Comparison

DeckTradr vs Holofire

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

Head to head
About

DeckTradr

This app is a comprehensive tool for trading card game enthusiasts, offering fast AI-powered scanning for collection management and a point-of-sale system for vendors. It provides real-time market data, portfolio tracking, and business analytics.

Highlights
  • AI-powered card scanning (0.2 seconds)
  • TCG point-of-sale system for vendors
  • Real-time market pricing and historical charts
  • Portfolio value tracking
  • Inventory management with P/L tracking
  • Price alerts and market insights
  • Supports Pokemon, One Piece TCG
Features
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The world’s first point-of-sale system built for TCG vendors — and the most powerful collection manager for every collector. FASTEST SCANNER IN THE INDUSTRY Our AI-powered scanner recognizes cards in as little as 0.2 seconds. Scan singles, sealed products, and graded slabs with unmatched speed and accuracy. Batch scan your entire collection or process vendor transactions at the speed your customers expect. BUILT FOR VENDORS DeckTradr Pro turns your phone into a full TCG point-of-sale system. Buy, sell, and trade cards with real-time market pricing at your fingertips. Track inventory P/L, manage events and expenses, run sales analytics, and export transaction history — everything you need to run your business from a card show table or your shop counter. • Buy, sell, and trade workflows with instant price lookups • Configurable vendor pricing percentages and rounding • Inventory management with unrealized profit/loss tracking • Event management for card shows and conventions • Expense tracking and sales analytics with date range reporting • Transaction export to CSV and Excel BUILT FOR COLLECTORS Organize your collection into custom binders, track portfolio value over time, and never miss a price move. Real-time market data for raw, graded, and sealed products keeps you informed. • Real-time market prices and historical price charts • Portfolio performance tracking with daily value changes • Graded card support for PSA, CGC, BGS, SGC, TAG, and ACE • Price alerts for cards and sealed products • AI-powered grading recommendations with ROI analysis • Market insights: top movers, trending cards, grading plays • Export to CSV, eBay, and Shopify SUPPORTED TCGs • Pokemon TCG (English, Japanese, and Chinese) • One Piece TCG • More games coming soon CONNECT Find friends, compare collections, and discover what other collectors are holding. Free to start. Upgrade to Plus or Pro to unlock vendor tools, advanced exports, and more.

About

Holofire

Instantly identify trading cards with your phone's camera and get real-time market prices. Track your collection's value, view price history, and discover the best path to completing sets. Ideal for collectors and traders.

Highlights
  • Real-time card recognition
  • Live market price updates
  • Automatic binder valuation
  • Price history charts
  • Set completion tracking
  • Trade fairness assessment
Features
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Holofire turns your phone into a real-time card scanner. Point your camera at any trading card and Holofire instantly identifies it, pulls the live market price, and adds it to your binder — no typing, no searching. SCAN & PRICE INSTANTLY • Real-time recognition — just hold up a card • Live market prices, updated daily • Works on singles, holos, full-arts, and modern sets KNOW WHAT YOUR COLLECTION IS WORTH • Your binder, valued automatically as you scan • Price history charts — see what's heating up • Graded card values on every card (Pro) • Real recent sold listings, not just estimates (Pro) • "Should I grade this?" — honest expected value after fees (Pro) COMPLETE YOUR MASTER SETS • Track how close you are to finishing every set • See your cheapest path to completion and which cards to chase (Pro) TRADE SMARTER • Check if a trade is fair before you commit FOR STREAMERS & CREATORS • A clean OBS overlay that pops every pull live on stream, with prices (Pro) • A lower-third pull ticker for your broadcast (Pro+) • Broadcast Mode — a clean, camera-first scanner made for being on camera Free to scan and build your binder. Holofire Pro unlocks graded values, price history, sold comps, master-set tools, and clean streaming. All card names, images, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Holofire is an independent collection-management tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any card game publisher or manufacturer. Coming next: sports cards and more trading card games are in testing with our early-access group. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.getholofire.com/privacy

Screenshots

DeckTradr4 screens
Holofire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Holofire at none against DeckTradr's 3. Holofire also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 87%) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). DeckTradr's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 1) and chart position (#60 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DeckTradr sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Holofire 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 DeckTradr against 5.0 for Holofire. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DeckTradr has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of DeckTradr's written reviews are positive against 100% of Holofire's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DeckTradr ships an update every 5 days, Holofire every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
DeckTradr versus Holofire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeckTradrHolofire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
Best chart rank#60 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size462 MB190 MB
Age rating+412+
DeveloperDeckTradr LLCSean Heide

Customer experience

DeckTradr

All ratings986 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral0.3%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative11.7%

Holofire

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DeckTradr

Subscriptions3
  • DeckTradr Premium$6.991 Month
  • DeckTradr Pro3 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • DeckTradr Pro3 Days trial$199.991 Year
None

Holofire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DeckTradr free?
DeckTradr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Holofire free?
Holofire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DeckTradr or Holofire?
Holofire is rated higher. DeckTradr averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Holofire averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DeckTradr or Holofire have ads?
Neither DeckTradr nor Holofire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DeckTradr or Holofire?
DeckTradr ships an update every 5 days, and Holofire every 10 days. Most recently, DeckTradr was updated on November 5, 2026 and Holofire on October 31, 2026.

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