Comparison

Centering50 vs Midpoint

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

Head to head
About

Centering50

This tool helps collectors accurately measure card centering ratios for TCG and sports cards. It uses AI-assisted scanning and manual guides to provide precise measurements, helping users predict grades and save on submission fees.

Highlights
  • AI-assisted border detection
  • Manual measurement guides
  • Front and back analysis
  • 15x precision zoom
  • Grading standard library
  • Dynamic contrast adjustment
Features
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Centering50: TCG & Sports Card Grading Tool Stop guessing and start grading with confidence. Whether you are a hardcore Pokémon TCG investor, a sports card flipper, or a casual collector, centering is the #1 reason cards fail to hit a Gem Mint 10. Centering50 is the professional-grade scanner designed to help you predict your grade before you spend a cent on submission fees. WHY CENTERING MATTERS In the modern hobby, the price gap between a PSA 9 and a PSA 10 can be thousands of dollars. Professional graders at PSA, BGS, SGC, CGC, and TAG use digital precision to measure border ratios. If your card is even 2% off, you lose the Gem Mint dream. Centering50 brings that same laboratory precision to your smartphone. PRECISION FEATURES FOR COLLECTORS: "Smart-Snap AI: Our algorithm helps you detect card borders for lightning-fast scanning of modern Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering (MTG), Lorcana, and One Piece cards. Save time with AI-assisted alignment, then fine-tune for 0.1% precision." Auto-Straighten Technology: Don't worry about perfect alignment. Scan at any angle and the app will instantly fix the tilt. The "Magenta Line" Manual Mode: For vintage cards or thick-bordered sports cards (Topps, Panini, Upper Deck), use our high-contrast measurement guides to set your own anchor points with 0.1% accuracy. Grading Standard Library: Instantly compare your results against the official 2026 standards: PSA: 55/45 Front (New 2025 Standard) BGS: 50/50 for Black Label eligibility SGC & CGC: Real-time centering thresholds Front & Back Analysis: Don't get rejected for a 90/10 back! Measure both sides independently to ensure your submission is truly "Perfect." 15x Precision Zoom: Perfectly align your guides on thin silver or gold borders with our enhanced magnification tool. SAVE MONEY ON SUBMISSION FEES Sending cards to be graded is expensive. Why pay for a "Near Mint 7" when you could have known the result at home? Use Centering50 to filter your collection and only send your strongest candidates. It’s the ultimate pre-grading utility for: Pokémon TCG (English & Japanese) Sports Cards (Basketball, Baseball, Football, Soccer) Disney Lorcana & One Piece TCG Yu-Gi-Oh! & Magic: The Gathering DESIGNED FOR THE 2026 HOBBYIST We know you’re scanning in different lighting. Our app features Dynamic Contrast Adjustment and Skew Correction, so even if your photo is slightly tilted, our math remains perfect. HOW TO USE: Place your card on a high-contrast, flat surface (no sleeves for best results). Take a photo directly from above. (with the green bubble in center) Align the Centering50 guides with the card edges and the internal art border. (Optionally: Unlock the image and move/resize/rotate) Get your LR (Left/Right) and TB (Top/Bottom) ratios instantly. JOIN THE 50/50 CLUB Centering50 isn't just a calculator; it’s your secret weapon in the grading game. Download now and take the guesswork out of your collection. Note: Centering50 provides a highly accurate estimate based on physical centering. Final grades are determined by professional grading companies based on additional factors like surface, corners, and edges. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Midpoint

Scan trading cards to instantly estimate their grade and market value. Measure centering, get AI surface analysis, and track your collection's worth. Avoid costly grading fees by knowing a card's potential before submission.

Highlights
  • AI card centering measurement
  • Estimated grades from major companies
  • Real-time market price from eBay
  • Surface analysis for edges and corners
  • Collection portfolio tracking
  • Price alerts for owned cards
Features
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Midpoint — scan any trading card to get its grade AND its real market price, before you pay for a professional grade. Then chat about it, certify it, and ask other collectors. Measure centering to the millimeter, get instant PSA, BGS, CGC and TAG estimates, then see what it's worth — live values from real eBay sold listings — without paying $80 per card and waiting weeks. KNOW THE GRADE • Snap or pick a photo of any standard trading card — TCGs, sports, Marvel, Star Wars; modern, vintage, foil, holo • ML finds the card and print-frame corners in under a second; live left/right and top/bottom centering ratios with millimeter offsets • Predicted grades from PSA, BGS, CGC and TAG • AI Grading: front + back photos → a full report with overall grade, subgrades and every defect called out MIDPOINT GRADE CERTIFICATE • Turn a front + back AI grade into a shareable certificate: both photos, corner and edge close-ups, every finding, the grade and subgrades, and a public verification page with a QR code • Image and PDF for listings, trades and binders — sold in credit packs, no subscription needed KNOW THE PRICE • Real market values from eBay sold listings, refreshed daily — raw plus PSA 10 / 9 / 8, with YOUR estimated grade highlighted • Price-history charts and recent sales, with links • "Worth grading?" verdicts — does the graded value beat the grading fee? • Scan a graded slab and we read the label and value it at its grade • 2,000,000+ cards: Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Lorcana, Dragon Ball, Digimon, Marvel, Star Wars, Garbage Pail Kids and every major sport CHAT • Ask in plain words — "Is my Base Set Charizard worth grading?" — and get answers from real sold prices, in your language • Add a photo and Chat finds the card; ask about your own portfolio too IN MESSAGES • Send a card's price into any chat — photo, set, raw and PSA 10 — straight from the Messages app drawer • Ask what a card is worth or whether grading pays without leaving the conversation, then send the answer • Whoever you message can tap through to the full price history; they don't need the app TRACK YOUR COLLECTION • Portfolio — every saved card valued daily: total worth, profit and loss vs what you paid, biggest movers • Price alerts — a push and an inbox entry when a card you own jumps or dips, plus a weekly portfolio update • Bulk upload for resellers; Snapshots — a clean shareable image of centering, grades and value • Cross-device — same account on phone and at cardcenteringtool.com JOIN THE COMMUNITY • Ask collectors anything — worth grading? PSA or CGC? — answered by members and the Midpoint helper bot • A board for every game and sport; follow discussions, share threads • Post about the card you just scanned with one tap — centering and estimate attached • Earn points and levels for helpful answers; weekly leaderboard; usernames only, report and block controls Not affiliated with PSA, Beckett, CGC, TAG, eBay or any grading company. Estimates follow each company's published centering tolerances; values come from third-party sales data. A Grade Certificate documents Midpoint's AI grade of your photos — not a professional grade, appraisal or guarantee. Privacy: https://www.cardcenteringtool.com/privacy Terms: https://www.cardcenteringtool.com/terms Support: https://www.cardcenteringtool.com/contact

Screenshots

Centering503 screens
Midpoint4 screens

Verdict

The call

Centering50 and Midpoint both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of Midpoint's written reviews are positive against 0% of Centering50's. Midpoint also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Centering50 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Midpoint sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Centering50 against 4.7 for Midpoint. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 50 and 39 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Centering50's written reviews are positive against 75% of Midpoint's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Centering50 ships an update every 8 days, Midpoint every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Centering50 versus Midpoint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCentering50Midpoint
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (50 ratings)4.7 (39 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings50 — better39
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.2 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB86 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFUK WAI LII Lov Guitars Inc.

Customer experience

Centering50

All ratings50 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Midpoint

All ratings39 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral5.1%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Centering50

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Unlimited Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Full Version Lifetime Access$49.99
9 purchases

Midpoint

Subscriptions6
  • Unlimited Midpoint Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Unlimited Midpoint Semi-Annual$34.996 Months
  • Unlimited Midpoint Semi-Annual$49.996 Months
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  • Unlimited Midpoint Semi-Annual$74.996 Months
  • Unlimited Midpoint Annual$79.991 Year
  • Unlimited Midpoint Annual$89.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1 Midpoint Grade Certificate$4.99
  • 3 Midpoint Grade Certificates$9.99
  • 10 Midpoint Grade Certificates$19.99

Questions

Is Centering50 free?
Centering50 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Midpoint free?
Midpoint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Centering50 or Midpoint?
Midpoint is rated higher. Centering50 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while Midpoint averages 4.7 from 39 ratings.
Do Centering50 or Midpoint have ads?
Both Centering50 and Midpoint show ads.
Which is updated more often, Centering50 or Midpoint?
Centering50 ships an update every 8 days, and Midpoint every 2 days. Most recently, Centering50 was updated on November 5, 2026 and Midpoint on November 5, 2026.

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