Comparison

SetStacker vs Card Codex

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

Head to head
About

SetStacker

Effortlessly catalog your trading cards by scanning them with on-device AI. Identify sets, years, and players without typing. Get real-time pricing and decide which cards are worth selling or grading.

Highlights
  • On-device AI card recognition
  • Batch scanning with auto-capture
  • Live eBay pricing integration
  • Identify valuable cards for selling
  • Catalog sports, Pokémon, and more
  • Sell directly to eBay
  • Organize and filter your collection
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SetStacker turns a shoebox of trading cards into an organized, priced catalog — and helps you find the ones worth selling. Sports, Pokémon, and more. Scan a card, and on-device AI reads the set, year, player or card name, and number for you. No typing; recognition runs on your device. Boxes from the attic or a binder you've kept since childhood — catalog them, see what they're worth, and decide what to list, sell, or grade. Optimized for iPhone and iPad. WHAT IT READS - Sports — baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer, racing, wrestling and more - Pokémon — English and Japanese, including 1990s and early-2000s sets - Entertainment and non-sport cards FAST BATCH SCANNING - Two-tap front and back capture with auto-detect and crop - Pokémon raw singles scan front-only — the back carries no identity - Stability-based auto-shutter so you can scan card after card ON-DEVICE AI, NO TYPING - Apple Vision OCR plus an on-device language model fill in set, year, name, number, subset - Recognition that learns from your own corrections as you scan RECOGNIZES THE ACTUAL CARD - Tell SetStacker which sports and eras you collect; it downloads reference packs - Scans match against those packs to fill blank fields automatically, on device and offline - When two cards look alike it asks instead of guessing — "none of these" is always an option POKÉMON - Card numbers like 4/102, printed rarity marks, and holo, reverse and 1st Edition - Japanese cards carry an English name so you can read your own catalog - Listings route to the right trading-card-game categories and condition grades PRICING BUILT INTO THE CATALOG - Live eBay pricing when you save a card: Low, Average, and High - Grade-bucketed values for graded cards - A saved card is eligible for a fresh price every 90 days on Free, every 30 with Unlock KNOW WHAT'S WORTH SELLING - Cards are flagged Worth Listing against thresholds you set - See which may be worth grading, with the grading fee factored in - Track cards you send to a grader PARALLELS & AUTOGRAPHS - Identify refractors, parallels, serial-numbered cards, and autographs - Pricing scoped to that exact version, not just the base card SELL ON EBAY - Connect your own eBay account and list a card directly from the app - Buy It Now or auction: build the listing from the card's details and post - Group cards into bundles to sell a lot in one listing - Get a heads-up when an item sells, with pack-and-ship guidance A CATALOG THAT SCALES - Search by name, set, team, card number, year, or location - Multi-level sort and filters (category, set, subset, year, era, team, graded, sell status) - With Unlock: organize into collections and run bulk actions GRADED SLABS & UNCUT SHEETS - Capture a graded slab and read its label — PSA, BGS, SGC, CGC, and more - Scan an uncut sheet, auto-grid it into cards, and split them out when you cut them COMMUNITY CHECKLISTS - Shared checklist data can pre-fill name, team, and subset - A self-updating library of sets that grows as more people scan - Flags when newer community data improves a saved card — review and accept those with Unlock FREE & UNLOCK - Free: scan, catalog, and price up to 250 cards; refresh any card's price every 90 days - Unlock (a one-time purchase): removes the card limit, cuts that wait to 30 days, and adds backup & export, direct eBay listing, bundle tools, collections, and bulk actions GOOD TO KNOW - Requires a recent iPhone or iPad that supports Apple's on-device intelligence - Reference packs are downloaded only for the categories you choose - Your catalog, photos, and card data are stored on your device - Scanning and cataloging work without an account; creating an account to sell on eBay requires you to be 18 or older SetStacker is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any card manufacturer, trading card game publisher, grading company, sports league, team, player, or eBay. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

About

Card Codex

Instantly identify trading cards by pointing your camera. Get card name, set, number, and current value without typing. All recognition happens on your device for complete privacy.

Highlights
  • Instant card identification
  • Automatic value lookup
  • Camera-based scanning
  • On-device processing
  • Unlimited free scans
  • Supports English and Japanese sets
Features
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Point. Scan. Know. Card Codex identifies your trading cards in an instant — name, set, card number and current value — just by pointing your camera. No typing, no searching, no guesswork. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Card recognition runs entirely on your phone. Photos of your cards never leave your device. No ads, no trackers, and no account needed to scan. Check the permissions: we ask for the camera, and nothing else. UNLIMITED SCANNING, FREE Scan as many cards as you like. We don't put the thing that matters behind a weekly limit. FAST AND ACCURATE A purpose-built recognition engine identifies cards across English and Japanese sets, including tricky holo and full-art cards — through a sleeve, or straight off a binder page without taking anything out. TWO WAYS TO SCAN • Auto — hold steady and it identifies hands-free. • Manual — line up the shot and tap the shutter for tough or vintage cards. Priced in £, with English and Japanese sets built in. YOUR SESSION, ORGANISED Build up a scan session and see the total value at a glance. Card Codex is the companion app to cardcodex.com. Card Codex is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, The Pokémon Company International, or Game Freak. Trademarks are used only to describe compatibility.

Screenshots

SetStacker4 screens
Card Codex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Card Codex at none against SetStacker's 1. Card Codex also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). SetStacker's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. SetStacker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Card Codex 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 SetStacker against 5.0 for Card Codex. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SetStacker ships an update every 3 days, Card Codex fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SetStacker versus Card Codex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSetStackerCard Codex
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB78 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGatozLabz LLCCard Codex Ltd

Customer experience

SetStacker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Card Codex

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SetStacker

One-time1
  • SetStacker Unlock$19.99
None

Card Codex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SetStacker free?
SetStacker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Card Codex free?
Card Codex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SetStacker or Card Codex?
SetStacker and Card Codex are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SetStacker or Card Codex have ads?
Neither SetStacker nor Card Codex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SetStacker or Card Codex?
SetStacker ships an update every 3 days, and Card Codex fortnightly. Most recently, SetStacker was updated on October 15, 2026 and Card Codex on October 23, 2026.

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