The PSA app, listed on the App Store as PSA: Card Tracking & Grading, is the best tool there is for anything that touches a PSA slab. You can scan a card to see how many PSA has graded and what each grade sells for, build a grading submission from your phone, track your orders, and since September 2026, track raw cards in the same collection as your slabs. It costs nothing to download and holds a 4.8 star rating from about 60,000 App Store ratings at the time of writing. What it will not tell you is what grade your raw card is likely to get.
What the PSA app does
The app has grown from a cert lookup tool into a full collection manager. The big jump came on February 27, 2025, when PSA added a card scanner and research tool. As Sports Collectors Daily reported at the time, you photograph the front and back of a card, pick the correct match from the suggestions, and the app pulls up PSA's population report for that card along with auction sales history and pricing trends by grade. It also shows active eBay listings for the same card.
Collectors CEO Nat Turner called it one of the biggest product releases since Collectors bought PSA in 2021, built on millions of labeled card images going back several years. That training data is the app's real advantage. When the scanner recognizes a card, the population counts and graded sales come straight from PSA's own records.
The launch came with two limits PSA stated up front. Ungraded cards had no value estimates or sales history, and newly released cards that were not yet in PSA's grading system might not be recognized. The first limit has since been addressed. The second is worth keeping in mind if you collect the newest sets.
The September 2026 collection update
Version 8 rebuilt the app around your collection. According to PSA's release notes, you can now track your collection's value over time, see top gainers, and hide your numbers with one tap. Raw cards can live in your collection next to your slabs, so you can watch their estimated value and send them to grading when you are ready. Folders let you group cards however you like, each folder tracks its own value, and you decide which folders other people can see through a shareable link.
For a collector with a mix of slabs and raw cards, this is the most useful change the app has had. Before, the PSA app was a place to manage graded cards and you needed something else for everything still in a toploader. Now one app holds both.
Submissions, order tracking and the Vault
The app also handles the business side of grading. You can build a submission from your phone, and the app suggests a PSA service level based on the card. Once your order ships, you can follow its progress, review completed submissions and see grade reveals as they post. If you store cards in the PSA Vault, you can list them for sale on eBay from inside the app.
If you submit to PSA more than once or twice a year, this alone makes the app worth having. It is far easier than checking order status on a desktop browser, and the service level suggestion helps you avoid underpaying on a card whose value pushes it into a higher tier. Before you choose a tier, our breakdown of PSA grading cost walks through how the service levels compare.
What users like
The App Store reviews are strongly positive, and a few themes come up again and again. Collectors like having population counts and values for every card in one place, and several reviewers call it a must have for anyone who collects. Others point to how easy it is to catalog a collection, and one reviewer noted that a recent submission came back two days ahead of the scheduled completion date.
What users complain about
The complaints split into two groups. Some are about the app itself. One reviewer reported that a September update removed the button for listing Vault cards on eBay in bulk, which made selling a large batch much slower. Another reported an iPad bug where the back button jumps to the top of the collection, and asked for better sorting.
The rest are really about PSA's grading service rather than the app. Reviewers complain about long turnaround times, orders sitting in one stage for months and premium pricing. None of that is something the app can fix, but it does show up in the ratings, so it is worth separating the two when you read reviews.
What the PSA app can't tell you
Here is the gap. The PSA app is excellent at telling you what a card is worth in each grade and how many exist in each grade. It does not tell you which grade your card is likely to get. For a raw card, that is the whole question. A PSA 10 and a PSA 8 of the same card can be worth wildly different amounts, and the app's value estimate for a raw card is not a grade. Coverage of the September update made the same point: a raw card's eventual grade can change its value significantly.
The honest answer is that no app can promise a grade, because the grade comes from a PSA grader looking at the card in hand. What an app can do is flag obvious problems before you pay. That is the job Cards AI does. Its Cards AI Grade scores centering, corners, edges and surface on a ten point scale and pairs that with recent eBay sold prices, so you can see whether a card is a realistic 10 before you send it in. It is an AI estimate only, not a PSA grade, but it is a quick way to sort the keepers from the cards that are not worth the fee.
Used together, the two apps cover the full decision. Check the condition first, then use the PSA app to see what that grade sells for and how rare it is. If you want to compare every option, our guide to the best card grading apps covers the rest of the field.
Who should use the PSA app
Anyone who owns PSA slabs or plans to submit to PSA should have it on their phone. The population data and graded sales history are the best available, the submission flow saves real time, and the new collection tools make it a reasonable home for raw cards too. It is less useful if you mostly buy and sell raw cards and never grade, and it will not replace checking a card's condition yourself before you submit. If you would rather hand cards to someone in person, many card shops run group submissions, and a shop owner can give you a second opinion on condition. If you are still learning what the top grade means and why it carries such a premium, start with what a PSA 10 means.
Frequently asked questions
Does the PSA app cost money? No. The app costs nothing to download, and the App Store listing shows no in app purchases at the time of writing. Grading itself is a paid service, and the fee depends on the service level you choose.
Can the PSA app grade my card? No. The app identifies the card, shows its population and sales history by grade, and suggests a service level for submission. The actual grade comes from PSA graders examining the card after you send it in.
Does the PSA app show values for raw cards? Yes, since the September 2026 collection update. You can add raw cards to your collection and track their estimated value over time. When the scanner launched in February 2025, ungraded cards had no estimates.
Can I submit cards to PSA through the app? Yes. You can build a submission from your phone, follow your order's progress and see grade reveals once they post.
Does the PSA app work for Pokémon cards? Yes. The App Store listing covers sports cards, Pokémon and YuGiOh among other trading card games.
Why doesn't the PSA scanner recognize my card? PSA has said the scanner may not recognize newly released cards that are not yet in its grading system. If a card is brand new, try again after it has been graded in volume.
