Comparison

Centered Cardboard vs CardParser

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

CardParser

This app helps trading card collectors and vendors organize their collections and inventory. It offers fast and accurate card scanning, real-time pricing, and tools for managing collections or show inventory. Users can switch between collector and vendor modes seamlessly.

Highlights
  • Instant card scanning with 99% accuracy
  • Daily market pricing for raw and graded cards
  • Collector and Vendor modes for separate management
  • Printable labels and snapshots for pricing
  • Historical pricing charts
  • Card show integration for inventory browsing and giveaways
Features
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CardParser is the all-in-one toolkit for trading card collectors and vendors. Scan your cards, track what they're worth, and keep your collection or your show inventory organized in one place. SCAN IN SECONDS Point your camera at a card and CardParser identifies it instantly. 99% accuracy and blazing fast. PRINT LABELS AND SNAPSHOTS Print labels for your entire collection. Save hours re-pricing cards through label snapshots, which let you print only movers and newcomer labels. CardParser notifies vendors when they need to print a new label. COLLECTOR MODE Every vendor is a collector, and visa versa. Collector Mode lets you track your collections, sets, binders, and more, from the same pricing engine as Vendor Mode. Switch between modes anytime, so your personal collection and your business inventory stay separate. DAILY MARKET PRICING, RAW AND GRADED Prices update daily for both raw and graded cards, with historical charts. Price with confidence. BUILT WITH CARD SHOWS CardParser partners with card shows to bring new experiences to vendors and collectors. At participating shows, collectors can scan a QR code to browse vendor inventory and find the cards they're hunting across the whole floor, and join live mid-show giveaways. Vendors get tools to showcase their inventory to buyers before and during the show. FREE, WITH MORE TO COME We are constantly building out CardParser, and are committed to being free. CardParser is an independent product of Trove Collectibles LLC and is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or approved by Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, Creatures Inc., GAME FREAK, PSA, CGC, Beckett, or TCGplayer. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.

Screenshots

Centered Cardboard4 screens
CardParser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CardParser at none against Centered Cardboard's 1. CardParser also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Centered Cardboard's advantage is ratings volume (64 vs 18). On price, ads, 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. Centered Cardboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CardParser asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CardParser holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 64 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Centered Cardboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of CardParser's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Centered Cardboard ships an update every 3 weeks, CardParser weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Centered Cardboard versus CardParser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCentered CardboardCardParser
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (64 ratings)5.0 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings64 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOak Labs Limited Liability CompanyWilliam Wang

Customer experience

Centered Cardboard

All ratings64 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

CardParser

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Centered Cardboard

One-time1
  • Centered Cardboard Pro$9.99
None

CardParser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Centered Cardboard free?
Centered Cardboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CardParser free?
CardParser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Centered Cardboard or CardParser?
CardParser is rated higher. Centered Cardboard averages 4.8 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while CardParser averages 5.0 from 18 ratings.
Do Centered Cardboard or CardParser have ads?
Neither Centered Cardboard nor CardParser shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Centered Cardboard or CardParser?
Centered Cardboard ships an update every 3 weeks, and CardParser weekly. Most recently, Centered Cardboard was updated on November 9, 2026 and CardParser on November 10, 2026.

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