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- 1 collector
- 10 scans a day
- Binder, sets, badges, wish list
- The Wallet: value history and charts
Snap a card. It lands in their binder.
BinderScanner turns a phone photo of a Pokémon card into a page in your kid's own digital binder: the card, its set, its rarity, and its value if you choose to show it. Built for families, not dealers.
Start free
1 collector and 10 scans a day on Free.
Real app, demo family. Card values are live market estimates.
Most collections start in a shoebox.
A binder you can search beats a box you can't. BinderScanner keeps every card with its set number and rarity, sorts the doubles, and shows your kid which cards from a set they still need.
How it works
Three steps, no typing. A 7-year-old can do it alone.
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Step 1Snap the card
Hold it in the frame and tap. The scanner reads the card and finds the match. On a close call, your kid picks from the three nearest.
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Step 2It lands in their binder
The card drops into their own 9-pocket pages with its set and rarity stars. Doubles stack on the same pocket.
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Step 3Watch it grow
Set rings fill in, badges get earned, and parents get a Wallet view of what the whole collection is worth over time.
See it in 15 seconds
Short clips of the real app with a demo family. Tap one to play it with sound.
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Snap, check, done
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Every kid gets their own binder
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You decide if prices show
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Watch every set fill up
Maya's binder, newest first
A binder that sorts itself
Nine pockets to a page, like the real thing, without the sticky fingers.
- Sort it their way. Newest, rarest, by set, or favourites. Search finds a card by name.
- See what's missing. Each set page shows the cards they own and greys out the ones they still need.
- Doubles stack. A second copy sits on the same pocket with a count, ready to trade.
- Small wins. Badges for the first card, the first holo, a finished set, a fair trade.
Leo's Wallet, demo family. Card values are live market estimates; the value history is sample data.
What's the binder worth?
The Wallet adds up every card at nightly market prices and keeps the history, so you can see what the collection is worth today and how it got there.
- Value over time. A line that climbs as cards go in and prices move. Prices come from public market listings; they're estimates for ungraded cards, not offers to buy.
- Top treasures. The handful of cards carrying most of the value.
- What it's made of. Split by value or by number of cards, by Pokémon type, by rarity and by card era.
- Closest to finishing. The sets they're nearest to completing.
- Fun facts. Total HP, how tall the stack is, the oldest card, and what it all comes to in ice cream.
- Every kid's binder from one screen, on a phone or a computer.
The Wallet comes with the Individual and Family plans. On Free, cards still show today's price whenever you switch prices on.
"My boys couldn't tell you what their binders were worth. Now the first thing they check after a pack is what the new card goes for - and the good ones go straight into a sleeve."
Video: the real Wallet on a demo collection.
Kids collect. Parents hold the keys.
The parts that matter when the collector is seven.
- No email for kids
- A parent signs up once. Kids get a picture, a nickname and a 4-digit PIN. The PIN only works on a device you have set up.
- You decide about prices
- Dollar values are off for kids until a parent turns them on, one profile at a time. Kids see rarity stars either way.
- Trades need your OK
- Siblings can offer each other a trade. Nothing moves between binders until a parent approves it.
- Photos are read, then dropped
- Each photo is used to identify the card and then discarded. The binder keeps the card, not the picture.
One profile each
Up to six collectors in a family. Each gets their own picture, colour, binder and PIN on a device a parent set up.
Leo
Maya
Sam
Mom
Wish list
Kids mark the cards they're hunting for. Handy for grandparents, and for working out a trade.
Trades between siblings
One kid offers, the other accepts, a parent approves. The cards then move binders on their own.
Any device
Runs in the browser on iPhone, iPad, Android and computers. Nothing to install from an app store.
Pricing
Start free. Upgrade from inside the app whenever you want more.
Individual
For one collector$3.99/month
or $29 a year
- 1 collector
- 300 scans a day
- Binder, sets, badges, wish list
- The Wallet: value history and charts
Family
For siblings$6.99/month
or $49 a year
- Up to 6 collectors
- 600 scans a day, shared
- Trades with parent approval
- The Wallet for every collector
Day pass
For a big sorting day$1.99
for 24 hours
- 600 scans for a day
- For the big shoebox night
- No subscription
Prices in US dollars. Every plan keeps your binders if you change it later; a smaller plan only limits new additions.
Questions parents ask
Which cards does it recognise?
English-language Pokémon cards. The scanner reads the card in your photo and matches it against a catalog of the English sets. Cards in other languages are not recognised yet.
Does my kid need an email address?
No. A parent signs up with an email and sets up each phone or tablet once. After that, kids tap their picture and enter a 4-digit PIN. The PIN only works on a device a parent has set up.
Can my kids see what the cards are worth?
Only if you turn it on. Prices are off for kids to begin with, and each kid's profile has its own switch in the parent zone. Prices come from public market listings and update nightly; they are estimates, not an offer to buy.
What happens to the photos?
Each photo is used to identify the card and then discarded. The binder keeps the card that was identified, not the picture.
What if the scanner isn't sure?
It shows the closest matches and your kid picks the right one. A card is never added silently when the match is unclear.
What does Free include, and when can I upgrade?
Free is one collector and 10 scans a day, with the binder, sets, badges and wish list. Start free, and a parent can upgrade any time in the app under Me → Plan & billing.
Does it work on iPhone, Android and computers?
Yes. BinderScanner runs in the web browser, so there is nothing to download from an app store. Open app.binderscanner.com on an iPhone, iPad, Android phone or tablet, or a computer. Scanning uses the camera, so a phone or tablet is the easiest way to add cards; a computer is good for browsing binders.
How accurate is the scanner?
It reads the name, number and set printed on the card and matches them against the English card catalog. A sharp photo with the whole card in frame is usually matched on the first try. When two cards look alike, it shows the closest matches and asks your kid to pick, instead of guessing.
Can I scan a whole binder page at once?
Not yet. It scans one card per photo. Each scan takes a few seconds, so a stack of cards goes quickly.
Does it grade cards or check condition?
No. It identifies the card and shows a market estimate for an ungraded copy. It does not grade cards, judge condition, or price graded slabs.
Is it safe for kids?
The app has no ads, no analytics trackers and no way to message people outside your family. Kids never enter an email address. Trades only happen between collectors in the same family, and a parent approves each one. Parents decide whether kids see prices.
How do I cancel?
From the Me screen in the app, or by emailing [email protected]. Your plan keeps working until the end of the period you paid for, then your family moves to the Free plan and keeps its binders.
Who makes BinderScanner?
M.Lighthouse Agency LLC, a small company in Wayzata, Minnesota. It started as the binder app for the founder's own kids.
Start their binder tonight
Sign up as the parent, add a collector, and scan the first card from the shoebox. Free for one collector and 10 scans a day.
Start free Free to start. Questions: [email protected]