FTH vs. a spreadsheet
Still tracking your cards in a spreadsheet?
A spreadsheet is a fine place to start. Here's what changes when the app does the typing, the price checks, and the math, and how to bring your sheet with you.
| The job | In a spreadsheet | In FTH |
|---|---|---|
| Adding a card | Type the player, year, brand, set, and number into each column. | Magic Scan reads the player, year, brand, set, card number, and card type from a photo. |
| Graded slabs | Type the cert number and grade by hand. | Scan the barcode on a PSA slab and FTH pulls the grade and card details from PSA. (Other graders have no public API.) |
| What a card is worth | Look prices up somewhere else and paste them in. | Market price lookups from SportsCardsPro, raw and PSA 1 to 10, saved to the card. Free: 25 a month. Pro: unlimited. |
| Profit and loss | Build and maintain your own formulas. | Per-card profit and loss worked out for you, counting purchase price, grading fees, and shipping. |
| Photos | A separate folder you match up by file name. | Front and back photos stored with each card. |
| Selling at a show | Scroll tiny cells on your phone while a buyer waits. | Show Mode: your For Sale cards full screen, tap to flip, and (with Pro) mark sold on the spot. Works offline. |
| Finding shows | Not something a spreadsheet does. | Card Show Finder: upcoming shows near you on a list or map. Free: 50 miles. Pro: nationwide. |
| Backups | Whatever you remember to copy. | iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad, plus a ZIP export of every card as CSV with all photos. |
Bring your sheet with you
Export your spreadsheet as CSV and open it in FTH. The Column Mapping Wizard matches your columns to FTH fields, and you see a preview before anything is saved. It's in the free plan, and so is CSV export, so your collection can always go back to a spreadsheet.
Where a spreadsheet still wins
- It runs on any computer. FTH is for iPhone and iPad.
- You can add any column you like.
- It's free forever. So is FTH's free plan, with unlimited cards; Pro adds unlimited price lookups, unlimited batch scanning, and full Show Mode.
