Comparison

BrookFirewall vs Pocket Card Show

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

Head to head
About

BrookFirewall

Easily block specific websites and service domains to enhance your privacy and control data usage. This utility offers a simple setup with instant effects, requiring no jailbreak for immediate protection.

Highlights
  • Block specific websites
  • Block service domains
  • Simple setup
  • Instant effect
  • No jailbreak required
  • Protect privacy
  • Control data usage
Features
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A professional network proxy and traffic debugging tool designed for advanced users and developers. 【Key Features】 • Multi-Protocol Support: support for modern protocols including VLESS, VMess, and Trojan. • Custom Domain Routing: Manually configure flexible routing rules (Domain, IP-CIDR, GeoIP) to precisely manage and direct your traffic. • Secure DNS Resolution: Supports custom DNS and DoH (DNS over HTTPS) to prevent DNS poisoning and safeguard privacy. • MITM Traffic Inspection & Scripting (Beta): Inspect encrypted HTTPS traffic with MITM analysis and custom scripts for API testing, URL rewriting, and debugging.

About

Pocket Card Show

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Pocket Card Show — Keep Your Cards Safe. Keep Your Collection With You. Every collector wants to protect the cards they love. Autographs, surfaces, corners, and edges can be affected by sunlight, UV exposure, humidity, dust, or accidental damage. Ironically, the more valuable a card becomes, the less often we feel comfortable taking it out. Some of our favorite cards spend years inside storage boxes, cabinets, or safes. That's why I created Pocket Card Show: keep your physical cards protected while still enjoying and sharing your collection anytime on your iPhone. EVERY CARD HAS A STORY A collection is more than a checklist. Maybe it was the first time you pulled your favorite player, a card you opened with your children, or simply a design you fell in love with. Save those memories alongside each card. Years later, you won't just remember its year, number, or value — you'll remember why it mattered to you. ORGANIZE YOUR COLLECTION Save front and back photos with details including name, year, brand, product, parallel, serial number, grading company, grade, and certification number. Search your collection, mark favorites, and create your own digital showcase for sports cards, TCG cards, and other collectibles. TRANSACTION HISTORY Record acquisition dates, prices, sources, transaction photos, contact information, and notes. Whether a card came from a card show, collector group, friend, or trade, you'll always remember where it came from. KNOW WHERE YOUR CARDS ARE “I know I own that card... but where did I put it?” Record physical storage locations such as binders, card boxes, cabinets, or safes. Add reference photos, browse all cards stored in one location, or start with a card and find exactly where it is. YOUR CARDS, ON YOUR WALLPAPER Pocket Card Show helps you create a dedicated wallpaper collection that works with Apple's Photo Shuffle feature. Choose your favorite cards and let your iPhone rotate through them. Cards that used to leave the safe only a few times a year can now be enjoyed every day. TRACK VALUE AND COST Record acquisition cost, estimated market value, and price history to follow your collection over time. Enter values manually or use supported third-party pricing sources as references. Automated pricing isn't perfect, especially for rare cards, parallels, and autographs, so manual valuation is always available. Quick access to external collector resources also helps you research recent sales and grading certification information. QUICK BOX Not every card needs a complete catalog entry. Quick Box lets you rapidly photograph card fronts or import multiple photos into a virtual storage box. Years later, if an overlooked rookie becomes a star, quickly browse your Quick Box before digging through every physical box. You might discover: “Wait... I actually have his rookie card.” BUILT BY A COLLECTOR Pocket Card Show is independently developed by one collector for other collectors. Many features exist because they solve problems I personally encountered while collecting. The goal isn't to turn collecting into nothing but prices. It's to bring together your collection, memories, display, organization, and value in one place. YOUR COLLECTION STAYS YOURS Your card photos, stories, collection records, and storage information are primarily stored on your device and in your own iCloud storage rather than being published to a public collection database. Your collection. Your stories. Your data. Pocket Card Show Your collection. In your pocket.

Screenshots

BrookFirewall1 screens
Pocket Card Show4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BrookFirewall at Free against Pocket Card Show's $0.99. BrookFirewall also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Pocket Card Show's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). On 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

BrookFirewall is free to download; Pocket Card Show costs $0.99 up front. Pocket Card Show sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. BrookFirewall asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BrookFirewall ships an update monthly, Pocket Card Show every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BrookFirewall versus Pocket Card Show: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrookFirewallPocket Card Show
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.1 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrook Design, LLCWEI CHEN CHANG

In-app purchases

None

BrookFirewall

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Pocket Card Show

One-time3
  • TIP Small$3.99
  • Tip Medium$7.99
  • Tip Large$19.99

Questions

Is BrookFirewall free?
BrookFirewall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket Card Show free?
Pocket Card Show costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do BrookFirewall or Pocket Card Show have ads?
Neither BrookFirewall nor Pocket Card Show shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BrookFirewall or Pocket Card Show?
BrookFirewall ships an update monthly, and Pocket Card Show every 3 days. Most recently, BrookFirewall was updated on October 30, 2026 and Pocket Card Show on October 31, 2026.

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