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For sports and TCG collectors ranging from casual hobbyists to serious enthusiasts tracking market values.
Known forCardstock: Sports Card Scanner
For sports and TCG collectors ranging from casual hobbyists to serious enthusiasts tracking market values.
Providing collectors with AI-driven tools to scan, value, and organize physical trading card collections digitally.
Target audience
Portfolio
Free 2Last updated
Cardstock: Sports Card Scanner
v4.1
3mo ago
Primary focus
AI-powered card scanning and collection management
Scale
indie
Target audience
Sports and TCG collectors ranging from casual hobbyists to serious enthusiasts tracking market values.
Maintaining a high development cadence with 8 updates across 2 apps in the last 6 months, including a major category expansion in 2025.
3 apps analysed
Camera-based OCR scanner reduces manual entry friction for large collections
Analysis in progress
Single-market publisher — every app ships only to United States.
Based on 1 of 3 apps with localized market data — more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
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Neutral / mixed
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25/100
Avg sentiment score
With nearly 40,000 ratings and a high-velocity release cadence of 22 updates in six months, CollX is the dominant market leader in the sports card scanning niche.
Strategic outlook coming soon.
What fed this analysis
A direct niche competitor that focuses specifically on the sports card hobbyist experience.
A major player with over 24,000 ratings that expands beyond sports cards into TCG, creating a broader competitive footprint.
The primary platform for card transactions, serving as the ultimate source of truth for market pricing.
A specialized tool for high-end card market tracking and portfolio management.
Targets the investment-focused segment of the sports card market with high-end data analytics.
A rapidly emerging app with high ratings and recent activity that is gaining traction in the lifestyle/hobby space.
