Comparison

HoloScan vs SWUDex

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

Head to head
About

HoloScan

Effortlessly manage your Star Wars: Unlimited card collection. Scan cards with your phone's camera for instant recognition and organization. Track quantities, view statistics, and export your collection data.

Highlights
  • Effortless card scanning with OCR
  • Comprehensive collection management
  • CSV export and import
  • Detailed statistics and insights
  • Support for all current sets
  • Flexible display options
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HoloScan: Your Ultimate Star Wars: Unlimited Collection Manager! Are you a dedicated Star Wars: Unlimited card collector? HoloScan is the essential mobile app designed to help you effortlessly scan, recognize, and organize your entire card collection. Say goodbye to manual entry – with advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR), simply snap a photo of your new cards, and HoloScan instantly adds them to your inventory! Key Features: Effortless Card Scanning: Use your phone's camera to scan cards. HoloScan automatically identifies the card ID, number, and assigns it to the correct set. Our intelligent OCR algorithm works even with less-than-perfect photos! Comprehensive Collection Management: Easily add and remove cards, track quantities of your owned copies, and browse your collection by name, number, or set. CSV Export & Import: Securely export your entire collection to a CSV file for backup or sharing. Import functionality allows you to quickly add new cards or restore your collection. Detailed Statistics & Insights: Get a quick overview of your collection, including cards per set, total quantities, foiled variants, and more. Future-Ready: HoloScan supports all current Star Wars: Unlimited sets (e.g., SOR, SHD, TWI, LOF, JTL) and is ready for future releases. Flexible Display Options: Switch between classic list view or a dynamic grid view with card thumbnails to customize your Browse experience. Sleek, Modern Interface: Enjoy a beautifully designed app with a theme that highlights the stunning artwork of your cards. This app uses the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA), available at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SWUDex

Manage your Star Wars Unlimited card collection, build decks, and track prices with this offline companion app. It offers a complete card database with powerful search and filtering, collection organization, and deck building tools. View live pricing for cards and your collection's estimated value.

Highlights
  • Complete card database with advanced search
  • Offline card browsing and data storage
  • Collection tracking with binder organization
  • Deck builder with format rule enforcement
  • Live TCGPlayer pricing for cards and collection
  • CSV import/export for collection data
Features
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SWUDex is a companion app for Star Wars Unlimited players. Browse the complete card database, track your collection, build and share decks, track your games, and check live pricing — all from your device. COMPLETE CARD DATABASE • Browse every Star Wars Unlimited card across all sets • Powerful search by name, card text, and multiple filters (aspect, type, cost, rarity, traits, keywords, arena, Premier-legal only) • Grid or list view with adjustable column count • All card data stored locally — works fully offline after initial sync • Automatic updates when new sets release COLLECTION TRACKING • Organize your cards across multiple binders • Track quantities for every card variant (Standard, Hyperspace, Showcase, and more) • Set completion as Master, Base or Playset, and card counts • Collection stats: rarity, aspect, and type distribution charts • CSV import/export compatible with Holoscan • Full database backup and restore DECK BUILDER • Build decks for Premier, Twin Suns, Draft, and Eternal formats • Format rules enforcement: card limits, deck minimums, and legality checks • Aspect penalty calculation shows extra resource costs • Deck statistics: resource curve, type breakdown, aspect distribution, average cost • Import decks from SWUDB / Karabast JSON, melee.gg, or plain text • Share a deck as JSON, or copy it for melee.gg or as plain text • Save Premier, Draft and Eternal decks as a single picture — every card, grouped by type and ordered by cost, with your leader and base • Compare two decks side by side to spot differences • See which cards you own vs. which you still need PLAY • Track base damage for two players from the Play card on Home • Pick each base and its HP fills in; lay the phone between you and the opponent's half faces them • Adjust damage with − and +, or hold to move 10 at a time • Mark each side's Epic Action and leader Deploy • Your game stays put — pick it back up from Home LIVE PRICING • Daily TCGPlayer prices via TCGCSV for every card • Track the estimated value of your collection and individual binders • Market and low price display options • Pricing on individual cards, binder totals, and deck totals NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED Everything runs on your device. No sign-up, no cloud sync, no tracking. Your collection data stays on your phone. Free with non-personalized ads. SWUDex is an unofficial fan-made companion app. Star Wars and Star Wars Unlimited are trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd. Card data and images are property of Fantasy Flight Games / Asmodee. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by Lucasfilm, Fantasy Flight Games, or Asmodee.

Screenshots

HoloScan4 screens
SWUDex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SWUDex at none against HoloScan's 1. HoloScan's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ads 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. HoloScan sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. SWUDex asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for HoloScan against 5.0 for SWUDex. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HoloScan has 47 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HoloScan ships an update every 6 days, SWUDex fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HoloScan versus SWUDex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoloScanSWUDex
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (47 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings47 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size453 MB39 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperPiotr DrewsAbdul Hanif Bin Zaini

Customer experience

HoloScan

All ratings47 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

SWUDex

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HoloScan

Subscriptions1
  • HoloScan Pro$2.991 Month
None

SWUDex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HoloScan free?
HoloScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SWUDex free?
SWUDex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HoloScan or SWUDex?
SWUDex is rated higher. HoloScan averages 4.9 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while SWUDex averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do HoloScan or SWUDex have ads?
Neither HoloScan nor SWUDex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HoloScan or SWUDex?
HoloScan ships an update every 6 days, and SWUDex fortnightly. Most recently, HoloScan was updated on November 5, 2026 and SWUDex on October 31, 2026.

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