Photocard Collection vs STUB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Photocard Collection
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Photocard Collection β bring your K-pop fandom into one place. v2.0 brings full goods support! Features β Photocard Management Just snap a photo and your photocard is logged. Auto-sorted by member, album, and version, neatly grouped by your bias. β Goods Management (new in v2.0) Acrylic stands, pin badges, plushies β keep your bias's goods alongside your photocards. Spin them sideways like a real photocard to see every angle. β Auto-detect with Scan Just hold up a photocard or goods and Photocard Collection matches it against your collection in real time. No more typing or searching. β Bias-First Browsing Group > photocards / goods, with simple drill-down. Filter freely by status (have / want), favorite, album, category, or member. β Fully Private Your photos stay on your iPhone. Nothing is sent to third-party servers. β Japanese, English, Korean Search your bias by their Korean, English, or Japanese stage name β whichever you know. Made For - Fans whose photocards and goods are growing fast and need organizing - Anyone who wants to see their full fandom at a glance - Anyone who wants one app instead of three A solo-built app made from a K-pop fan's perspective. Feedback and group/member requests are very welcome β see Settings. Pricing γ» Free: register up to 100 items γ» One-time purchase: unlock the limit (unlimited thereafter) γ» No subscriptions. One purchase, lifetime access. Support Bug reports and feature requests: support.photocard@gmail.com Privacy See "Settings > Privacy Policy" inside the app. Follow us for the latest news and updates X: https://x.com/oshitorecollect Threads: https://www.threads.com/@oshitore_collection
STUB
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Paper tickets, e-tickets on your phone, the photos you took that day. Before you know it, the memories are scattered everywhere. STUB pulls those scattered pieces together into a single stub, so you can collect them. β Who it's for Β· You go see your favorite artist live, again and again Β· You follow a theater company or a production you love Β· You go watch your team play Β· You go to events for the anime and characters you love Β· You want to keep the tickets and the day's photos in one place Turn the days you showed up into a single collection of stubs. That's STUB. β What you can do Β· Record each stub as a card, built around its ticket photo Β· Save the title, cast or team, venue, date, seat, weather, who you went with, and a short note Β· Attach several memory photos from the day to each stub Β· Give each card your artist's or team's color Β· Look back over your whole collection anytime Β· See it all month by month on the calendar Β· Create a stub image to share on social media or with friends β STUB+ (one-time purchase) The free version lets you keep up to 10 stubs, with up to 5 memory photos each. With STUB+, you unlock: Β· Unlimited stubs Β· Unlimited memory photos One payment, yours forever β not a subscription. Family Sharing is supported, so you can share it with your family. β Privacy by design STUB runs entirely on your device. No login, no account, nothing sent out. We never see your records, your photos, or your purchase history. All your data stays encrypted and protected on your iPhone β nowhere else.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Photocard Collection at none against STUB's 1. Photocard Collection also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. STUB sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Photocard Collection asks for nothing beyond the download.
Photocard Collection ships an update every 2 days, STUB every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photocard Collection | STUB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days β better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuki Miyajima | COLET LAB CO., LTD. |
In-app purchases
Photocard Collection
No in-app purchases
STUB
- STUB+ Unlimited$3.99
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