# Midpoint vs Card Ladder: sales data, grading and collection tracking compared

Facts checked 2026-10-14. Page: https://www.cardcenteringtool.com/vs/card-ladder

## Short answer
Pick Card Ladder if you invest in cards and want 100M+ historical sales, market indexes and pop reports; it is the deeper data tool. Pick Midpoint if you want to grade smarter: centering measured from a photo, an AI grade estimate and raw-vs-graded prices, with every price free rather than behind a $20/month plan.

## Choose Card Ladder if
- You want all-time sales history from 30+ auction houses and marketplaces
- You follow market indexes and pop reports
- You already pay for PSA Collectors Club Premium (it includes Card Ladder Pro)

## Choose Midpoint if
- You want to check centering and condition before grading
- You want price history and graded prices without a subscription
- You collect TCGs such as One Piece and Lorcana as well as sports

## Features
| Feature | Midpoint | Card Ladder |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Measures centering from a photo | Yes (automatic outer edge + print frame, 8 handles, ratios and mm) | Not stated |
| Estimates the grade (corners, edges, surface) | Yes (PSA, BGS, CGC and TAG estimates with subgrades) | Not stated |
| Identifies a card from a photo | Yes | Yes (Pro, in the apps) |
| Reads graded slab labels | Yes (PSA, BGS, CGC, TAG) | Yes (reads the cert number) |
| Raw (ungraded) market prices | Yes | Yes |
| Graded prices (PSA, BGS, CGC…) | Yes (PSA, CGC, BGS, SGC, TAG by grade) | Yes |
| Price history charts | Yes | Yes |
| Price alerts | Yes (push + email) | Yes (Pro, email or push) |
| Collection value tracking | Yes | Yes (Pro) |
| Bulk scanning | Yes (up to 200 cards, or one photo of a whole binder page) | Partly (CSV upload on the web) |
| CSV export | Yes | Not stated |
| Buy and sell inside the app | No (links out to live eBay listings) | Partly (shows listings from other sites) |
| Community / forum | Yes | Partly (collection showcases) |

## Pricing: Card Ladder
- Free: $0 — Price guide, card values and statistics, index browsing, daily sales recap
- Pro: $20/month or $200/year — All-time sales history, collection tracking, camera search, pop reports, price alerts, custom indexes (7-day trial)

## Pricing: Midpoint
- Free: $0 — All prices (raw and graded), price history and sold listings; 2 centering or grading analyses; 2 photo lookups; 3 Chat questions a day; free centering checker on the web (3 a day, no account)
- Weekly: $9.99/week — Unlimited centering, AI grading, photo lookup, bulk and scan-a-sheet, adding cards to your collection, unlimited Chat
- 6 months: $49.99 — Same as Weekly
- Annual: $79.99/year — Same as Weekly

## Switching
Card Ladder’s help center documents CSV upload but no collection export. Midpoint has no CSV import yet. The quickest way to move a collection is Bulk → Multiple Cards: photograph each binder page (or a scanner bed of cards) and Midpoint finds every card, identifies it and adds it to your portfolio with its price.

## FAQ
### Is Card Ladder free?
Card Ladder’s free tier is a price guide. Sales history, collection tracking, camera search and alerts need Pro at $20/month or $200/year.

### Who owns Card Ladder?
Card Ladder has been part of Collectors Universe, PSA’s parent company, since December 2021, according to its help center.

## Sources for Card Ladder
- Free vs Pro and prices: https://www.cardladder.com/pricing
- Ownership: https://cardladder.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/11944137551511-Did-Card-Ladder-get-acquired
- CSV collection import: https://cardladder.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/11942281221783-How-to-Bulk-Upload-Cards-to-Your-Collection-Using-CSV
- App Store listing and in-app prices: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/card-ladder/id1541535971

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Prices are USD market values from real sold listings, refreshed daily. Measure your own copy's centering and get a grade estimate with Midpoint (https://www.cardcenteringtool.com) before paying a grading fee.