and pricing. Track purchases, sales, and portfolio value to make informed decisions. Access a comprehensive database for singles, sealed products, and graded cards.
- Comprehensive card and product search
- Real-time market values and historical prices
- Track purchases, sales, and portfolio value
- Monitor profits, losses, and financial trends
- Create and share custom lists
- Insights across grading tiers
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Stay on top of your TCG collection and market trends with the most accurate and up-to-date data available. Our platform is designed to help collectors and investors gain full transparency in the hobby while providing the tools needed to make informed decisions. • Comprehensive Card & Product Search Instantly find the latest market values and historical price data for singles, sealed products, and graded cards. Our expanding database covers English and Japanese releases, with pricing sourced from top marketplaces like eBay, TCGPlayer, CardMarket, and auction houses. Get insights across grading tiers, including raw cards, PSA, and CGC. • Track Purchases, Sales & Portfolio Value Keep a real-time log of your acquisitions and sales to understand the true worth of your collection. Monitor profits, losses, and financial trends with intuitive portfolio tools. Create and share custom lists to stay organized for trade nights, investments, and set completions. For collectors looking to dive deeper, premium tools and analytics provide advanced insights to help you stay ahead of the market. ----- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Card Grading AI
This app uses AI to predict the grade of your trading cards, including Pokémon, Lorcana, and MTG. Upload images of your cards to get instant analysis of centering, edges, surface, and corners, along with a predicted grade score. It's designed for collectors and resellers to evaluate their collections before official grading.
- AI-powered card grading predictions
- Supports Pokémon, Lorcana, MTG, Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Analyzes centering, edges, surface, corners
- Instant predicted grade score
- Digital pre-grading assistant
- Trained on thousands of graded cards
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Estimate your card's grade before you submit it for professional grading. Photograph the front and back to review centering, corners, edges and surface with Card Grading AI. AI GRADING & CENTERING • Get an estimated grade with all four subgrades. • Check border alignment with the dedicated centering tool. • Revisit your grading history and digital slabs. YOUR PORTFOLIO & CARD CATALOG • Build your collection and follow its estimated value using available market prices. • Browse supported cards and sets in the TCG catalog. • Track the cards you own and find the ones you still need. MORE TO EXPLORE Discover Top Singles, Best to Grade and Top Sealed lists for ideas to research. Check the update dates shown in the app when reviewing these lists. FOR TCG & SPORTS CARD COLLECTORS Use CGA with Pokémon, sports cards, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Disney Lorcana. Catalog coverage and available prices vary by card and set. FREE DOWNLOAD & OPTIONAL UPGRADES Some features require an in-app purchase. See the app for available plans and included features. ABOUT AI ESTIMATES Results are estimates based on your photos, not authentication or official certification. Lighting, glare, sleeves and hidden defects can affect the result. Professional grades may differ. CGA is independent and is not affiliated with professional grading companies or the owners of the card brands mentioned. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Card Grading AI at 4.8 against MintCollect's 3.9. Card Grading AI also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 56%) and ratings volume (608 vs 47). MintCollect's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). 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
Both are free to download. MintCollect sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Card Grading AI sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Card Grading AI holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Card Grading AI has 608 ratings behind it against 47, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of MintCollect's written reviews are positive against 93% of Card Grading AI's.
MintCollect ships an update weekly, Card Grading AI every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MintCollect | Card Grading AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (47 ratings) | 4.8 (608 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 93.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 47 | 608 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tushar Morabkar | Matteo Giannessi |
Customer experience
MintCollect
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In-app purchases
MintCollect
- Plus7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Pro7 Days trial2 variants$7.991 Month
- Pro7 Days trial$11.991 Month
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- Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Pro$24.991 Year
- Elite$39.991 Month
- Pro$59.991 Year
- Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Pro7 Days trial$89.991 Year
- Pro7 Days trial$119.991 Year
Card Grading AI
- Unlimited Plan1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Card Grading AI yearly plan$59.991 Year
- Unlimited Plan$19.99
- Pro Plan upgrade$39.99
- Pro plan$49.99
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- CGA Lifetime plan$149.99
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