# Midpoint vs the TCGplayer app: scanning, grading and prices compared

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

## Short answer
Pick the TCGplayer app if you want a free scanner and want to buy cards on TCGplayer; it covers about 45 trading card games. Pick Midpoint if you want graded prices, a centering measurement and a grade estimate, or if you collect sports cards, which TCGplayer does not cover.

## Choose TCGplayer app if
- You want a completely free scanner with no subscription
- You buy singles on TCGplayer
- You play smaller trading card games

## Choose Midpoint if
- You want PSA, BGS, CGC and TAG prices, not just raw
- You want to know if a card is worth grading
- You collect sports cards

## Features
| Feature | Midpoint | TCGplayer app |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Measures centering from a photo | Yes (automatic outer edge + print frame, 8 handles, ratios and mm) | No |
| Estimates the grade (corners, edges, surface) | Yes (PSA, BGS, CGC and TAG estimates with subgrades) | No |
| Identifies a card from a photo | Yes | Yes |
| Reads graded slab labels | Yes (PSA, BGS, CGC, TAG) | Not stated |
| Raw (ungraded) market prices | Yes | Yes |
| Graded prices (PSA, BGS, CGC…) | Yes (PSA, CGC, BGS, SGC, TAG by grade) | Not stated |
| Price history charts | Yes | Partly (charts on tcgplayer.com) |
| Price alerts | Yes (push + email) | Not stated |
| Collection value tracking | Yes | Partly (lists show market prices) |
| Bulk scanning | Yes (up to 200 cards, or one photo of a whole binder page) | No (one card at a time, in quick succession) |
| CSV export | Yes | Yes |
| Buy and sell inside the app | No (links out to live eBay listings) | Yes (the TCGplayer marketplace) |
| Community / forum | Yes | Not stated |

## Pricing: TCGplayer app
- Free: $0 — Scanning (no account needed), prices, collection lists, CSV export; no in-app purchases

## 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
The TCGplayer app exports any list as CSV or plain text. 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
### Does the TCGplayer app show graded card prices?
No official TCGplayer source says it does; its prices are TCGplayer market prices for raw cards by condition. Midpoint shows raw and graded prices (PSA, CGC, BGS, SGC, TAG) for every card.

### Can the TCGplayer app scan a whole binder page?
No. Its FAQ says it scans one card at a time, in quick succession. Midpoint can find every card in one photo of a binder page.

## Sources for TCGplayer app
- Features, games, scanning, export: https://help.tcgplayer.com/hc/en-us/articles/115009506407-TCGplayer-App-FAQ
- App Store listing: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tcgplayer/id1247645833
- Google Play listing: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tcgplayer.tcgplayer

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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.