PikaSimple vs HyperGrade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PikaSimple
This app helps you identify Pokémon cards, estimate their condition and market value, and organize your collection. It can also generate draft listings for selling your cards.
- Scan Pokémon cards with camera
- Estimate card condition and grade
- Check market value
- Build and organize card collection
- Create selling listing drafts
- Basic and Pro analysis options
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Know what your Pokémon cards are, what condition they appear to be in, and what they may be worth—without spending hours searching. PikaSimple turns card photos into useful collection information. Scan with your camera or choose a photo, review the results, save the card, and create an editable selling draft in one simple workflow. SCAN POKÉMON CARDS Capture a clear photo or choose one from your library. PikaSimple identifies supported Pokémon cards and returns the card name, set, card details, estimated condition, and available market information. GET CONDITION AND GRADE ESTIMATES Basic scans analyze the front of a card for fast identification and a quick visible-condition estimate. Pro analyses use front and back photos for a more complete review, deeper condition analysis, and identity verification. See the estimated grade together with observations that help explain the result. CHECK MARKET VALUE Review researched market-value estimates in USD using available card and pricing data. Compare the estimated condition with relevant market information before adding a card to your collection or preparing it for sale. BUILD YOUR COLLECTION Save scanned cards to your personal collection and keep their images, results, estimated grades, and values together. Browse your cards, sort them, revisit detailed results, and remove cards whenever you choose. CREATE SELLING DRAFTS Turn a saved card into an editable sale-listing draft. PikaSimple prepares a suggested title, description, condition, and price that you can review, customize, save, and share. START FREE Begin with five Basic scans. Rewarded ads may provide additional Basic scans when available. UPGRADE TO PIKASIMPLE PRO Pro unlocks unlimited Basic scans and expanded front-and-back analyses: • Monthly: 100 Pro analyses per month • Annual: 100 Pro analyses each month for 1 year • Lifetime: 50 Pro analyses per month for life Monthly and Annual plans are auto-renewable subscriptions. Lifetime is a one-time purchase. Payment is charged through your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled through your Apple Account settings. Eligible purchases can be restored inside the app. PikaSimple results are automated estimates based on submitted images and available market information. They are not professional grading, authentication, appraisal, financial advice, or a guarantee of condition or resale value. Privacy Policy: https://pikasimple.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
HyperGrade
This app helps collectors determine if their trading cards are worth grading. It uses your phone's camera to measure card centering, estimate grade odds, and compare raw versus graded values. Save your scans, track your collection, and manage your portfolio.
- Camera-based centering measurement
- Estimated grade odds (PSA 10, 9, etc.)
- Raw vs. graded value comparison
- Collection tracking and management
- Portfolio value estimation
- Offline functionality
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HyperGrade tells you whether a card is worth grading before you pay the fee. Point your camera at any Pokémon card. HyperGrade measures its centering with the same precision graders use, estimates your odds of a PSA 10, and shows what the card is worth raw versus graded. No fake AI grades and no hype. Just honest math built on real grading results. WHY COLLECTORS USE IT • Centering, measured: precise frames give exact ratios, like 55/45, the way graders actually judge them • Honest grade odds: your chance of a PSA 10, 9, or lower, calibrated on hundreds of real submissions • The dollar verdict: raw price versus PSA 10 price, your expected return, and whether the card clears the grading fee • All four companies: PSA, BGS, CGC, and TAG calls from one scan • Shot at an angle? Perspective correction flattens your photo automatically • Works offline: every measurement happens on your device YOUR COLLECTION Save every scan with photos, grades, and notes. Track cards from saved to submitted to graded, then record the real grade and see how our call compared. We keep score honestly, even when we miss. PORTFOLIO See what your binder is worth today, what it could be worth graded, and which cards actually clear the fee. Live prices, updated daily. FREE AND PREMIUM Scanning and centering are free forever. Premium adds exact odds, dollar verdicts, BGS, CGC and TAG calls, unlimited saved cards with cloud sync, and the portfolio. One subscription also unlocks everything on hyperpotion.io, including fair value boards and card intelligence. New subscribers get a 3 day free trial. THE HONEST PART Grades here are calibrated estimates from your photos and your inspection, not guarantees. Only a grading company decides the real grade. That is exactly why HyperGrade exists: to help you decide when the fee is worth the shot. HyperGrade is not affiliated with PSA, Beckett, CGC, TAG, Nintendo, or The Pokémon Company. Questions or feedback: hyperpotion.io/contact Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://hyperpotion.io/legal/privacy
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Verdict
PikaSimple and HyperGrade are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. PikaSimple sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and HyperGrade sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PikaSimple against 5.0 for HyperGrade. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | PikaSimple | HyperGrade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christopher Blanton | Logan Carlile |
In-app purchases
PikaSimple
- PikaSimple Pro - Monthly$9.991 Month
- PikaSimple Pro Annual Subscription$79.991 Year
- PikaSimple Pro Lifetime$199.00
HyperGrade
- Premium Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Premium Annual$99.991 Year









