I have a few hundred Pokémon cards myself, and I still haven’t sorted all of them properly. I used to keep a spreadsheet. Then a notebook. Eventually I gave up, because typing everything in by hand was just wasted time. So I built a tool that does most of it for me.
I called it Pokeweb. It’s a web app, so it runs in the browser on your phone or computer. Nothing to install.
Adding a card is simple. You enter the set name and card number, and the app finds the rest: the image, name, variant, all of it. The database has a lot of sets, from older ones to the newest releases, from the obvious base sets to the less obvious stuff. Sometimes you find an old Promo card you spent ages looking for. Most of the time, it’s already there. If you don’t remember the exact number, you can search by card name. Or type part of the set name. Autocomplete helps, so you don’t have to scroll through a giant list.
You create an account, add your first cards, and you immediately see what you have. It takes about a minute. You don’t need to know every set name or wonder whether a card is holographic or reverse. The app matches the details from the card number.
Once a card is added, it gets a current market price. Pokeweb pulls that automatically from external sources, so you don’t have to dig through Allegro or TCGplayer yourself. It shows two values: market price and average price. That gives you a rough idea of what you could get if you sold the card, and what it might cost if you wanted to buy another copy.
There’s price history too. You can check the chart and see whether a card is going up, or whether it might be better to sell now. Prices refresh regularly, so the collection doesn’t just sit there frozen in time. If the market jumps, you see it.
The point is mostly to stop guessing. You can see which cards are worth more than you thought, which duplicates you can trade, and where that one specific card is when someone asks about it.
You can also create a public profile and send a link to your collection to friends or potential buyers. You don’t have to describe every card one by one. You show the whole collection at once. If you want to sell or trade something, the app helps you put together an offer without posting a blind “selling my collection” message.
The collection PDF is useful too. You generate it with one click and get a nicely formatted list for card fairs or meetups. Instead of carrying the whole binder around, you can show everything in a few pages.
There’s also a grading option. If you send cards to PSA, CGC, or BGS, you can mark which cards went out and add the grade once they come back. It’s much nicer to keep that in one place than to patch it together in notes.
And then there’s the total collection value. One click and you get a rough idea of how much is sitting in that box. The app sums the prices of all your cards and shows the estimated value of the whole collection.
Pokeweb is free, and it will probably stay that way. You can find it here: https://pokemon.noop.re. Creating an account takes about a minute.
It’s a project I’m building for myself and for other collectors. If something doesn’t work, or if something obvious is missing, tell me. For now, it works, and it helps.
