One developer, no team

Who

My name is Colin Schweikert and I build CardBroker from Dortmund, Germany. There is no company behind it, no investors and no editorial team — the full details are in the imprint (German, as required by German law). You can reach me at cardvault.info@web.de; when you report a misidentified card, I am the one who answers.

Why the app exists

Anyone who collects knows the situation: a binder full of cards, a vague sense that "there's something in there", and no way to turn that into a number without spending an evening comparing Cardmarket tabs. And once grading enters the picture it gets harder still — sending a card away costs money and weeks, and whether it pays is usually unknowable beforehand.

CardBroker is an attempt to automate both: identify and value a card from a photo, and work out before you post it whether grading makes sense. The first version reached the App Store in July 2026.

What it earns money from — and what it does not

The only source of revenue is the Pro subscription. That is a deliberate choice with a concrete consequence:

• We do not sell cards and do not broker sales.
• There is no commission from grading companies. A recommendation not to submit a card costs us nothing.
• There are no affiliate links to marketplaces.
• Your portfolio data is not sold and not mined for advertising — see the privacy policy.

A valuation tool that also earns from trading has a conflict of interest. This one does not, and it should stay that way.

What is not good yet

A few things a marketing page would leave out:

• There is no Android version. iPhone and iPad only so far. There is a waiting list, but no date.
• The price history is young. It goes back to 26 July 2026 — enough for movement, too short for long-term trends. More on that under where the prices come from.
• The scanner is not always right. On ambiguous cards the app asks rather than guesses — a deliberate choice against convenient but wrong answers.

Not an official product

CardBroker is an independent tool for collectors and is not affiliated with Nintendo, Creatures Inc., GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company. Card and trademark names belong to their respective owners and are used here only to describe which cards the app knows about.