PokéCardex alternative
PokéCardex alternative: a price without a subscription
PokéCardex is well rated on the French App Store, but its publisher keeps unlimited scanning and price history for the Plus subscription, from €3.99 a month. For a card’s Cardmarket price in euros with no subscription, pepita gives 20 free scans a day on iPhone and Android. Stay on PokéCardex to tick off a whole collection.
PokéCardex
- Publisher
- NUMELEK
- Pricing
- In-app purchases, from €3.99 / month
- Platforms
- iOS, Android
- Price source
- Cardmarket + TCGplayer
- App Store rating (France)
- 4.8/5
pepita or PokéCardex: the verdict
Criterion by criterion
8/ 9
pepita does as well as or better than PokéCardex on 8 of the 9 criteria both publishers state.
A criterion either publisher does not state is not counted, and an App Store rating only ranks from 20 ratings on each side. See the table
PokéCardex in short
PokéCardex is an iOS and Android app published by NUMELEK, dedicated to the Pokémon TCG. Its publisher states more than 560 series and 38,000 cards, French, Japanese and Simplified Chinese cards, sealed products, and prices drawn from Cardmarket and TCGplayer.
PokéCardex vs pepita
One row per criterion, sorted by which app comes out ahead. A criterion is ranked only when both publishers state it: a dash means “not stated by the publisher”, never “no”, and an absence is not inferred from a silence.
| Criterion | PokéCardex | Recommendedpepita |
|---|---|---|
| Criterion by criterion | ||
| Platforms | iOS, Android | iOS, Android |
| Games covered | Pokémon only | Pokémon only |
| Single-card scan | Yes | Yes |
| Price source | Cardmarket + TCGplayer | Cardmarket |
| French interface | Yes | Yes |
| French cards | Yes | Yes |
| Japanese cards | Yes | Yes |
| Value history | Yes | Yes |
| Sealed products | Yes | No |
| Pricing | In-app purchases, from €3.99 / month | In-app purchases, from €7.99 / month |
| Multi-card scan | — | No |
| Currencies | — | EUR |
| Graded cards | — | No |
| App Store rating (France) | 4.8/5 | 5/5 |
| Last iOS update | 18 September 2026 | 21 August 2026 |
pepita gives the Cardmarket price in euros, French and Japanese cards included, free within 20 scans a day and with no ads; the optional Premium subscription (€7.99 a month or €47.99 a year, on iPhone) lifts that limit. It is on iPhone and Android and rated 5/5 on the French App Store. It does not price graded cards or sealed products. The app interface is currently in French.
What pepita does better
Why pepita, point by point, with what you need to check it.
Free every day, Premium only if you want it
pepita gives 20 free scans a day, with the Cardmarket price in euros, the collection, its value over time and Top Movers. The optional Premium subscription only adds unlimited scanning and subscriber-only giveaways: €7.99 a month or €47.99 a year, on iPhone. No advertising in the app.
Allowance and prices checked on 7 October 2026; the other apps' prices are in the “Pricing” column of the tables, read on the French App Store and Google Play listings on 18 September 2026.
The cards that are moving, open to everyone
The Top Movers tab ranks the biggest risers and fallers of the week or the month, printing by printing, from the same Cardmarket reading as the rest of the app. That weekly reading is also published in the open on this site, with no account and no subscription. Two other publishers state that they track price changes, ZebraDex and MonPrice; their listings do not say whether it is included in their free tier, so we count it neither for nor against.
The public weekly reading: the Pokémon market this week.
The interface: our opinion, owned as one
We think pepita is the most pleasant of the lot to use. That is an opinion, it cannot be sourced, and it therefore belongs in no table on this page. What can be checked: no advertising, and the price shows from the first scan, with no subscription. Frame the card, read the price, move on to the next one — the app does nothing else, and that is the point. It is free to download: the only test that counts costs a minute.
A European price, never converted
The price shown is the Cardmarket price in euros, the market a card actually sells on in Europe. Printings stay apart: standard, reverse holo and holo are three separate products on Cardmarket, and confusing the first two is the largest silent pricing error there is. Several apps in this comparison quote TCGplayer first, so an American market in dollars.
The rest of the site: free, no sign-up
The card-by-card prices, the set pages, the ranking of the most expensive cards and the valuation tools are public, dated and need no sign-up. Every price carries its source and the date it was read.
Other alternatives to PokéCardex
Each line repeats what the comparison already says about the app; follow the link for its own page.
This list is computed from the dataset rather than picked by hand: it keeps the apps that run on every platform the compared app runs on, that name at least one of the same marketplaces, the same currency and the same games. A field the publisher does not state counts neither for nor against.
When to stay on PokéCardex
Moving apps costs data-entry time. These are the cases where PokéCardex remains the right answer, each one resting on a fact from its official listing.
- You tick off a collection card by card. The publisher states French-language card scans and per-language collection tracking.
- You have Japanese cards. The publisher states Japanese and Simplified Chinese cards, more than 560 series and more than 38,000 cards. pepita recognises Japanese cards too, within its 20 free scans a day.
- You track sealed products. The publisher states a catalogue of boosters and displays, with sealed and opened tracking.
- You want a proven app. Its French App Store rating is 4.8/5.
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from an official page: the French App Store listing, the Google Play listing or the publisher's site, read on 18 September 2026. Report an error
A card price, with no plan to buy
pepita scans a Pokémon card and shows its Cardmarket value in euros. Free with 20 scans a day; optional Premium at €7.99 a month or €47.99 a year, on iPhone. On iPhone and Android. The app interface is currently in French.
Frequently asked questions
Is PokéCardex free?
Installing is free. Unlimited scanning and price history belong to PokéCardex Plus: the in-app purchase list on its French App Store listing shows €1.99 a week, €3.99 a month or €39.99 a year.
What is a PokéCardex alternative on iPhone and Android?
pepita, published on both the App Store and Google Play, shows the Cardmarket price in euros; its interface is in French. PokéItem, Dex and Poké TCG Scanner Dragon Shield also cover Pokémon on both platforms, with a subscription for advanced features.
Does PokéCardex show prices in euros?
Its publisher states prices drawn from Cardmarket and TCGplayer but names no currency on the listings checked. pepita and Cotémon explicitly state a Cardmarket price in euros.
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