Collector - for Pokemon TCG

Does everything pretty well. The card database is basically complete, which I can’t say for the official app by Nintendo. Build deck lists, read card info, track collected cards, and can even use the battle feature for matches where you don’t have your counters/dice on you. Some features require the one-time pay but that’s fair. The interface can be buggy sometimes and unintuitive but the amount of work they put into this is impressive none the less. Still better then the official one in my opinion, though I do use that for scanning foreign cards to get translations easily. That’s an exploit though, and this app does the main things you’d expect it to do better. If they clean up the UI, add card scanning, different pictures for card translations, and maybe a nice dark theme option it would be perfect. As is, still hands down the most useful app available for PTCG.

I’ve been using this app for a while now. I have tried others in the past, but this one is far superior. They’ve recently been very good with keeping up to date on new expansions too. If you’ve ever had a hard time finding comprehensive set lists for all of the Pokémon expansions, look no further. Every single set in existence from base to swsh, including pop series and McDonald’s promos, you name it. And to top it all off, it’s free! There’s a paid version which, frankly, I forgot about because they don’t push it on you like a lot of other free apps, and they don’t force adds on you either. I’m definitely going to upgrade to the paid version to support the team that brought us this. It is so easy to search for a set and look at all the cards and their rarity and number and whatever other piece of info you need. There’s a wishlist for any cards you want and set lists for cards you have. There are even more options that I haven’t gotten around to exploring yet too. I’m constantly recommending this app to people in the community and you should get it too.

To start, this app is free to use, so that’s immediately a plus. It’s also one of those free to use apps that doesn’t destroy your phone with Ads, which speaks volumes to the determination of the app creators. There is a paid addition to the app that adds some extra features, and it isn’t a ridiculous amount, so on the consumer end, it’s an easy choice to go for this app over other card tracking apps. I’ve been using this app since the Sun and Moon Celestial Storm expansion, and overall I’ve enjoyed it. There isn’t a lot to say other than it’s a really good app. At the current time of posting this, Sun and Moon Cosmic Eclipse is a few days away, and the only complaint I can possibly make about the app at the current version is that the Deck Creator feature can be a little glitchy, while it does work, trying to remove cards from a deck usually doesn’t work.