Helvault - LEGACY 4+

Firstly, this is the best MTG card scanner by a fair way. I took away one star because, while you can choose a set and bulk scan to that set, if you are scanning mixed bulk it seems to default to the most recent print of that card not necessarily the one you scanned. This is fine if you are scanning a small number of cards, cards all from one set, or if a card has only had one printing but I think the app is searching based on the card name so if you have a card that has seen multiple printings you have to go in and select which version you have. Narrowing down based on full image search or even artwork/set symbol would be a big improvement.

Also a small bug is that while scanning the running total “you own x copies of this card” takes some time to update. If you scan a second copy of a card the current total is not necessarily updated. Small detail only though.

One more detail, on iOS the app says force click to manage but if you don’t have a phone that supports this then to delete a binder swipe it to the left to reveal the delete option.

High accuracy apart from the specific set, and works well even with not perfect lighting conditions.

Would recommend, for the price this is a godsend when cataloguing bulk or collections. The export by airdrop is particularly excellent.

This is definitely the best card scanning app for iPhone. I tried every app available, even the pay-for’s but this just works, it’s so simple.

That said, it’s only 4 stars because it’s missing some key functions that would make it so much more useful! A deck function would be nice, but the search function needs improving. If you could search your collection for all vampires with black in their mana cost, or planeswalkers, or a specific set. Same again, I’d love to be able to search all cards with those same filters. It would be good to be able to change the websites to value. Finally, the ability to change the search to only look for unique cards (no reprints) would be really helpful.

Been using helvault over the past year, it’s almost spot on. Haven’t found anything that will compare. My favourite feature is that I can back up my collection to a storage location of my choice. The scanner works really well even in low light conditions. Feels like a light weight responsive and intuitive app.
Some improvements that could be made:
I would really like to be able to use card market eu prices. There is sometimes quite a difference to tcgplayer
It would be cool to be able to select cards bill and group them