Card Pricing Sites and Apps Review
A review of card pricing sites and applications.
by TJ Minerva Updated 6/5/23
Best Overall –Market Movers
- Large collection of sports cards, non sports cards and sealed wax.
- Ease of use, aesthetics and ability to compare different cards and grade separates this application from others.
- Card data going back well in excess of a year.
- Maintains a collection portfolio collection tool
- Maintains a deals screening application
- Mobile scanning price tool
The Market Movers pricing tool is rated best overall due to its aesthetics and ease of use, particularly for comparing cards. The application includes data from eBay, Goldin, PWCC , and My Slabs. The Deals tool can be used as a great eBay screening tool for an underpriced card. It should be noted that the algorithm appears to use the most recent sale. If the most recent sale is an outlier, then the deal may not be as underpriced versus its historical value. Users should always check the history of the card. On the flip side, this feature may be valuable for a rapidly rising card. Additionally, users should verify that the eBay featured card in the correctly associated by clicking into the eBay listing.
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Best for Live Market Data and Unique Cards – eBay
- Most well-known auction website and maintains the largest card inventory in the world by a decent margin.
- Live market data
The fact that eBay has the largest and most diverse card inventory means that it is the default place to research a unique card. Additionally, the fact that the site is 24/7 with sales and auctions continuously running throughout the day means that eBay is the best place for current market data.
Best Free Portfolio Collection Tool – SportsCardPro
- Large free sports card pricing tool with free collection portfolio tool
Sports Card Pro is the free pricing tool that provides a free portfolio collection tool with some nice features. The collection tool allows users to: list the grade, grading company, Cert ID, quantity, Price Paid and Description. Users can categorize the cards by folder and import a card photo.
Best For Long Term Card Research – Card Ladder Pro
- Large database with over 50 million historical sales from the most popular marketplaces including eBay, Goldin, Heritage, My Slabs and population reports from PSA, Beckett (BGS) and SGC.
- Users can view up to 19 years worth of sales data for a card.
Card Ladder Pro is a premium application with a lot of great features used in other free and premium applications. The long term sales data history is what sets this apart from all of the other applications on this list.
Best Phone Scanning Tool – Collx
- Each phone scanning tool provides a different benefit.
There are several phone scanning pricing tools on the market. CollX allows for the option of scanning the front or front and back. The matching software is very good and does allow for adjustments if needed. Ludex is another effective phone scanning pricing tool. TrueGrade is another phone app that starts as a scanning tool to help determine how a card might grade, but it can also be used as a pricing tool.
Best Free Graded Card only Pricing Tool – Alt
- Free graded sports and non-sports card search tool
Alt maintains a free and very robust graded sports and non-sports card search tool. The data goes back a year, but is quite extensive.
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