CollX and Ludex are phone apps for collectors. Card Dealer Pro is online software for dealers who list in bulk, with a free scanner app for Mac and Windows. My Cards AI is a desk app for Mac and Windows that scans whole stacks, with an iPhone app on the same account. Here is what each company says about its own product, side by side, and where each one is the stronger pick.
Written by the maker of My Cards AI. Every fact about another product comes from that company’s own site or store listing, read on October 30, 2026 and linked at the bottom of this page.
Collection software for people with boxes: Mac and Windows apps that scan stacks, price and file every card, build sets and keep the books, plus an iPhone app and a web app on one account.
A phone app for collectors to scan, price and track cards, and buy, sell or trade on its own marketplace. Sports, trading card game and non-sport cards. collx.app
A phone scanner and price guide for collectors of sports cards and trading card games, with binders and eBay listing. ludex.com
Software for dealers and card shops: bulk scanning, pricing and listing to several marketplaces. Its site footer reads “Powered by CollX”. carddealerpro.com
On a phone, the table scrolls sideways.
| Feature | My Cards AI | CollX | Ludex | Card Dealer Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devices | Mac (macOS 13 or later, Intel or Apple silicon), Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit, Microsoft Store), iPhone (iOS 16 or later) and a web app in any browser. Android: no Play Store app; the web app scans in the phone’s browser. | iPhone and iPad (iOS 16 or later) and Android. Mac: the iPad app is offered on Apple silicon Macs, marked “Not verified for macOS.” Windows app: Not stated. | iPhone (iOS 15 or later) and Android. A browser companion (beta, Standard or Pro plan) adds cards from uploaded photos or PSA and CGC cert numbers; camera scanning is in the phone app only. The App Store marks the iPhone app “Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.” Windows app: Not stated. | Runs in the browser, with a free scanner app for Mac and Windows. iPhone or Android app: Not stated. |
| Scanning | Mac and Windows: Fujitsu/Ricoh fi-series sheet-fed scanners, a flatbed or your own scanning software. Phones: the camera, front then back. | Phone camera. Sheet-fed or flatbed: Not stated. | Phone camera, one card at a time; the browser companion (Standard or Pro) also adds cards from uploaded photos or a PSA or CGC cert number. Sheet-fed or flatbed: Not stated. | Auto-feed or flatbed scanners (it recommends the Ricoh/Fujitsu fi-8170), or phone photos, uploaded in batches. |
| Free tier | Yes: the first 30 days include 100 AI scans, 50 Price Fetches, 3 grade estimates, 10 eBay listings, and 3 set builds and 5 misc items in the Mac and Windows apps; after that, 25 AI scans and 10 Price Fetches a month, free for good. Collection size is never metered. | Yes: a collection of under 500 items; free sellers pay a 10% marketplace commission. Scan limit: Not stated. | Yes: unlimited scans, up to 60 cards in the collection, 5 eBay listings a month. | No free plan listed; a 7-day free trial. The scanner app is free. |
| Paid plans | Collector $5.99/mo or $59.99/yr ($2.99 first month for new subscribers). Dealer $14.99/mo or $159.99/yr. Shop $49.99/mo or $499.99/yr. 1,000 extra AI scans $12.99. | Pro $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr. Gold $24.99/mo or $249.99/yr. | Lite $4.99/mo or $49.99/yr. Standard $9.99/mo or $89.99/yr. Pro $24.99/mo or $239.99/yr. See the note below. | Prospect $9/mo, Majors $19/mo, All-Star $59/mo ($8, $16 and $49 a month billed yearly), with 500, 1,100 or 5,000 AI credits a month. |
| Selling | eBay listing: 10 in the first 30 days on Free, unlimited on paid plans. Mark cards sold from the desk or the phone. No marketplace of its own. | Its own marketplace, with payment released when cards arrive and tracked shipping from $0.75. eBay listing: Not stated. | Lists to eBay from the phone (5, 50, 50 or 250 a month by plan); the browser companion adds Walmart. | Lists to eBay, CollX, Whatnot and Shopify (CollX plus 1 to 3 more, by plan) and delists a sold card on its other connected marketplaces where supported. |
| Set tracking | Sets fill in from the cards you’ve scanned; missing cards print as a list for the card show. | The collection shown as sets, with completion; printable set checklists on Pro. | Binders and progress on player and team sets. Printable checklists: Not stated. | Not stated. |
| Books and profit | Cost per card or per lot, expenses, sales, profit and loss by month, by year or for all time, and invoices, with any account. CSV export any time. | Portfolio value over time; purchase price and date on each card; CSV export on Pro; sales-history export on Gold. Profit and loss, invoices: Not stated. | Collection value; purchase price and date, and CSV export, in the browser companion (Standard or Pro); a sold price can be recorded in the app. Profit and loss, invoices: Not stated. | Inventory with locations; cost basis fields; CSV export of each batch. Its own article says most dealers keep the books in accounting software such as QuickBooks Online. Profit and loss report, invoices: Not stated. |
Of the four, My Cards AI and Card Dealer Pro say they do. The My Cards AI apps for Mac and Windows scan from Fujitsu/Ricoh fi-series sheet-fed scanners, a flatbed or your own scanning software. Card Dealer Pro’s free Trading Card Scanner app works with most auto-feed and flatbed scanners and recommends the Ricoh/Fujitsu fi-8170. CollX and Ludex scan with the phone camera, and neither says it supports a sheet-fed or flatbed scanner. Ludex’s browser companion (Standard or Pro) can also add cards from uploaded photos or PSA and CGC cert numbers.
The stronger pick for buying, selling and trading with other collectors in one app, with payment held until the cards arrive. Native iPhone and Android apps, and 4.6 stars from 50,279 App Store ratings when checked.
The stronger pick for free phone scanning with no monthly count; the free collection holds 60 cards. Native iPhone and Android apps, and 4.7 stars from 28,032 App Store ratings when checked.
The stronger pick for selling volume across eBay, Whatnot, Shopify and CollX from one inventory (all four on the All-Star plan), with a sold card delisted on its other connected marketplaces where supported.
A fit if you want a Mac or Windows app that scans whole stacks, an iPhone app on the same account, sets that fill themselves in, and books with any account. Cards can also get a condition estimate: a first pass, not a professional grade.
There is no native Android app yet (the web app scans in an Android phone’s browser), no marketplace, and its listing tool is for eBay. In the Mac app, values come from your own recorded sales where you have them; otherwise, and in the other apps, from current eBay asking prices, which run above what cards actually sell for, unless you set your own. CollX and Ludex both say theirs come from sale data. If those matter most to you, one of the others will suit you better.
SortSwift is a platform for TCG sellers and shops: inventory, point of sale, buylists, scanning and sorting hardware. Its pricing page lists sports cards as “Coming Soon”, so it is left out of the table. If you run a TCG store, it is worth a look on its own site.
They were on October 30, 2026. Plans and prices change, so check each company’s own page before you pay. Ludex’s prices come from its App Store description, and its Google Play description matches. The in-app purchase list on the App Store page shows different Standard prices ($3.99 a month, $39.99 a year) and a different Lite yearly price ($44.99). CollX’s prices come from collx.app. Card Dealer Pro’s yearly prices come from its plans article, updated October 26, 2026.
My Cards AI’s current plans are in the pricing section of the home page.