Comparison

Card Check vs Grade Cards

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

Head to head
About

Card Check

Features
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Card Check turns your phone into a price checker for trading cards. Hold a card up to the camera and it identifies itself, then shows what it actually sells for — the live market price by condition and printing, and what graded copies have sold for. FIVE GAMES, ONE SCANNER Works with Pokémon, Riftbound (League of Legends), Disney Lorcana, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and One Piece cards. No mode to pick — Card Check tells which game a card belongs to from the card itself, reading the set code and collector number in the corner so new sets match the right listing from release day. WHAT IT DOES • Auto-scan — hold a card in frame and Card Check reads it, sleeves and all. Or choose a photo from your library, or type the card's corner text. • Live prices by condition — Near Mint, Lightly Played and Moderately Played, plus a one-month price chart. • Every printing — when a card comes in Normal and Foil, Holofoil, Reverse Holo or Cold Foil, switch between them and every price follows. • The right version — pattern, stamped and cosmos holo versions of a card are listed right under the match, so you can tap yours instead of getting the wrong price. • Graded sales — median PSA 10, 9 and 8 prices from recent eBay sales for Pokémon cards, with the number of sales behind each figure. • Market — each set's top cards and sealed products for every game. • Bulk — see which commons, uncommons and rares in a set are worth pulling at 10¢, 25¢ or 50¢ for Pokémon, Lorcana and Riftbound, with the cheapest current listing next to each market price. • Lorcana puzzle inserts — browse each set's puzzle piece by piece, or scan a piece and Card Check matches it by its picture. • Collection — track the cards you own and watch the total value move with the market. • Scan history — every scan is saved, so you can pull a card back up with fresh prices any time. FOR SELLERS • Sell this on TCGplayer — jump straight to your TCGplayer seller page for the card you just scanned. • Export for TCGplayer — turn your collection into a Seller Portal import file with quantities and today's market prices, then review it in Staged before anything goes live. Card Check never asks for your TCGplayer login. BUILT FOR COLLECTORS No account. No sign-up. No ads. Your collection and scan history stay on your device and sync only through your own private iCloud — we can't see them. Photos are read on your phone and never uploaded unless you choose to attach one to a wrong-match report. HONEST ABOUT PRICES Prices come from public marketplace data and are estimates, not appraisals. Graded prices show what already-graded copies have sold for — not a prediction of the grade your card would get.

About

Grade Cards

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Grading & Sammelkarten-Wertermittlung Erhalten Sie schnelles und präzises KI-Grading für alle Ihre Karten. Entdecken Sie in nur wenigen Minuten, wie Sie den Wert Ihrer Sammlung maximieren können. Hauptfunktionen Detailliertes Massen-Grading: Scannen Sie mehrere Karten gleichzeitig mit punktgenauer Präzision für Mängel an jeder einzelnen Karte. Professionelle Empfehlungen: Smarte Empfehlungen dazu, ob sich das Einsenden einer Karte für ein professionelles Grading lohnt. Raw- & Graded-Preise: Sofortige Marktpreise für jede Karte — sowohl im unbewerteten (Raw) als auch im bewerteten (Graded) Format. 30-Tage-Portfolio-Trends: Verfolgen Sie Gesamtwertveränderungen und Trends Ihres Portfolios über die letzten 30 Tage. Eigene Sammlungen: Organisieren und verwalten Sie Ihre Karten durch das Erstellen separater, individueller Sets. Erweiterte Suchfilter: Finden Sie spezifische Karten ganz einfach mithilfe mehrerer Suchparameter. Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1neVvBDRERCtBRTNEmyJZnwwjc_wGn7HO75P7Y3tZWL8/edit?usp=sharing Privacy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TbBPOX6xbRVotIZlg3LVmbMY0mJU2cafthJNPf95l8Y/edit?usp=sharing

Screenshots

Card Check4 screens
Grade Cards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Card Check at none against Grade Cards's 2. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Grade Cards sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Card Check asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Card Check ships an update every 9 days, Grade Cards fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Card Check versus Grade Cards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCard CheckGrade Cards
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDarren UstarisMykola Goncharov

In-app purchases

None

Card Check

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Grade Cards

Subscriptions2
  • Card Grader PRO3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Yearly Pro Access$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Card Check free?
Card Check is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grade Cards free?
Grade Cards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Card Check or Grade Cards have ads?
Neither Card Check nor Grade Cards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Card Check or Grade Cards?
Card Check ships an update every 9 days, and Grade Cards fortnightly. Most recently, Card Check was updated on October 28, 2026 and Grade Cards on October 24, 2026.

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