Trading Card Maker vs Card Maker for PKM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trading Card Maker
Create personalized trading cards with custom text, backgrounds, and images. Draw directly on your cards, import photos from your device, or use your camera. Save your creations or share them instantly.
- Custom text input
- Background selection
- Finger drawing tool
- Image import from Camera Roll
- Live camera integration
- Save to Camera Roll
- Direct sharing to Twitter
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Trading Card Maker allows you to make custom trading cards on your device. Trading Card Maker is simple: add the text, set the cards background, use your finger to draw on your card, upload images from your Camera Roll for your card's picture, even use your camera on the spot. When you are done, save your finished card to your Camera Roll or Tweet it. If you like Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, or any other trading card game, then Trading Card is for you. Be the card.
Card Maker for PKM
Create custom cards for your Personal Knowledge Management system. Design unique cards to organize and visualize your information effectively. Personalize your PKM experience with this intuitive card creation tool.
- Create custom PKM cards
- Personalize card design
- Organize PKM information
- Visualize knowledge
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Make your own PKM card!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Card Maker for PKM at 62% against Trading Card Maker's 0%. Card Maker for PKM also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.6 vs 1.0). Trading Card Maker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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
Card Maker for PKM is free to download; Trading Card Maker costs $0.99 up front. Card Maker for PKM sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Trading Card Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Card Maker for PKM holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Card Maker for PKM has 357 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Trading Card Maker's written reviews are positive against 62% of Card Maker for PKM's.
Trading Card Maker ships an update every 7 months, Card Maker for PKM every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trading Card Maker | Card Maker for PKM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (11 ratings) | 4.6 (357 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 357 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.3 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | samscheller.com | Gyuho Lee |
Customer experience
Trading Card Maker
Card Maker for PKM
Bugs and requests
Trading Card Maker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Card Maker for PKM
Reported bugs
10 issues- Cannot add photos to cards despite permissions granted
- Image selection doesn't work or respond
- Cards fail to save
- Reward ad loading gets stuck indefinitely
- Text overlaps with card trim due to offset
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- App crashes and force closes
- Cannot delete content
- Picture can only be used once
- App kicks users out on update
- Loading screen hangs without ad appearing
Requested features
14 requests- Add full art Pokémon card templates (not just trainer)
- Support for EX, GX, Mega, V, VMAX, VSTAR, and V-Union cards
- Tag Team card template
- Scarlet and Violet card templates with silver borders
- Stadium option for trainer cards
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- Separate ability section from attacks
- Print functionality for created cards
- Web image search integration
- Non-basic VS card evolution support
- Camera feature for direct photo capture
- Ability to edit saved cards without creating duplicates
- Customizable resistance and weakness options
- Additional Pokémon types
- Prism item cards
In-app purchases
Trading Card Maker
No in-app purchases
Card Maker for PKM
- Remove ads$2.99
Questions
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