SportsCardAlbum.com is easily one of my favorite sports card sites. Like most all of us, I have my iPhone attached to me at all times. With Sports Card Album, I have my card collection in my pocket at all times too. Before using the site, I had tried the usual suspects of online mass storage (Evernote, Drop Box, Social Media apps) to attempt to store and sort my card for trade or for me to have record of what I have. No other app allows you to upload, sort, organize, and connect with others like this app. I use SCA daily to post photos on Instagram and Twitter of my card collection, and use it daily to make sure I’m not buying a duplicate of a card I already have in my collection.
When SCA announced they would be designing an iPhone app, I was stoked! I love the website application, but for the phone, an app would make it easier to stay logged in and have performance that is not limited to your web browser. The App came out 3/11/14 and I downloaded it as soon as I heard.
After downloading and logging in, it provides an experience that you are familiar with on the website, but it seemed faster and easier to transition between different parts of the site with the navigation buttons at the bottom. After liking a few photos from the feed of cards from people I follow (which functions just like the other social sites you know and love), I had to upload a card to see how fast I could upload. I happened to have a photo or two of cards I just got and gave uploading a shot. I uploaded the 2013 Bowman Platinum Mike Olt Auto Relic. I found the photo upload was fast and entering the description info was super easy. I was done with the upload way faster than I thought, so fast I thought I made a mistake and didn’t upload the card. The new feature of the app that I dig is how easy it is to share the card to Twitter or Facebook. The twitter post uses the actual image with no link for the reader to click to view.
I’m a huge fan of this website, and the app has made it that much better. I feel like I will be soon zapping a bunch of card photos and can upload them as I have time.
I highly recommend any card collector get this app. What a great way to organize your collection!
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