Comparison

Centered Cardboard vs Card Centering Checker

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

Head to head
About

Centered Cardboard

This app assists trading card collectors in pre-grading their cards. It uses your device's camera and clear visual tools to assess centering, alignment, and corners, providing estimated grading scores based on industry standards. Save, export, and share your card assessments easily.

Highlights
  • Live centering feedback with color-coded ratios
  • Grading score estimates
  • Corner grading for all four corners
  • Tilted measuring for rotated borders
  • True distance measurements
  • Adjustable outline guides
  • Up to 100x zoom
Features
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Centered Cardboard helps you pre-grade trading cards by making centering, alignment, and corner assessment quick, consistent, and easy to understand. Use your camera or import photos to examine cards with clear visual tools designed for accuracy: • Live centering feedback with color-coded ratios • Grading score estimates based on leading grading-company standards • Corner Grading for recording all four front and back corners • Tilted Measuring for cards with rotated inner borders • True Distance measurements for exact border spacing • Adjustable outline guides for accurate card alignment • Gyro crosshair and calibration tools for level camera positioning • Photo filters that improve edge visibility in difficult lighting • Up to 100× zoom for precise positioning and fine adjustments • Camera, Photos, and Files image support • Separate or combined front and back scores • Side-by-side exports for sharing both sides in one image • Cardboard History for saving, searching, editing, and revisiting exports locally • One-tap sharing for quickly saving or sending results Centered Cardboard gives collectors a clear, repeatable way to inspect cards before submitting them for grading. Centered Cardboard is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any card-grading company. Results are estimates and do not guarantee an official grade.

About

Card Centering Checker

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Card Centering Checker is the fastest way to estimate the centering grade of any trading card before you submit it. Built for serious collectors of Pokémon, sports, Magic, and TCG cards who refuse to throw $25–$75 at a grading service hoping for a 10. Snap a photo. Drag 8 alignment bars. Get an instant PSA, BGS, and CGC centering grade — all three scales, side by side, calibrated against each company's official tolerances. WHY COLLECTORS LOVE IT • Real grading math — not a guess. Calibrated to PSA's 55/45 front, 75/25 back rule, BGS sub-grades, and CGC tolerances. • 8 draggable bars give you pixel-perfect alignment — pinch to zoom in tight on the borders. • Front + back support. The worse side determines the grade, just like the real graders. • Beautiful 1080×1080 share images for eBay listings, Reddit, Instagram, and group chats. • Premium PDF reports with QR codes for buyers and PWE trades. • Organized library — collections, filters, search, sort by grade. • Build submission lists before you ship to PSA, BGS, or CGC. ONE PAYMENT. YOURS FOREVER. $6.99 once. No subscriptions. No ads. No data harvesting. Every future feature included. PRO UNLOCKS • Unlimited centering checks • Unlimited collections • PSA + BGS + CGC grading scales • Clean share images (no watermark) • Pro-level editor zoom WHAT FREE GETS YOU • 3 collections, 50 saved scans • Full PSA centering grades, free forever • Watermarked share images PRIVACY FIRST Photos never leave your device unless you choose to share them. No accounts. No cloud. No tracking. DISCLAIMER Card Centering Checker provides centering estimates only. Final grades from PSA, BGS, and CGC depend on additional factors including surface, edges, corners, and print quality. Results are an indicator, not a guarantee. Pre-grade like a pro. Stop submitting your bad ones.

Screenshots

Centered Cardboard4 screens
Card Centering Checker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Card Centering Checker at 15.1 against Centered Cardboard's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Centered Cardboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Card Centering Checker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Centered Cardboard versus Card Centering Checker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCentered CardboardCard Centering Checker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (64 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings64 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOak Labs Limited Liability CompanySean Hai Fung Yang

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Centered Cardboard

One-time1
  • Centered Cardboard Pro$9.99
1 purchases

Card Centering Checker

One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$6.99

Questions

Is Centered Cardboard free?
Centered Cardboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Card Centering Checker free?
Card Centering Checker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Centered Cardboard or Card Centering Checker have ads?
Neither Centered Cardboard nor Card Centering Checker shows ads.

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