Comparison

TapGuards vs Trovie

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

Head to head
About

TapGuards

This utility allows you to program a rewriteable NFC tag to open specific links with a single tap. Easily update the linked content anytime, from price history to marketplace listings, without needing to open the case.

Highlights
  • Rewriteable NFC tag
  • One-tap link opening
  • Update link content anytime
  • Write content to NFC devices
  • Customizable link destinations
Features
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A precision PSA case with a rewriteable NFC tag. Tap to open your link—price history, a highlight video, your marketplace listing, or a showcase page. Update the link anytime without opening the case. Write content to NFC enabled device. Make every tap open exactly what matters. With a rewriteable NFC tag inside every TapGuard, you choose the destination—then change it anytime. Share a price chart today, a highlight video tomorrow, and a marketplace listing when you’re ready to sell.

About

Trovie

This app streamlines inventory management and sales tracking for trading card game vendors. It automates cost basis calculations, tracks buys, sells, and trades, and provides event-specific financial summaries. Collectors can view live inventory via QR codes without needing an app.

Highlights
  • Automated cost basis calculation
  • Unified buy, sell, and trade entry
  • Barcode scanning for sealed products
  • Event-specific financial scoreboards
  • Multi-staff booth management
  • Live inventory viewing for collectors
  • Support for multiple TCGs
Features
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The best part of the TCG hobby happens face to face. Trovie exists to protect that. The less time a vendor spends pricing cards and doing math, the more time everyone has for the conversation that brought them to the table in the first place. FOR VENDORS: LESS MATH, MORE TIME AT THE TABLE Most vendors know what a card sold for. Almost none know what they made on it. Writing down what you paid, card by card, is too slow to do at a buy counter, so it doesn't happen. Trovie fixes that. - Set it once: set your buy percentage and every card you scan in gets a cost basis automatically. Know something the market doesn't? Override any number by hand. - Every deal, one screen: buys, sells, and trades with cash added in all use the same entry. Nothing to reconcile later. - Sealed, slabs, and singles: boxes, bundles, and ETBs scan by barcode. Raw cards and slabs are identified instantly. - Know what the show actually made you: every event gets its own scoreboard: cost, margin, cards in, cards out. - Run it with your crew: invite the people working your booth. Everyone sees the same live inventory, and a multi-table setup can run several shows at once, one per staffer. FOR COLLECTORS: WALK UP AND SEE WHAT'S THERE (Patent Pending) No more flipping through every binder to find out what a vendor has. Scan the QR code at their table and their live inventory opens right on your phone. No app, no login, nothing to install to browse. Build a list as you go and hand it over ready to check out. It's a starting point for the conversation, not a hold on the card, so nothing is ever reserved or claimed out from under anyone. --- EIGHT GAMES AND COUNTING. Trovie covers the major trading card games collectors and vendors actually deal in (English and Japanese editions included) with new sets and new games added constantly. WHAT TROVIE ISN'T. Not a register or POS replacement. Not a marketplace, and Trovie never takes a cut of a sale. This is the back office for the table that's already happening, not a new place to run it from. Built by people in this hobby, for the hobby. Less time on admin, more time with the person across the table.

Screenshots

TapGuards2 screens
Trovie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Trovie at 20 against TapGuards's 3. TapGuards's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 92%). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TapGuards holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trovie has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of TapGuards's written reviews are positive against 92% of Trovie's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TapGuards versus Trovie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTapGuardsTrovie
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.8 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better91.7% of reviews
Number of ratings320 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteven TranTrovie, Inc.

Customer experience

TapGuards

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Trovie

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

None

TapGuards

No in-app purchases

None

Trovie

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TapGuards free?
TapGuards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trovie free?
Trovie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TapGuards or Trovie?
TapGuards is rated higher. TapGuards averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Trovie averages 4.8 from 20 ratings.
Do TapGuards or Trovie have ads?
Neither TapGuards nor Trovie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TapGuards or Trovie?
TapGuards ships an update weekly, and Trovie weekly. Most recently, TapGuards was updated on November 5, 2026 and Trovie on November 5, 2026.

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