PokePal: AI-Powered Pokémon Card Scanner & Collection Manager
Overview
Pokémon card collectors had no easy way to digitise their physical collections. Manually cataloguing hundreds of cards — finding market values, tracking prices, managing wishlists — was tedious and time-consuming.
The Challenge
Pokémon card collectors had no easy way to digitise their physical collections. Manually cataloguing hundreds of cards — finding market values, tracking prices, managing wishlists — was tedious and time-consuming. The product also needed to support both English and Japanese cards, which added significant OCR complexity.
Our Solution
We built a mobile-first web app where users point their phone camera at any Pokémon card and the app identifies it instantly using Google Cloud Vision OCR and OpenAI. Identified cards are automatically added to a digital collection with live market pricing. Features include collection management, wishlist, price tracking, and Google authentication.
How It Works
Cloud Vision OCR — Document text detection reads the card, with English and Japanese language hints.
Results
Supports English and Japanese card scanning
Live market value fetched automatically on scan
Collection, wishlist, and price tracking in one platform
Google authentication for seamless onboarding
“Finally an app that actually reads the cards correctly. Even Japanese cards work first try.”
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