Comparison

Cache vs RookiePit

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

Head to head
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/

About

RookiePit

Features
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Ever pulled a card from a pack and had no idea who the player is, how rare the card is, or whether it's worth anything? RookiePit scans it and tells you. HOW IT WORKS Point your camera at a baseball card, basketball card, or Pokémon TCG card (or pick a photo from your library). RookiePit identifies what's in your hand and shows you what matters. SPORTS CARDS • Player bio — age, position, years of experience • Career stats + latest season stats, pulled from official MLB and ESPN data • Major awards and highlights (MVP, All-Star, Rookie of the Year, and more) • Rookie, autograph, numbered, and parallel card detection • A short AI-generated summary putting the numbers in context — grounded in real data, never made up, never investment advice POKÉMON TCG, TOO • Character identification, printed rarity, and holo foil detection • A "Did You Know?" fact about the Pokémon and the card itself • Works with Japanese, English, and Chinese print cards — shown in your chosen app language REFERENCE MARKET PRICE A price range based on current active eBay listings for every card, sports or Pokémon — for reference only, never a valuation or investment advice. MY COLLECTION Save any scanned card to build your own local collection, searchable and filterable by card type. REAL DATA, NOT GUESSES Baseball stats come from MLB's official Stats API. Basketball stats come from ESPN. Every number is real, sourced from official league data — not a black box. WHO IT'S FOR Whether you just opened your first pack or you've been collecting for years — sports cards or Pokémon — RookiePit helps you actually understand what's in your hand. Currently supports MLB (baseball), NBA (basketball), and Pokémon TCG cards. Available in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. Free to use.

Screenshots

Cache4 screens
RookiePit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RookiePit at none against Cache's 2. Cache's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price 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. Cache sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. RookiePit asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cache ships an update every 2 days, RookiePit every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cache versus RookiePit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCacheRookiePit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size244 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCrankshaft LLCPingLin Tsai

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cache

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
None

RookiePit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cache free?
Cache is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RookiePit free?
RookiePit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cache or RookiePit have ads?
RookiePit shows ads; Cache does not.
Which is updated more often, Cache or RookiePit?
Cache ships an update every 2 days, and RookiePit every 3 weeks. Most recently, Cache was updated on October 31, 2026 and RookiePit on November 6, 2026.

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