There are plenty of apps for tracking a card collection and at first glance they look alike. The difference comes down to five things, and you only notice them once your collection grows.
This is the biggest difference between apps. A collection valued in dollars says little if you buy and sell in euros.
Check whether you can set a country, and whether the price you see is the price you could actually buy the card for there.
A Near Mint copy and a Played copy of the same card are different amounts. If an app values everything at Near Mint, your collection value is too high.
Also watch what happens when there is no listing in your condition: does the app quietly reach for a more expensive price, or does it tell you which price you are seeing?
A slabbed PSA 10 is a different product from the same card loose. Value it at the single-card price and your total is wrong, and it is wrong by the most on exactly the expensive cards.
At a few hundred cards you can still type. Beyond that you want to scan, and preferably more than one card at a time.
Look at the import too: can you read an export from another app, and do you see up front which rows matched and which did not?
A collection you maintain for years should be yours. Check that you can export to CSV or JSON before you start entering anything, and which tier that sits under.
Prices in euros, per country and per condition, with an explicit note when you are shown another condition or another country. Graded copies are valued from sales data for slabbed cards in that exact grade.
Cards go in with the camera, one at a time, as a stack, or a binder page of nine. Importing works from CSV and JSON with a per-row review step, and exporting to CSV and JSON; both of those are part of Pro.
Note: This page describes what to look for and what TCGHeart does. Other apps are not assessed or compared here. Pokémon is a trademark of its owner; TCGHeart is not affiliated with it.
It depends on where you buy. If you collect in Europe, pick an app that works in euros, prices per country and accounts for the condition of your copy. TCGHeart is built for that and runs on iOS, Android and web.
TCGHeart is free to use: tracking your collection, following its value, completing sets and the Pokédex are all included, plus 20 scans to try it out. Pro adds binders, price alerts, import and export, unlimited portfolios and 500 scans a month for €5.99 a month.
Yes. In the iOS and Android app you scan a card with the camera. You can scan single cards, a stack one after another, or a whole binder page of nine cards in one shot.
Yes, to CSV and JSON. Exporting is part of Pro, but your collection stays yours.