Alternatives
GoCollect alternatives
GoCollect is an online price guide with fair market values for professionally graded collectibles, and a collection tool on top of it.
If it is not the right fit for your longbox, here are 6 other apps that track comics. We make Comicade, so it is first. Every claim about another app links the page we read it on.
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The apps
Apps to use instead of GoCollect
1. Comicade
We make this one
Best for: Collectors who run a weekly pull list and want to see what Wednesday costs.
Comicade is a comic catalog, pull list and collection tracker on the web. Pull a run once and every new issue lands on your weekly pull list with its price, FOC date and variant covers.
2. League of Comic Geeks
Best for: Collectors who want a big community, reviews and native phone apps.
League of Comic Geeks is a comic community and collection tracker on the web, iPhone and Android. It has a pull list, weekly new releases with FOC information, and a free tier with unlimited collection management.
3. CLZ Comics
Best for: Collectors who scan whole longboxes with a phone camera.
CLZ Comics from Collectorz.com is a paid comic database app for phones and tablets, with a web app for your computer. It has a weekly new releases tab with a pull list, and comic values through a CovrPrice add-on.
4. Key Collector Comics
Best for: Collectors who hunt key issues and want to know what a book sells for.
Key Collector Comics is a comic price guide and free collection manager built around key issues: first appearances, origins and other books that move the market. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Android and the web.
5. ComicBase
Best for: Collectors with big collections who want desktop software and built-in price data.
ComicBase from Human Computing is collection software with built-in listings and market prices. It runs as Windows desktop software, a mobile app for iOS and Android, and ComicBase Web in the browser.
6. CovrPrice
Best for: Collectors and speculators who want raw and graded values from real sales.
CovrPrice is a comic price guide and collection tool built on actual sales of raw and graded comics, with weekly new release information and FOC articles.
Side by side
GoCollect and the alternatives
| Feature | GoCollect | Comicade | League of Comic Geeks | CLZ Comics | Key Collector Comics | ComicBase | CovrPrice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | The website. | Web app for phone, tablet and computer. Install it from the browser. Your collection syncs across every device. | Website, iPhone, iPad and Android apps, with no limit on devices. | CLZ Comics Mobile for iOS and Android. CLZ Comics Web runs in the browser on Windows and macOS. | iPhone, iPad and Android apps, and the website. | Windows desktop software, a mobile app for iOS and Android, and ComicBase Web in the browser on a Mac, a PC, Linux or a Chromebook. | The website. Premium members also see CovrPrice values in the CLZ Comics app and website. |
| Price | Free account with limited access. Pro is $9 a month or $89 a year. Enterprise has custom pricing. | Free account with no card: 100 collected issues, 100 reads, 25 wishlist picks and no cap on the pull list. Lifetime removes the caps for $57, one payment. | Free tier with unlimited collection management. PRO is $1.90 a month or $19.00 a year. PATRON is $49.00 a year. Paid plans have a 7-day free trial. | No free plan. The app costs US $1.99 a month or US $19.99 a year, with a free 7-day trial. CLZ Comics Web is a separate subscription. | Free to add as many comics as you want. Premium is $3.99 a month or $39.99 a year. | ComicBase Free handles up to 500 comics. Paid editions are one-time purchases with a free year of price and issue updates: Express $69.95, Professional $159.95, Archive editions from $249.95. | Basic is free with a 50-comic collection. Standard is $4.95 a month with a 100-comic collection. Premium is $8.95 a month or $89.95 a year. |
| Pull list and new releases | Not stated on their site. | Yes. Pull a run and every new issue lands on your pull list the week it ships, with the cover price and your monthly spend. | Yes. Pull all future issues of a series, a creator or one issue, with a weekly new releases list and weekly reminders. | Yes. Put a series on your pull list, and the weekly NCBD tab shows what comes out from those series. | Yes. A weekly new releases list and a weekly pull list that you can email as a spreadsheet. | Not stated on their site. | Weekly new release information on every plan. A pull list is not stated. |
| FOC dates | Not stated on their site. | Yes. A weekly FOC list, and the FOC date on every upcoming issue. | Yes. Final Order Cutoff information, and new releases you can browse by FOC. | Not stated on their site. | Not stated on their site. | Not stated on their site. | Final Order Cutoff (FOC) articles on every plan. |
| Variant covers | Yes. Each variant cover has its own item page. | Yes. Every variant cover has its own page with the cover name, the incentive ratio and the cover artist. | Yes. Every variant cover has its own page that you can pull, own, read or want. | Yes. Issues with variants show as a stack, and you link each comic to its exact variant. | Yes, as separate listings. A variant joins the database when it has a history of sales for $25 or more, ungraded. | Yes. Variants, multiple printings and CGC-graded comics. | Yes. Variant lists, a Top Variants section and a Variants filter on new releases. |
| Barcode scanning | No barcode scanner is stated. Photo search works for CGC-graded comics, and you can look up a certification number. | Yes. Scan the barcode with your phone camera, including the five-digit add-on. | Yes. Scan UPC and ISBN barcodes with your device camera, or use the cover scanner. | Yes. The mobile app has a built-in camera barcode scanner. On the web, use the free CLZ Scanner app. | No barcode scanner is stated. Premium Cover Image Search identifies a comic from a photo. | Yes. Barcode entry on the desktop editions, and barcode scanning with the phone camera in the mobile app. | Not stated on their site. |
| Import | Not stated on their site. | A CSV or Excel file with a UPC or ISBN on each row, or a CLZ Comics XML export. | Yes. The site says that you can import your comics from anywhere and edit your data in Excel. It does not name the formats. | Yes. Import a text or CSV file with the CLZ Cloud import tool. | Not stated on their site. | Text files and spreadsheets on Professional and up, and a direct import from CLZ. | On Premium, by request. Email a CSV export from CLZ, and the team imports it in 1 to 3 business days. |
| Export | Yes. Download your list data on every plan. | Yes. Your whole collection as an Excel (.xlsx) file. | Yes, for backup. PATRON adds an export with pricing and valuation (beta). | Yes. Export to CSV or TXT from the CLZ Cloud website. The mobile app does not export directly. | Yes. Export your collection to CSV or a spreadsheet. | Text files and spreadsheets on Professional and up. ComicBase Web exports whenever you want. | By request. Email the team, and they send a CSV file in 1 to 3 business days. Export with values is on Premium (Annual). |
| Collection value | Yes. Fair market value, price trends, sales volume and sales history for graded comics. | No market values. Comicade tracks what you paid and what you spend each month. | Recent sales history on issue pages. Estimated raw or graded values inside your collection are a PRO feature. | Raw and slabbed values from CovrPrice, as an optional add-on at about US $90 a year. | Yes. LOW, MID and HIGH values for ungraded books from secondary market sales. Graded pricing is a Premium feature. | Yes. Built-in prices from market sales on Atomic Avenue and Heritage auctions, and an automatic collection value. | Yes. Fair market values for raw and graded comics from actual sales, with value trends. |
| Ads | Not stated on their site. | No ads on any account. | PRO hides all third-party ads on the website and in the official apps. | Not stated on their site. | The store listings call the app ad-free. | Not stated on their site. | Not stated on their site. |
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