Brickify vs CollX (2026): Which Scanner Fits Your Collection

CollX is the best app for sports cards, and Brickify is the only app that covers LEGO plus Pokémon and Magic in one place. Both are AI scanners that identify collectibles by camera and show you pricing. But they've made different bets about what to scan, where prices come from, and how deep the marketplace goes. If you collect sports cards, CollX is best in class. If your collection mixes LEGO with Pokémon or Magic, Brickify covers all three in one app.

At a glance: how do these two scanners differ?

CollX is sports-card-first with an integrated marketplace; Brickify covers LEGO, Pokémon, and Magic but not sports cards. CollX has built an entire marketplace around its sports-card strength. It scans sports cards, Pokémon, MTG, and Yu-Gi-Oh, and lets you list cards directly on its own platform. Brickify scans LEGO sets (sealed, built, minifigs, loose bricks, bulk piles), Pokémon cards (raw, PSA-graded, and sealed), and Magic: The Gathering cards. It pulls prices from live market comps of real recent eBay sales, not a proprietary marketplace. No sports-card support. Different strengths. Different audiences.

Why is CollX the champion for sports cards?

If you collect sports cards, CollX is best in class. It sits at 4.6 stars across roughly 43,000 reviews, a genuinely large review base for an app. It also won Mantel's 2025 Innovation of the Year. The integrated marketplace means you can scan a card and list it for sale in the same app, and that workflow matters for sports cards specifically. CollX owns the sports-card collector mindset. They've bet the company on it, and it shows. Brickify doesn't attempt to compete here. We don't scan sports cards at all.

What can Brickify do that CollX can't?

Brickify covers LEGO plus Pokémon and Magic in one app; no other scanner handles both LEGO and TCGs. LEGO is its own category. It's not a TCG. Sets are big, minifigs are collectible, and loose bricks matter. You can't scan LEGO with CollX. It has no LEGO support at all. Brickify can scan a sealed LEGO set, a built one, a pile of loose minifigs, a bulk bucket of bricks, and Pokémon cards, whether raw, PSA-graded, or sealed. Bulk scan prices a whole shelf or binder page in one pass with a running total. Your portfolio shows everything side by side: total value, value over time, trends by theme and set, synced across devices. One dashboard. That's the honest differentiator: card apps have zero LEGO support, and no other app covers both LEGO and TCGs in one place.

How do they source their prices differently?

Brickify uses live eBay comps; CollX uses averaged historical auction prices. Both work, but the philosophy differs. Brickify pulls prices from real recent eBay sales, the actual transactions. When you scan a Pokémon card, you see what exact copies actually sold for, with raw and PSA-graded prices side by side so you can see the premium for certification. CollX averages historical auction prices. Over time, that smooths out volatility and gives you a broader sense of fair value. It's the difference between 'what just sold' and 'what tends to sell.' For fast-moving items, live comps feel closer to the market. For long-term tracking, historical averages can feel more stable. Neither approach is wrong. They're just different philosophies.

What do the reviews actually say?

Both apps sit at 4.6 stars, but CollX has far more reviews, roughly 43,000 to Brickify's 2,000+ five-star count. That's a big, mature user base, and the sports-card community has clearly adopted CollX. Brickify has 2,000+ five-star reviews and over 100,000 collectors using the app. We're smaller, but 25+ of the top LEGO and Pokémon YouTubers use Brickify, including MandRproductions, EvanTubeHD, and STUDS, which suggests real product-market fit within our categories. Different scale, different audiences. CollX's review base is bigger. Brickify's traction with the collectors it serves is what stands out.

How do the subscription costs compare?

Both apps have free tiers; Brickify Pro is $9.99/mo or $60/yr, while CollX offers Pro at $10/mo and Gold at $24.99/mo. Brickify: free to download and scan. Brickify Pro is $9.99/mo or $60/yr. That's it. CollX: free tier for light use, Pro at $10/mo, and Gold at $24.99/mo. Brickify has simpler pricing. CollX gives you more granularity across its tiers. If you just want to scan and track, Brickify's single paid tier is easier to decide on.

Which scanner should you actually choose?

Choose CollX if sports cards are your focus. Choose Brickify if you collect LEGO, or LEGO plus Pokémon and Magic together.

Choose CollX if:

• You're a sports card collector (baseball, basketball, football, soccer).
• You want an integrated marketplace so you can list and sell directly in the app.
• You value a huge review base and a mature sports-card ecosystem.
• Historical price averaging feels more stable to you than daily eBay swings.

Choose Brickify if:

• You collect LEGO, whether sealed sets, minifigs, or loose bricks. CollX can't do this at all.
• Your collection mixes LEGO with Pokémon or Magic cards, and you want one app instead of bouncing between two.
• You want live eBay comps so you see what exact items actually sold for.
• You track PSA-graded card premiums separately from raw card prices.
• You follow top LEGO and Pokémon YouTubers and want the scanner they use.

Both are 4.6-star apps. The choice is really about what you collect, not which one is objectively better.