Kulka Systems

Case Study · Custom Android App

CardStore Inventory, Built for a Card Shop

An Android inventory app we built for a trading-card shop. Scan a card with the camera or from a photo, check it against the catalog, see its market price, and add it to stock, without typing it into a spreadsheet.

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The demo is 80 seconds long, with no sound.

What It Is

CardStore Inventory is an Android app built around the way a trading-card shop takes cards into stock. Point the phone's camera at a card, or pick a photo you already took, and check it against the catalog: your photo sits beside the catalog image, with the set, number and printing, so you can confirm it is the right card. You see its market price, pick the condition and quantity, and add it to stock.

It also has search by name, set or number, export to CSV, and backup and restore.

The video and screenshots on this page come from a demo build of the app, loaded with a fictional card catalog.

From Card to Stock

How a card gets into the inventory.

01

Scan the Card

Take a picture with the phone's camera, or pick a photo you already have.

02

Confirm the Match

Check your photo against the catalog image and the card's set, number and printing, then confirm it or choose a different printing.

03

See the Price

See the market price for that card and printing before you add it.

04

Add to Stock

Pick the condition and quantity, and add it to the inventory.

Inside the App

Screens from the demo build.

CardStore home screen showing the total value and card count of one game's inventory, a Scan cards button, and recently added cards
Home: stock value, card count and recent additions.
Inventory list with a search box for name, set or number, filters for all, available and in-deck cards, and each card's condition, finish, price and quantity
Inventory: search and filter your stock.
Item screen for one card showing the catalog image beside photos of the front and back of your copy, with its condition, finish, rarity, market price and SKU
A card: your photos, its details and market price.
Pricing screen for one card listing a list price, a quick-sale price, a lowest offer and an auction starting price, with a plain-language breakdown of how each was reached
Pricing: list, quick-sale and offer prices, with the working shown.
Confirmation sheet after a scan, asking “Is this the card?”, with the catalog image beside the photo, a choice of finish and condition, a quantity and the market price
After a scan: confirm the card, then pick finish, condition and quantity.
Export screen describing the download: a ZIP file holding an inventory CSV with one row per card, plus optional card photos and catalog images
Export: a CSV of your stock, with photos if you want them.
Why It Matters

No More Typing Cards In One by One

It replaces typing each card into a spreadsheet by hand and looking up its price separately, one card at a time. CardStore Inventory cuts out that per-card lookup-and-type step: the card, its printing and its market price are on one screen, and it goes into stock from that same screen.

Search, Export, Backup

Stock You Can Find and Take With You

Search the inventory by name, set or number. Export it to a CSV file, one row per card, that opens in any spreadsheet. Back up the inventory and restore it when you need to.

You Own the Code

Custom Software the Shop Owns

CardStore Inventory was built as custom software for this shop, not rented from a software vendor. The shop owns the source code, and there is no per-seat subscription for the app itself.

We build every custom app that way. See custom enterprise apps for web, iPhone, and Android.

Have Work Your Team Still Types In by Hand?

Tell us how the job gets done today, whether it is stock, orders or paperwork, and we will map out a custom app or automation with a clear scope and price.

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