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CollX Vs. Ludex in a Showdown of Sports Card Scanning Apps

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Both CollX and Ludex are great sports card scanner options for anyone trying to value and organize their collection. While – during my review – Ludex did significantly better at scanning and recognizing 90s insert cards, I do like the smoothness of the CollX experience and the different ways to visualize your collection. I was impressed that both picked up numbered parallel variations, and could even identify refractors.

Here are the 40 cards I scanned with each app: 10 vintage, 10 junk wax era rookies, 10 90s inserts, and 10 modern cards. I attempted to mix in numbered parallels and different variations to trust both apps.

  • “CORRECT” means the app identified the card perfectly
  • “INCORRECT” means the app misidentified the card
  • “UNKNOWN” means the app wasn’t able to identify the card at all

In most cases, the “INCORRECT” card was identified as a very close parallel or “reprint.” For example, Ludex incorrectly identified the 1984 Donruss Tony Gwynn as a 1994 Donruss Anniversary “1984”—which looks exactly the same.

In other cases, the card was incorrectly identified simply because it didn’t recognize the type of parallel. For example, while Ludex mostly identified the 1996 Stadium Club Hideo Nomo Power Streak correctly, it didn’t identify that it was the “Members Only” parallel.

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Testing out the CollX app with some junk wax rookies…good stuff! #greenscreenvideo #greenscreen

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Of course, we always want the right card in our collection and the value between two cards can differ srasticaly. The good thing is, even when a card is identified incorrectly, you have the option to select the right card (and value) before adding to your collection.

It’s really only when either app couldn’t identify the card at all that you had to do some searching to either find or manually add.

CARDCOLLXLUDEX
Tony Gwynn 1984 DonrussCORRECTINCORRECT
Dusty Baker 1975 ToppsCORRECTCORRECT
George Brett 1984 DonrussINCORRECTCORRECT
Ozzie Smith 1981 DonrussCORRECTCORRECT
Lou Pinella 1974 ToppsINCORRECTCORRECT
Brooks Robinson 1973 ToppsCORRECTCORRECT
Tim Raines 1981 ToppsCORRECTCORRECT
Rollie Fingers 1971 ToppsCORRECTCORRECT
Johnny Bench 1969 ToppsUNKNOWNINCORRECT
Johnny Bench 1968 ToppsCORRECTCORRECT
Barry Bonds 1987 DonrussCORRECTCORRECT
Manny Ramirez 1992 Topps Gold WinnerCORRECTINCORRECT
Larry Walker 1990 LeafINCORRECTINCORRECT
Randy Johnson 1989 ToppsCORRECTCORRECT
Juan Gonzalez 1990 Donruss Rev NegINCORRECTINCORRECT
Jose Canseco 1986 Donruss The RookiesCORRECTCORRECT
Frank Thomas 1991 Topps Toys R’ UsCORRECTCORRECT
Chipper Jones 1990 Classic YellowCORRECTCORRECT
Chipper Jones 1991 Classic BestCORRECTCORRECT
Juan Gonzalez 1990 CMCUNKNOWNCORRECT
Rickey Henderson 2017 Topps UpdateCORRECTCORRECT
Ronald Acuna 2020 Topps Chrome RefractorCORRECTINCORRECT
Josh Jung 2019 Donruss American Pride BronzeINCORRECTCORRECT
Bryce Harper 2015 Prizm RWBCORRECTINCORRECT
Rickey Henderson 2020 Allen Ginter Green Chrome /99CORRECTCORRECT
Ken Griffey Jr. 2022 Topps ArchivesINCORRECTCORRECT
Ramon Laureano 2021 Topps Gypsy Queen BW /50INCORRECTCORRECT
Mike Trout 2021 Topps National Baseball Card DayCORRECTCORRECT
Bryce Harper 2013 Topps Update US180 RedCORRECTCORRECT
Matt Olson 2016 Stars & Stripes CrusadeUNKNOWNUNKNOWN
Barry Bonds 1999 Topps Lords of the DiamondsUNKNOWNCORRECT
Ivan Rodriguez 2000 Topps Hands of GoldUNKNOWNCORRECT
Ken Caminiti 1997 Topps Hobby MastersUNKNOWNCORRECT
Derek Jeter 2021 Topps Golden AnniversaryUNKNOWNINCORRECT
Will Clark 1994 Flair Hot GlovesUNKNOWNCORRECT
Tim Salmon 1997 Select Tools of the TradeUNKNOWNCORRECT
Barry Bonds 1995 Donruss Long Ball LeadersCORRECTCORRECT
Frank Thomas 2001 Bowman’s Best Impact PlayersUNKNOWNCORRECT
Hideo Nomo 1996 Stadium Club Power Streak Members OnlyUNKNOWNINCORRECT
Barry Bonds 1997 Ultra Power PlusCORRECTCORRECT

In the end, are either of these apps perfect? Of course not, nothing is. Especially during a time where each card has seemingly one hundred different parallels, mixed in with reissues and design similarities, it’s amazing these apps are as good as they are.

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