Comparison

Trovie vs CardParser

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

Head to head
About

Trovie

This app streamlines inventory management and sales tracking for trading card game vendors. It automates cost basis calculations, tracks buys, sells, and trades, and provides event-specific financial summaries. Collectors can view live inventory via QR codes without needing an app.

Highlights
  • Automated cost basis calculation
  • Unified buy, sell, and trade entry
  • Barcode scanning for sealed products
  • Event-specific financial scoreboards
  • Multi-staff booth management
  • Live inventory viewing for collectors
  • Support for multiple TCGs
Features
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The best part of the TCG hobby happens face to face. Trovie exists to protect that. The less time a vendor spends pricing cards and doing math, the more time everyone has for the conversation that brought them to the table in the first place. FOR VENDORS: LESS MATH, MORE TIME AT THE TABLE Most vendors know what a card sold for. Almost none know what they made on it. Writing down what you paid, card by card, is too slow to do at a buy counter, so it doesn't happen. Trovie fixes that. - Set it once: set your buy percentage and every card you scan in gets a cost basis automatically. Know something the market doesn't? Override any number by hand. - Every deal, one screen: buys, sells, and trades with cash added in all use the same entry. Nothing to reconcile later. - Sealed, slabs, and singles: boxes, bundles, and ETBs scan by barcode. Raw cards and slabs are identified instantly. - Know what the show actually made you: every event gets its own scoreboard: cost, margin, cards in, cards out. - Run it with your crew: invite the people working your booth. Everyone sees the same live inventory, and a multi-table setup can run several shows at once, one per staffer. FOR COLLECTORS: WALK UP AND SEE WHAT'S THERE (Patent Pending) No more flipping through every binder to find out what a vendor has. Scan the QR code at their table and their live inventory opens right on your phone. No app, no login, nothing to install to browse. Build a list as you go and hand it over ready to check out. It's a starting point for the conversation, not a hold on the card, so nothing is ever reserved or claimed out from under anyone. --- EIGHT GAMES AND COUNTING. Trovie covers the major trading card games collectors and vendors actually deal in (English and Japanese editions included) with new sets and new games added constantly. WHAT TROVIE ISN'T. Not a register or POS replacement. Not a marketplace, and Trovie never takes a cut of a sale. This is the back office for the table that's already happening, not a new place to run it from. Built by people in this hobby, for the hobby. Less time on admin, more time with the person across the table.

About

CardParser

This app helps trading card collectors and vendors organize their collections and inventory. It offers fast and accurate card scanning, real-time pricing, and tools for managing collections or show inventory. Users can switch between collector and vendor modes seamlessly.

Highlights
  • Instant card scanning with 99% accuracy
  • Daily market pricing for raw and graded cards
  • Collector and Vendor modes for separate management
  • Printable labels and snapshots for pricing
  • Historical pricing charts
  • Card show integration for inventory browsing and giveaways
Features
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CardParser is the all-in-one toolkit for trading card collectors and vendors. Scan your cards, track what they're worth, and keep your collection or your show inventory organized in one place. SCAN IN SECONDS Point your camera at a card and CardParser identifies it instantly. 99% accuracy and blazing fast. PRINT LABELS AND SNAPSHOTS Print labels for your entire collection. Save hours re-pricing cards through label snapshots, which let you print only movers and newcomer labels. CardParser notifies vendors when they need to print a new label. COLLECTOR MODE Every vendor is a collector, and visa versa. Collector Mode lets you track your collections, sets, binders, and more, from the same pricing engine as Vendor Mode. Switch between modes anytime, so your personal collection and your business inventory stay separate. DAILY MARKET PRICING, RAW AND GRADED Prices update daily for both raw and graded cards, with historical charts. Price with confidence. BUILT WITH CARD SHOWS CardParser partners with card shows to bring new experiences to vendors and collectors. At participating shows, collectors can scan a QR code to browse vendor inventory and find the cards they're hunting across the whole floor, and join live mid-show giveaways. Vendors get tools to showcase their inventory to buyers before and during the show. FREE, WITH MORE TO COME We are constantly building out CardParser, and are committed to being free. CardParser is an independent product of Trove Collectibles LLC and is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or approved by Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, Creatures Inc., GAME FREAK, PSA, CGC, Beckett, or TCGplayer. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.

Screenshots

Trovie4 screens
CardParser4 screens

Verdict

The call

Trovie and CardParser both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of CardParser's written reviews are positive against 92% of Trovie's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CardParser holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Trovie's written reviews are positive against 100% of CardParser's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Trovie versus CardParser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrovieCardParser
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19 ratings)5.0 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better15
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrovie, Inc.William Wang

Customer experience

Trovie

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

CardParser

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Trovie

No in-app purchases

None

CardParser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Trovie free?
Trovie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CardParser free?
CardParser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Trovie or CardParser?
CardParser is rated higher. Trovie averages 4.8 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while CardParser averages 5.0 from 15 ratings.
Do Trovie or CardParser have ads?
Neither Trovie nor CardParser shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trovie or CardParser?
Trovie ships an update weekly, and CardParser weekly. Most recently, Trovie was updated on November 1, 2026 and CardParser on October 21, 2026.

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