Key takeaways
- TCG Card Grading Scanner Value offers single and bulk value scans and a centring measurement from front and back photos.
- Values are third-party market estimates that change and may be unavailable; they are not offers or appraisals.
- Centring results are informational, not official grades, and the app is not affiliated with any card company, marketplace or grading service.
- Hobby shops and collection services could explore cross-promotion, co-branded guides, integrations or licensing.
- Discussions are nonbinding; acquisition is possible and would follow Google Play's transfer process.
TCG Card Grading Scanner Value uses a phone camera to identify cards, estimate values and measure centring. This page is for hobby shops and collection-management services, explaining what the app does, how a partnership might work, and the guardrails around values, grades and trademarks.
Three scans, one collection
The listing describes three tools:
- Single Value Scan. Capture one card, review the suggested match against ranked alternatives, then choose the correct printing and the price variant, such as normal, holo or reverse holo. The selected variant stays visible with the result.
- Bulk Value Scan. Add cards one after another, adjust quantities and variants, remove mismatches, and watch a combined value update, with each result reviewable before saving.
- Card Centring Scan. Measure left, right, top and bottom borders from front and back photos, adjusting rounded guides and reading the ratios.
Saved cards keep their variant details, and scan history allows uncertain matches to be corrected. The app is free with ads, and Google Play lists in-app purchases.
Guardrails that come with the product
Three statements in the listing define what a partner can say.
Values are estimates. They are based on available third-party market information for the matched card and variant, can change, may be unavailable for some cards, and are not guaranteed sale prices, offers or appraisals.
Grades are informational. Lighting, glare, camera angle, card design and manual alignment affect centring, and an official grade requires an independent professional grading service.
No affiliation. The app is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any card manufacturer, marketplace or grading company, and all names and trademarks belong to their owners. Partnership material would not use third-party card art, logos or names in a way that suggested otherwise.
Hobby shops
Ideas that fit a shop's buying, sorting and selling conversations with collectors:
- a sorting-night guide for customers who bring a box and want it catalogued, using Bulk Value Scan;
- a centring checklist for customers deciding whether to submit a card for grading, with a clear note that the shop is not grading it;
- cross-promotion between the shop's events and the app.
One rule matters for trust: an app estimate is not the shop's buying price, and any shop material should say so.
Collection-management services
For services that store, insure or catalogue collections, possible routes include integrations supported by the app's existing capabilities, co-development of export-friendly workflows, licensing, and white-label versions where technically feasible. Proposals should explain the records a service needs and how users stay in control of their data.
A worked example: centring before submission
A customer has two copies of the same card. Using the centring scan, the first measures 55/45 left-to-right and the second 62/38. On the measurement alone, the first is closer to centred: 5 points off an even split against 12. The customer still sends the card to an independent grader for an official result, but the measurement turned a guess into a comparison. A shop guide could walk through exactly that, with the caveat that lighting and camera angle affect the numbers. It would also remind customers that centring is only one part of condition: corners, edges and surface matter to a grader too, and the centring scan does not measure those.
Acquiring the card scanner
Reign Creative LLC is open to serious discussions about acquiring this app, several apps or the portfolio. This page does not include prices, valuations, revenue or user numbers, and it is not an offer.
How a Google Play transfer would go
A change of ownership would use Google Play's transfer between developer accounts. Google's Play Console help says the receiving account must be active and, for an app with in-app products like this one, have an active payments profile. It explains that if the receiving account uses a different default currency, an app with in-app purchases is unpublished after the transfer until the new owner has verified the new prices and published it again. Linked services and ad SDKs are updated after the move, and the seller's pre-transfer orders and earnings reports stay with the seller.
Writing to us
Use the partnerships page or email ReignCreativeSupport@gmail.com with your name, shop or service and the idea. Please do not send confidential, financial or personal information, including customer lists or collection inventories, in a first message. Every discussion is nonbinding until due diligence and signed terms.
Related guides: how to measure card centring, bulk scanning a card collection and card condition grading scales. The app is one of our video and utility apps.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Could a card shop use TCG Card Grading Scanner Value at the counter?
Does the card scanner provide official grades?
Is the card scanner affiliated with card publishers or graders?
Can the card scanner app be bought?
Sources
- TCG Card Grading Scanner Value (opens in a new tab)Google Play — accessed
- Transfer apps to a different developer account (opens in a new tab)Google Play Console Help — accessed
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