Comparison

CardAtlas vs Cache

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

Head to head
About

CardAtlas

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CardAtlas is a premium sports card scanner built for collectors who want more than a quick card lookup. Scan your cards, organize your collection, and understand what you’re holding with a cleaner, more professional workflow. With CardAtlas, you can: • Scan sports cards quickly • Identify cards from a photo • See a CardAtlas Reference Value • Track your collection like a portfolio • View live market context • See price history • Get grading outlook insights • Use Collector AI for card-specific guidance CardAtlas is designed for modern collectors who want a better way to scan, organize, and understand their cards. CARDATLAS PRO Upgrade to CardAtlas Pro to unlock the full collector experience, including premium scanning, collection tools, and deeper card intelligence. Whether you collect basketball, baseball, football, soccer, or hockey, CardAtlas helps you move from raw scans to real collector context. Download CardAtlas and build your collection with a cleaner, more premium sports card workflow. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy https://ca-marketing-site-bvilzp6q0-emile-ebs-projects.vercel.app/privacy-policy

About

Cache

Effortlessly scan, price, and sell your trading cards. This app uses on-device OCR to identify cards and provides real-time eBay sold comps. Organize your collection, track its value, and build wishlists with privacy-focused technology.

Highlights
  • On-device card scanning with OCR
  • Real-time eBay sold comps
  • Instant eBay listing generation
  • Collection organization and portfolio tracking
  • Wishlist building
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Cache turns your phone into a card collection powerhouse. Faster scans, fewer wrong answers, quicker eBay listings — and your photos never leave your device. Scan any trading card — baseball, football, basketball, hockey, soccer, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, and One Piece — and the workflow handles itself. From shoebox to listed in under a minute. SCAN IN SECONDS Point your camera at a card. Cache reads the printed text directly using on-device OCR — player, year, set, card number, parallel — and identifies the card against a complete checklist database. No cloud upload. No fabricated answers. Just the text that's actually on the card. Works with raw cards and graded slabs from PSA, BGS, SGC, and CGC. KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH One tap pulls real-time eBay sold comps so you know exactly what your cards are selling for. See the low, median, and high across recent sales. Browse individual comps inside the app. LIST ON EBAY INSTANTLY Connect your eBay account once. Cache generates a complete listing — title, description, item specifics, condition, and pricing — built from your scan data and current market prices. Review it, tap list, done. ORGANIZE YOUR COLLECTION Every card you scan is saved to your personal database with photos, details, and estimated values. Search, filter, and sort. See your total portfolio value and watch it move over time. TRACK YOUR PORTFOLIO Interactive charts show how your collection is trending. Cache refreshes estimated values from live market data, so you always know where you stand. BUILD YOUR WISHLIST Add the cards you're hunting. Cache watches the market and tells you when one shows up. PRIVACY BY DESIGN Cache reads your cards entirely on your phone. Card recognition runs on-device using Apple's Vision framework — your photos are never uploaded, never sent to a third-party AI, and never used to train a model. The only thing that leaves your device is the parsed text when you request market comps or generate an eBay listing. You stay in control. WHAT YOU GET Everything. Cache is completely free — unlimited scans, eBay integration, live market pricing, wishlist, portfolio tracking, and backup. No subscription, no upsells, no catch. Cache is built by collectors, for collectors. No bloat, no social feeds, no noise — just the tools you need to manage, price, and sell your cards. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CardAtlas4 screens
Cache4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cache at none against CardAtlas's shown. On price, in-app purchases, 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. CardAtlas sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and Cache sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CardAtlas versus Cache: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardAtlasCache
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB244 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCheickh BasseCrankshaft LLC

In-app purchases

4 purchases

CardAtlas

Subscriptions4
  • pro_monthly3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
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  • yearly_pro3 Days trial$49.991 Year
2 purchases

Cache

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is CardAtlas free?
CardAtlas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cache free?
Cache is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CardAtlas or Cache have ads?
CardAtlas shows ads; Cache does not.

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