Every card,
graded & cataloged.
Scan a card and Lorebox names it, estimates its condition and market value, and files it into your collection. Capture on your phone, manage on your PC — synced over your own WiFi, never the cloud.
From a shoebox of cards to a valued, searchable collection.
Scan or import
Use a scanner, your phone camera, or drop in a folder of images. Lorebox reads the name, set, number, year, and game for you.
Grade & value
An automated visual inspection estimates condition — corners, edges, surface, centering — then pulls market value adjusted for that grade.
Catalog & sync
Everything files into one collection with totals, trends, and set progress. Phone captures sync to your PC over the local network.
Digitize a whole box — not one card at a time.
Pair Lorebox with a sheet-fed document scanner (like the Epson DS-575W). Point the watch folder at its output and every card is identified, graded, and valued as it lands — no clicking card by card.
Run the stack
Load a batch of cards into a sheet-fed scanner and let it rip — fronts and backs together.
Lorebox auto-imports
The watch folder picks up each scan the moment it's saved and processes it in the background.
Check the batch
Fronts and backs are auto-paired, then identified, graded, and valued — you just confirm.
From your phone to high-volume.
Snap cards with the phone camera — no extra hardware. Great for small batches or trying it out.
Scan one or two cards on the glass. Cheap and sharp — slower, and no jig needed.
Duplex auto-feed for fast stacks. The free card jig is dimensioned for this one — the sweet spot.
Big hoppers and the fastest feed — for digitizing large collections in one sitting.
Prices vary — these are examples, not endorsements. The printed jig is dimensioned for the Epson DS-575W's output slot; other sheet-fed scanners work too, but the fit is best on that model.
Print the card jig
A catch jig so ejected cards decelerate and land square, flat, and in order instead of scattering across the desk. Designed for sheet-fed document scanners.
A full toolkit for collectors — no subscription, no servers.
Smart identification
Reads the title, set, collector number, year, and game from the card image — sports, Magic, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and more.
Condition grading
Automated corner, edge, surface, and centering analysis turns a scan into a consistent condition estimate.
Market value
Live pricing from official sources — Scryfall for Magic, eBay for the rest — adjusted for the card's grade.
Phone capture & LAN sync
Scan cards on your phone and push the ones you pick to your PC over your own WiFi. Nothing routes through the internet.
Dashboard & reports
Total value, value over time, breakdowns by game and grade, and set-completion tracking at a glance.
Private by design
No account, no tracking, no cloud. Your collection lives in a local database on your own machines.
Know exactly what you own — and what it's worth.
Your collection stays in your house.
No account. No subscription. No cloud sync. When your phone sends cards to your PC, they travel across your own WiFi — never a server we run. Even AI identification runs against your own API key, so your scans are never collected or sold.
Estimates, not guarantees. Values and condition grades are automated estimates to help you organize and explore your collection — not guaranteed sale prices, professional appraisals, or a substitute for a professional grading service.
Bring your own keys — and yes, it's real setup.
Lorebox stays private because it runs on your accounts, not ours. That means a bit of work up front: two developer accounts, not a one-click signup. Here's exactly what you'll need.
Anthropic API key
Create an account at console.anthropic.com, add billing, and generate a key. Card identification is pay-as-you-go — about $0.006 per card.
eBay developer keys
Sign up for the eBay developer program, create an application, and copy its App ID and Cert ID. This is the more involved step — plan a few minutes for it.
Magic values are free
Magic: The Gathering prices come from Scryfall — no account, no key. You can catalog and value Magic cards with zero setup.
It's a few setup steps rather than an instant signup — but that's the trade for keeping your collection, your scans, and your keys entirely on your own machines.
Start cataloging in minutes.
Free, open source, and entirely yours. Get Lorebox for Windows today — Android is on the way.
Get it on the Microsoft Store