Kiradex

Kiradex is a collector's dex for Pokémon cards. Hold a card up to the camera and the app names it. Keep the cards you have and the cards you want, see what they're worth over time, and turn each one over in your hands: every card is a 3D object, and the holo moves the way the real foil does. キラ (kira) is what Japanese collectors call a holo card. Free, no account, no ads, and your collection lives in your own iCloud.

What's in the app

• The scanner. It reads the number and the name off the card you hold up and finds it among every card in the catalog, English and Japanese, on the phone. It reads a grading label too, and measures how a raw card is centred.
• Every set. The Dex lists every released set, English and Japanese, grouped by series, with how much of each you own. Japanese sets and cards are shown as printed, with an English reading beneath.
• The card, in your hands. Each card is a 3D object you can spin and flip. Holo, reverse, full-art and etched foils catch the light as it moves.
• Have and want. Two lists, copies counted, with condition, grade and certificate number noted on a copy. Each set shows how close you are to finishing it.
• Value over time. Once a day the app writes down what your listed cards go for and charts it. TCGplayer in dollars or Cardmarket in euros, never mixed.
• The collector. A level worked out from the collection itself, and thirteen pins for feats, which are Game Center achievements too. A plaza where collectors walk around together and show off their favourite cards.
• iPhone Duo. Unfolding the phone opens the device: a wall of cards beside the inspector.
• Yours alone. No account, no analytics, no ads. Lists live in your own iCloud. The only other thing the app talks to is the public card catalog.

Why the studio built this

Collector apps had become price tickers. Kiradex starts from the card as an object: the thing you turn under a lamp to see the foil move, the number you read off the corner, the binder page it belongs on. The scanner exists so that registering a card takes the time it takes to hold it up. Everything else is a dex, the way a collector would keep one.

How it was made

SwiftUI and SwiftData on iOS 27, with the collection mirrored through the owner's private CloudKit database. The device that opens the app is built from RealityKit primitives; the foil is a Metal surface shader driven by the angle between the eye and the card. The scanner reads frames with Vision and matches them against a card index bundled with the app, so nothing leaves the phone. Card data and pictures come from TCGdex, a public catalog. The website, kiradex.app, runs a small version of the app in the browser inside a 3D model of the device, and has a page for every set, every species and every illustrator.

Frequently asked

What does Kiradex do?

It keeps a card collection: every Pokémon TCG set in English and Japanese, the cards you have and want, and what they're worth over time. A scanner names the card you hold up, and each card is a 3D object you can turn over.

Does the scanner send my cards anywhere?

No. The camera's frames are read as text on the phone and matched against a list of every card that ships with the app. Pictures from the camera are not saved and are not sent anywhere.

Where is my collection kept?

On your iPhone and in your own private iCloud database, so it appears on your other devices. We cannot see it. There is no account, no analytics and no advertising. The privacy policy says exactly what the app does and does not send.

Is Kiradex on the App Store?

It is in testing and coming to the App Store. It is free, for iPhone with iOS 27 or later. kiradex.app will carry the link the day it is released.

Is Kiradex affiliated with Pokémon?

No. Kiradex is an independent collector's tool. It is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by Nintendo, Creatures Inc., GAME FREAK inc. or The Pokémon Company.