Comparison

CardFlip Tracker vs Patch Vault

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

Head to head
About

CardFlip Tracker

Easily track sports card purchases and sales to understand your profit and loss. Log detailed card information, capture photos, and view a comprehensive dashboard of your collection's performance. Organize your inventory with status filters and export your data for tax or insurance purposes.

Highlights
  • Purchase and sale tracking
  • Instant profit/loss calculation
  • Automated platform fee calculation
  • Card photo capture
  • Collection dashboard with ROI
  • Inventory status filters
  • Bulk card entry
  • CSV data export
Features
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CardFlip Tracker is the ultimate tool for sports card flippers who want to stay on top of every deal. Whether you're buying, selling, or holding — know exactly where your money is at all times. Track Every Card Log your purchases with detailed info including player name, year, brand, sport, condition, and purchase price. Snap a photo of each card right from the app to keep a visual record of your collection. Know Your Profit Instantly When you sell a card, enter the sale price and platform — CardFlip Tracker automatically calculates platform fees for eBay, StockX, MySlabs, and more, then shows your real profit or loss before you even confirm the sale. Dashboard That Tells the Full Story See your total investment, revenue, profit/loss, ROI, average profit per card, and inventory count — all in one clean overview. No spreadsheets needed. Organize Your Collection Filter your cards by status — Inventory, Listed, or Sold. See your total inventory value at a glance. Switch to Recent Activity to see what you've added or sold lately. Bulk Entry for Big Pickups Just grabbed a lot at a card show? Use Bulk Add to enter multiple cards quickly without leaving the screen. Sport and condition carry over between entries so you can fly through your haul. Export Your Data Download your full collection as a CSV file anytime — perfect for taxes, insurance, or your own spreadsheets. Multi-Sport Support Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Soccer, and more. CardFlip Tracker works for every sport and every card type. Key Features: Purchase and sale tracking with profit/loss calculations Auto-calculated platform fees (eBay, StockX, COMC, MySlabs, Mercari, and more) Photo capture for every card Dashboard with ROI, total profit, and inventory stats Inventory, Listed, and Sold status filters Bulk card entry for fast logging CSV export Dark theme designed for easy use

About

Patch Vault

Organize and catalog your patch and challenge coin collections with detailed records, photos, and tracking. Easily search, filter, and view item origins on a map. Gain insights into your collection's trends and history.

Highlights
  • Catalog patches and challenge coins
  • Add multiple photos
  • Track detailed item information
  • Search and filter collection
  • View origins on interactive map
  • Review collection stats and trends
  • Sync privately with iCloud
Features
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Keep your patches, challenge coins, and badges organized, photographed, and easy to find. Patch Vault brings your collection's details together on iPhone and iPad. Record the department, station, location, acquisition date, purchase price, tags, notes, and photos for every item, whether it came from a trade, station visit, event, or gift. - Catalog patches, challenge coins, and badges in one collection. - Search names, departments, locations, tags, and notes. - Combine tag, type, format, and favorite filters to find the items you want. - Explore where your items came from on an interactive map. - Sort by title, department, date, price, or recently added. - Earn achievements for collection size, geography, photos, and more. Track progress and share milestones. - Share individual items, collection summaries, and achievements as image cards. - Add photos from other apps using the share sheet. - Keep collection totals and achievement progress close with Home Screen widgets. - Use Siri and Shortcuts for collection stats or a random patch, and find items in Spotlight. - Sync your collection across your devices with iCloud. - Export backups with photos, restore your collection, or export a CSV spreadsheet. - Personalize your app icon and tint. Made for collectors of fire, police, EMS, dispatch, search and rescue, military, government, and other patches, coins, and badges. Start free with up to 25 items and one photo per item. Vault Unlock is an optional, one-time in-app purchase that adds unlimited items, unlimited photos per item, and collection charts.

Screenshots

CardFlip Tracker4 screens
Patch Vault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CardFlip Tracker at none against Patch Vault's 4. CardFlip Tracker also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Patch Vault sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. CardFlip Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CardFlip Tracker against 5.0 for Patch Vault. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CardFlip Tracker versus Patch Vault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardFlip TrackerPatch Vault
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB59 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperDouglas ThorntonRobotic Snail Software LLC

Customer experience

CardFlip Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Patch Vault

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CardFlip Tracker

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Patch Vault

One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
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  • Premium$14.99

Questions

Is CardFlip Tracker free?
CardFlip Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Patch Vault free?
Patch Vault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CardFlip Tracker or Patch Vault?
CardFlip Tracker and Patch Vault are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do CardFlip Tracker or Patch Vault have ads?
Patch Vault shows ads; CardFlip Tracker does not.

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