Comparison

HyperGrade vs Slabmint

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Slabmint

Features
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Grading a single card costs anywhere from $17 to $80, and the wait runs for months. Most cards come back a 9. Slabmint measures the card on your iPhone first, so you only send the ones worth sending. MEASURED, NOT GUESSED Photograph the card. Slabmint finds the outline, flattens the perspective and locates the printed border, then reports how far off centre the card sits — left to right and top to bottom, to a tenth of a percent. If the border is hard to see, drag the four guides yourself; a magnifier follows your finger and the numbers update as you drag. WHITENING ON EVERY EDGE AND CORNER The back of a card is where grades are lost. Slabmint checks a thin band around the whole card for the light, desaturated pixels that mean whitening, scores each edge and corner, and paints what it found straight onto the image. SURFACE LENS Three ways to re-light the captured card: raking light for fine scratches, relief for dents and creases, and a foil sweep that rotates colour across holo patterns. Tell Slabmint what you see and it factors that in. FIVE GRADING COMPANIES, SIDE BY SIDE The same measurements are compared against the published centering tolerances of PSA, Beckett (BGS), CGC, SGC and TAG. See which company's scale suits the card in your hand, and exactly which grade the centering allows. AN ANSWER, NOT JUST A NUMBER Every estimate breaks down into named factors — front centering, back centering, corners, edges, surface — so you can see what is holding the card back. Then Slabmint compares the expected return against the real grading fee and shipping, and tells you the gem rate you would need to break even. Fees are current as of October 2026, paused service levels are marked, and you can edit any fee yourself. SUBMISSION PLANNER Group the keepers into one submission, with the total cost, the expected return and the turnaround for the service level you picked. Track it from planning to slab. EVERYTHING ON THE DEVICE Measurement runs on your iPhone using Apple's Vision and Core Image frameworks. Your photographs never leave the device. There is no account and no analytics. If you search the card catalogue, only the text you type is sent to the public Pokémon TCG API to look up names, sets and market prices — you can skip it and type the details yourself. NOW IN 16 LANGUAGES English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Thai, Indonesian and Vietnamese. FREE AND MEMBERSHIP Measuring cards, the grade odds for all five companies and the shareable report are free, with no limit. Slabmint Collector adds the submit-or-keep calculations and the submission planner. Slabmint Collector is $6.99 per month, $29.99 per year with a 7-day free trial, or $59.99 once for lifetime access. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the period ending. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Privacy Policy: https://slabmintapp.web.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://slabmintapp.web.app/terms Slabmint is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to PSA, Beckett (BGS), CGC, SGC or TAG. An estimate in the app is not a promise of the grade a company will assign. Grading fees and market values change — check them with the grading company before you submit.

Screenshots

HyperGrade4 screens
Slabmint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: HyperGrade at 15.0 against Slabmint's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. HyperGrade sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Slabmint sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
HyperGrade versus Slabmint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHyperGradeSlabmint
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLogan CarlileZubair Shah

In-app purchases

2 purchases

HyperGrade

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$99.991 Year
3 purchases

Slabmint

Subscriptions2
  • Collector — Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Collector — Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Slabmint Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is HyperGrade free?
HyperGrade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Slabmint free?
Slabmint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HyperGrade or Slabmint have ads?
Neither HyperGrade nor Slabmint shows ads.

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