Comparison

StashEye vs Photocard Collection

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

Head to head
About

StashEye

Features
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StashEye is an app that makes it easy to manage your favorite merch with photos. You can organize badges, trading cards, acrylic stands, random merch, and more with unlimited item registration for free. You can also use photo search to check, “Do I already have this?” StashEye helps you find similar items from your collection, making it useful for avoiding duplicate purchases and checking your items before trading. 【Main Features】 ■ Easily manage your merch with photos Register trading cards, badges, acrylic stands, and other merch using photos. You can organize your collection mainly with images, with minimal text input. ■ Search your collection by photo Take a photo of an item you want to check, and StashEye will compare it with your registered collection. It displays up to 30 similar items, ranked by similarity. Quickly check “Do I already have this?” on the spot and help prevent duplicate purchases. ■ Organize in detail with subcategories You can create subcategories inside categories, making it easy to manage even large collections. For example, you can organize items like “Group Name → Member Name → Item Type.” 【Easy to Use】 1. Create a category Create categories freely, such as trading cards, badges, acrylic stands, and more. 2. Register your merch with photos Organize your collection by category. 3. Take a photo of an item you want to check Search for similar items from your registered photos. 【Recommended For】 ・People who want to manage all their favorite merch in one place ・People whose trading cards or badges have become hard to organize ・People who want to view their collection as a photo list ・People who want to organize items by series, character, group, or member ・People who often wonder, “Do I already have this?” while shopping ・People who want to avoid buying the same item twice ・People who gave up on other collection apps because input was too much work 【About Photo Search】 Photo search uses a ticket system. You can earn tickets by watching ads and continue using photo search for free. With the Pro plan, you can enjoy an ad-free experience and unlimited photo search. When in doubt, just take a photo. Start reducing duplicate merch today. Terms of Use (EULA) [https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) Privacy Policy [https://goods-checker-app.pages.dev/](https://goods-checker-app.pages.dev/) ※ Photo search works best with flat items such as trading cards and badges. Recognition may be less accurate for 3D items such as figures.

About

Photocard Collection

Features
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Photocard Collection — bring your K-pop fandom into one place. v2.0 brings full goods support! Features ● Photocard Management Just snap a photo and your photocard is logged. Auto-sorted by member, album, and version, neatly grouped by your bias. ● Goods Management (new in v2.0) Acrylic stands, pin badges, plushies — keep your bias's goods alongside your photocards. Spin them sideways like a real photocard to see every angle. ● Auto-detect with Scan Just hold up a photocard or goods and Photocard Collection matches it against your collection in real time. No more typing or searching. ● Bias-First Browsing Group > photocards / goods, with simple drill-down. Filter freely by status (have / want), favorite, album, category, or member. ● Fully Private Your photos stay on your iPhone. Nothing is sent to third-party servers. ● Japanese, English, Korean Search your bias by their Korean, English, or Japanese stage name — whichever you know. Made For - Fans whose photocards and goods are growing fast and need organizing - Anyone who wants to see their full fandom at a glance - Anyone who wants one app instead of three A solo-built app made from a K-pop fan's perspective. Feedback and group/member requests are very welcome — see Settings. Pricing ・ Free: register up to 100 items ・ One-time purchase: unlock the limit (unlimited thereafter) ・ No subscriptions. One purchase, lifetime access. Support Bug reports and feature requests: support.photocard@gmail.com Privacy See "Settings > Privacy Policy" inside the app. Follow us for the latest news and updates X: https://x.com/oshitorecollect Threads: https://www.threads.com/@oshitore_collection

Screenshots

StashEye4 screens
Photocard Collection4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Photocard Collection at none against StashEye's 2. Photocard Collection also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. StashEye sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Photocard Collection asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StashEye ships an update weekly, Photocard Collection every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
StashEye versus Photocard Collection: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStashEyePhotocard Collection
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMitsuhiro NaitoYuki Miyajima

In-app purchases

2 purchases

StashEye

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Plan$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Perpetual Pro Plan$39.99
None

Photocard Collection

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StashEye free?
StashEye is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photocard Collection free?
Photocard Collection is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StashEye or Photocard Collection have ads?
StashEye shows ads; Photocard Collection does not.
Which is updated more often, StashEye or Photocard Collection?
StashEye ships an update weekly, and Photocard Collection every 2 days. Most recently, StashEye was updated on September 9, 2026 and Photocard Collection on September 23, 2026.

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