Pupil Detection vs PokeScan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pupil Detection
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Detect and track pupils.
PokeScan
Instantly identify and organize your Pokémon TCG cards with AI-powered, offline scanning. Manage your collection, track your cards, and discover new expansions with a fast and intuitive interface.
- Instant AI card recognition
- 100% offline functionality
- Collection management and sorting
- Support for thousands of cards
- Fast and reliable real-time scanning
- Intuitive user interface
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Scan a Pokémon card. See what it's worth. Keep your collection valued, live. PokeScan is a Pokémon card scanner and price checker that runs entirely on your iPhone. Point the camera at any card, from Base Set to the newest sets, and get the card, its set and its market value in under a second. No scan limits. No account. Nothing leaves your phone. WHY COLLECTORS SWITCH TO POKESCAN • Unlimited scanning. Other scanners cap you at a few scans a day. We don't. • Honest prices: real market values, updated every morning, with the price history of every card. • Recognition trained on 20,000+ cards, on-device. Works through binder sleeves, on holos and vintage cards. • Private by design: no login, no cloud, no tracking. WHAT YOU GET • Card value and price: market price for every English card, plus 7-day, 1-month and 3-month charts. • Collection tracker: your binder, valued live, set by set, with what you own and what's missing. • Set completion: every expansion from Base Set to Scarlet & Violet, secret rares included, with what it costs to finish each set. • Personal Pokédex: 1,025 species, progress per generation, a goal you pick, and the card you choose for each species. • Share cards: a clean image of your pull with its price, ready for Instagram and TikTok. • Price alerts and a Sunday recap: what you added, what moved and what your collection is worth. • Widgets: collection value and top mover on your Home and Lock Screen. • iPhone Duo: closed, it scans; open, your collection becomes a binder, every set a page. POKESCAN PRO (optional) • Burst Mode: scan card after card, no stopping, every card lands in your collection with its price. • Full price history: 6-month and 1-year charts. • iCloud backup: delete the app or switch iPhones, your collection comes back whole. The scanner, prices and collection work without Pro. PokeScan is an independent app made by a collector. Pokémon and all related marks are trademarks of Nintendo, Creatures Inc. and GAME FREAK inc. This app is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by The Pokémon Company. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pokescanai.netlify.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pupil Detection at none against PokeScan's 2. Pupil Detection also leads on iOS requirement (17.7.2 vs 26.0). PokeScan's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. PokeScan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Pupil Detection asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pupil Detection ships an update every 2 weeks, PokeScan weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pupil Detection | PokeScan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.7.2 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hideaki Uchikoshi | Lucas Alvarenga |
In-app purchases
Pupil Detection
No in-app purchases
PokeScan
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Questions
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