The short answer
Pick Ludex if you scan cards mainly to list them on eBay; it fills the listing in for you. Pick Midpoint if you want to know whether a card is worth grading, or if you collect One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh! or Lorcana, which are not in Ludex’s supported list.
Choose Ludex if
- You list many cards on eBay and want the listing filled in from the scan
- You need parallel detection on modern sports cards
- You only collect one category (Ludex Lite is $4.99/month)
Choose Midpoint if
- You want centering measured and a grade estimate
- You collect One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Lorcana or other TCGs
- You want unlimited saved cards without a 60-card cap
Feature by feature
| Feature | Midpoint | Ludex |
|---|---|---|
| Measures centering from a photo | Yesautomatic outer edge + print frame, 8 handles, ratios and mm | Not stated |
| Estimates the grade (corners, edges, surface) | YesPSA, BGS, CGC and TAG estimates with subgrades | Not stated |
| Identifies a card from a photo | Yes | Yes |
| Reads graded slab labels | YesPSA, BGS, CGC, TAG | Not stated |
| Raw (ungraded) market prices | Yes | Yes |
| Graded prices (PSA, BGS, CGC…) | YesPSA, CGC, BGS, SGC, TAG by grade | Yes |
| Price history charts | Yes | Yes |
| Price alerts | Yespush + email | Not stated |
| Collection value tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Bulk scanning | Yesup to 200 cards, or one photo of a whole binder page | Partlyweb: up to 250 card images per upload |
| CSV export | Yes | Yespaid plans |
| Buy and sell inside the app | Nolinks out to live eBay listings | Partlylists to eBay from the app |
| Community / forum | Yes | Not stated |
“Not stated” means none of Ludex’s official pages we checked describe the feature either way.
What each costs
Ludex
- Free: $0. Scanning, up to 60 saved cards, price reports, 5 eBay listings a month.
- Lite: $4.99/month or $44.99/year. Unlimited for one sport or TCG, 50 eBay listings a month.
- Standard: $9.99/month or $89.99/year. Every category, web collection manager.
- Pro: $24.99/month or $239.99/year. Standard plus 250 eBay listings a month.
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.
Where Ludex is strong
- Lists cards to eBay from the scan, with the title and details filled in
- Detects parallels (refractor vs silver vs base)
- Price report per card: trend chart, last sold, recent raw and graded eBay sales
Ratings: iOS 4.71 (27,840 ratings); Google Play 4.5 (16.2K reviews).
Switching to Midpoint
Ludex exports CSV from its web collection manager on Standard or Pro. 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.
Questions
Does Ludex estimate card grades?
No official Ludex page, help article or changelog describes a grade estimate or centering tool. Midpoint does both from photos.
Which has the better free plan?
Ludex Free saves up to 60 cards and 5 eBay listings a month. Midpoint’s free plan includes every price (raw and graded, with history) and 2 centering or grading analyses.
