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Foilio vs Shiny: the free Shiny alternative
Shiny is a slick, fast card scanner and collection app across many games (Pokémon, Magic, One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh and more) on iOS and Android, free with a Shiny Pro tier, priced off US-market data (TCGplayer and eBay). Foilio shares the multi-game idea but comes at it from the web: 100% free, EUR/Cardmarket-native, no install, and built around decisions (rip-or-hold EV, grade-or-sell, fair-trade) rather than scanning and tracking alone.
Where Shiny wins
No tool is best at everything, here's where Shiny is the stronger pick.
- A very fast, accurate mobile scanner with unlimited scanning across a wide range of games.
- Price alerts on singles, sealed and slabs, plus a card-centering tool for grading checks.
- Cross-device sync and a polished native mobile experience.
If you want the fastest mobile scanner across many games with slick price alerts, Shiny is excellent. If you want a free, EUR/Cardmarket-native tool that runs in any browser and adds rip/grade/trade verdicts, Foilio is the web companion.
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Look up any card, check if a box is worth ripping, or value your whole want list, in EUR, in your browser, right now.
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Questions, answered
Is Foilio a free Shiny alternative?+
Yes. Foilio is 100% free with no account or app install, runs in any browser, and is EUR/Cardmarket-native, whereas Shiny is built on US-market data (TCGplayer and eBay). Both are multi-game; Foilio adds decision tools (booster-box EV, grading ROI, trade fairness, deal score) on top of scanning and tracking.
Does Foilio use EUR / Cardmarket prices?+
Yes. Foilio anchors on Cardmarket EUR trend references with per-country lows, whereas Shiny's data comes from the US market (TCGplayer and eBay). Foilio also shows USD and BGN.
Does Foilio work in a browser instead of an app?+
Yes. Foilio runs in any browser with nothing to install and no account; you can optionally add it to your home screen as a PWA. Shiny is an iOS / Android app.
Comparison compiled 2026 from public sources (Shiny: Shiny (getshiny.io)); features and pricing change, verify current details with each provider. Foilio is an independent project, not affiliated with Shiny.