Comparison

MintCollect vs Centered Cardboard

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Centered Cardboard

This app helps trading card collectors pre-grade their cards by analyzing centering and alignment. It uses your device's camera and visual tools to provide quick, consistent, and accurate feedback on card position and border spacing.

Highlights
  • Live centering feedback with color-coded indicators
  • Skewed measuring for rotated borders
  • Exact distances for border spacing
  • Gyro leveling crosshair
  • Outline guide overlays
  • Up to 100x zoom
  • Camera capture or photo import
Features
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Centered Cardboard helps you pre-grade trading cards by making centering, alignment, and corner assessment quick, consistent, and easy to understand. Use your camera or import photos to examine cards with clear visual tools designed for accuracy: • Live centering feedback with color-coded ratios • Grading score estimates based on leading grading-company standards • Corner Grading for recording all four front and back corners • Tilted Measuring for cards with rotated inner borders • True Distance measurements for exact border spacing • Adjustable outline guides for accurate card alignment • Gyro crosshair and calibration tools for level camera positioning • Photo filters that improve edge visibility in difficult lighting • Up to 100× zoom for precise positioning and fine adjustments • Camera, Photos, and Files image support • Separate or combined front and back scores • Side-by-side exports for sharing both sides in one image • Cardboard History for saving, searching, editing, and revisiting exports locally • One-tap sharing for quickly saving or sending results Centered Cardboard gives collectors a clear, repeatable way to inspect cards before submitting them for grading. Centered Cardboard is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any card-grading company. Results are estimates and do not guarantee an official grade.

Screenshots

MintCollect4 screens
Centered Cardboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Centered Cardboard at 100% against MintCollect's 56%. Centered Cardboard also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.9) and ads (none vs shown). MintCollect's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MintCollect sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Centered Cardboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Centered Cardboard holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 40 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of MintCollect's written reviews are positive against 100% of Centered Cardboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MintCollect ships an update every 9 days, Centered Cardboard every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MintCollect versus Centered Cardboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMintCollectCentered Cardboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (47 ratings)4.9 (40 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings47 — better40
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTushar MorabkarOak Labs Limited Liability Company

Customer experience

MintCollect

All ratings47 ratings
Positive68.1%
Neutral12.8%
Negative19.1%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral17.8%
Negative26.7%

Centered Cardboard

All ratings40 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

MintCollect

Subscriptions10
  • 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
1 purchases

Centered Cardboard

One-time1
  • Centered Cardboard Pro$4.99

Questions

Is MintCollect free?
MintCollect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Centered Cardboard free?
Centered Cardboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MintCollect or Centered Cardboard?
Centered Cardboard is rated higher. MintCollect averages 3.9 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Centered Cardboard averages 4.9 from 40 ratings.
Do MintCollect or Centered Cardboard have ads?
MintCollect shows ads; Centered Cardboard does not.
Which is updated more often, MintCollect or Centered Cardboard?
MintCollect ships an update every 9 days, and Centered Cardboard every 3 weeks. Most recently, MintCollect was updated on October 17, 2026 and Centered Cardboard on October 17, 2026.

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