Comparison

Fast Rips vs PackLab

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

Head to head
About

Fast Rips

Open digital packs to discover and collect real Pokémon trading cards. Review detailed pack information, including card pools and odds, before opening. Receive one physical card from each pack, with options to ship it to your home or sell it back.

Highlights
  • Open digital Pokémon card packs
  • Discover real physical cards
  • View card pools and odds before opening
  • Option to ship cards home
  • Sell cards back to the app
  • Manage card balance and shipping
Currently charting
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OPEN DIGITAL PACKS. DISCOVER REAL CARDS. Fast Rips is a shopping and collection app designed for Pokémon trading card collectors. Explore digital packs, review detailed pack information, and reveal one real, physical card from every pack — all from your phone. CLEAR INFORMATION BEFORE YOU OPEN Before purchasing a pack, review its available card pool, disclosed odds for cards and rarity tiers, and estimated value range. Each pack features its own selection of cards, giving you clear product information before you open. ONE PACK. ONE PHYSICAL CARD. Every pack reveals one real Pokémon trading card. Depending on the pack, your card may be raw or professionally graded. KEEP YOUR FAVORITES. SELL BACK THE REST. After your card is revealed, you have seven days to choose what happens next: • Request physical shipping to an eligible U.S. address. • Sell the card back to Fast Rips at the displayed sell-back amount. Fast Rips provides a platform-estimated fair market value for each card and clearly displays the amount you will receive before you confirm a sell-back. If no action is taken within seven days, the card will be automatically sold back based on the applicable platform-estimated value. MANAGE YOUR ELIGIBLE BALANCE Proceeds from completed sell-backs are added to your eligible withdrawable balance. Withdrawal availability is subject to applicable minimums, account review, verification, processing times, and other terms. SHIP REAL CARDS TO YOUR DOOR Both raw and graded cards are eligible for shipping. There is no minimum card quantity or card value required to request delivery. Shipping fees apply, and identity or address verification may be required. Shipping is currently available only to eligible addresses in the United States. BUILT FOR COLLECTORS • One real, physical card in every pack • Clearly disclosed card pools, card odds, rarity odds, and estimated value ranges • Sell-back amounts displayed before confirmation • Raw and professionally graded Pokémon cards • Simple card, balance, and shipping management in one place EMAIL SUPPORT Questions about a card, sell-back, withdrawal, or shipment? Contact our support team by email. Fast Rips is available only to eligible users in supported U.S. locations. Must be 18+ to participate. Additional terms and restrictions apply. Discover your next card with Fast Rips.

About

PackLab

Features
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PackLab is a trading card shop where every pack holds real cards you own. Open a pack in the app, see each card's market value, then keep it in your Vault, ship it home, or sell it back for store credit. HOW IT WORKS - Buy Sparks, PackLab's store credit (1 Spark = 1 cent). Sparks have no cash value and can't be withdrawn or transferred. - Pick a set, check its card list and published pull rates, and open a pack. Slice it open with your finger and watch each card's value count up as it's revealed. - Every card you pull goes to your Vault: a real card that's yours to keep, ship, or sell back. SHIP REAL CARDS HOME - Ship any card to a US or Canadian address for a flat $4.99 per card. Cards going to Canada add $5 per card. - Pick several cards and send them in one request. Each card ships on its own. - Cards worth $100 or more ship insured and signature-required, with a 5% insurance and handling fee on the card's value. - Cards are sourced to order. Shipping can take up to 30 days, and most cards arrive sooner. - If we can't source a card you asked us to ship, you get 100% of its market value back in Sparks, plus your fee. SELL BACK INSTANTLY - Don't want a card? Sell it back on the spot for 85% of its market value, paid in Sparks. - Sell-backs pay store credit, never cash. PROVABLY FAIR - Every box is sealed with a cryptographic commitment before its first pack sells, and its shuffle is pinned to a public randomness beacon. - When a box sells out, everything is published so anyone can re-check it at packlab.gg/verify. - Pull rates for every set are published before you buy. MORE IN THE APP - Browse and filter every card in a set. - Mystery Packs, the Market for specific single cards, and the Grail Pack. - Rewards, VIP levels, collection milestones, and referrals. - A leaderboard ranked by XP. No prizes. - Share your best pulls as a branded card image. - Full Sparks and shipment history. - Help and support messages, right in the app. GOOD TO KNOW - 18+ only. Cards ship to the United States and Canada. - Sparks are closed-loop store credit: no cash-out, no withdrawals. - Packs are a purchase of cards, not an investment. Card values move like any collectible. - Sign in with Apple, Google, or email. Delete your account any time from Profile. PackLab is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, or Wizards of the Coast. All product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners. Terms: packlab.gg/legal/terms Privacy: packlab.gg/legal/privacy

Screenshots

Fast Rips4 screens
PackLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PackLab at 5.0 against Fast Rips's 4.4. PackLab also leads on ads (none vs shown). Fast Rips's advantage is ratings volume (522 vs 1) and chart position (#83 vs unranked). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PackLab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fast Rips has 522 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Fast Rips versus PackLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFast RipsPackLab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (522 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings522 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#83 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size198 MB70 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperFast Rips IncTyler Mailman

In-app purchases

None

Fast Rips

No in-app purchases

None

PackLab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fast Rips free?
Fast Rips is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PackLab free?
PackLab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fast Rips or PackLab?
PackLab is rated higher. Fast Rips averages 4.4 out of 5 from 522 ratings, while PackLab averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Fast Rips or PackLab have ads?
Fast Rips shows ads; PackLab does not.

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