Questions, answered straight
What TAS can and can’t tell you, what happens to your photos, and how plans work. If something isn’t covered here, email kyleyeung6@gmail.com.
Grading
How accurate are the predictions?
We don’t publish an accuracy figure yet, because we don’t have one we can stand behind. TAS is new, and we haven’t yet compared enough predictions against grades that actually came back from PSA, CGC and BGS to put an honest number on it.
What we do instead is show our working: every result names the flaws behind the grade in writing, so you can check them against the card in your hand. When we have a measured accuracy figure, it will be published with how it was measured.
Is a TAS result an official grade?
No. It’s a prediction of what PSA, CGC and BGS might grade the card, made from a photo. Only a grading company that physically examines the card can grade it, and TAS isn’t affiliated with any of them.
TAS also can’t tell whether a card is authentic. Please don’t describe a card as “graded” or “certified” because of a TAS result.
Why do PSA, CGC and BGS get different numbers?
The three companies publish different standards and weigh flaws differently — centering tolerances and how hard edge wear is penalised vary between them, and BGS grades each attribute separately. The same card can land a full grade apart, and that gap is often the whole decision about where to submit.
Which cards does it work on?
Any trading card photographed face-on: the condition check and grade predictions don’t depend on the game. The model also identifies the card — set, number and rarity — from the photo.
Live market prices in the Carddex currently cover Pokémon cards (from TCGplayer and Cardmarket). Value estimates on a scan are AI estimates, not sold-listing data.
How do I take a photo that grades well?
Lay the card flat on a plain, dark, non-reflective surface and shoot straight down, with the card filling most of the frame. Use soft, even light — daylight near a window is ideal — and tilt until there’s no glare across the surface.
If it’s safe to, take the card out of a sleeve or toploader: plastic adds reflections that can read as scratches. Blurry or angled photos produce less reliable predictions, so it’s worth retaking a poor one.
Does TAS check the back of the card?
Yes. The scanner asks for the front and then the back, and the grade takes both into account — graders examine both sides, and back edges and corners are where wear often shows first. Centering is judged mainly on the front.
API and bulk uploads still send the front only, so those grades can't see wear on the back — check it yourself before you submit.
How long does a scan take?
About ten seconds from pressing “Get my grade” to a result — the scan shown on our homepage took 10.1 seconds end to end. PSA’s Regular service, for comparison, quotes 40–50 business days.
Photos & privacy
Do you keep my photos?
Your browser trims each photo to the card before anything is uploaded. When you ask for a grade, the photos are sent to an AI vision model (Z.ai’s GLM through OpenRouter, with Google Gemini as a backup) to produce the prediction, and they aren’t stored as part of the scan.
A preview copy is kept only if you save the card to your collection, and deleting the card or your account deletes it.
Can I export or delete my data?
Yes. Account settings lets you download everything as a JSON file, or permanently delete your account along with your scans, collection, folders and API keys. If you have a paid plan, cancel it first.
Do you use trackers or sell data?
No advertising or analytics trackers, and we don’t sell personal data. The only cookies are the ones sign-in needs.
Plans & billing
What can I do for free?
A free account gets 3 AI grades a day, the PSA prediction and the written flaw report — no card details needed. Grading needs an account, so your scans are saved to it.
Paid plans add CGC and BGS predictions, numeric subgrades, value estimates, a saved collection and a personal API key; the higher plans add bulk scanning and CSV export.
Is a paid plan worth it?
It comes down to one submission. PSA’s cheapest available service is $79.99 a card, so skipping a single submission that would have come back a disappointing grade pays for 13 months of Collector at $5.99. If you rarely grade cards, the free plan may be all you need.
What is the launch-week bonus?
For the first 7 days after our public launch (30 September to 7 October, UTC), every account — free or paid — gets 50 extra AI grades on top of its normal daily allowance, one bonus per person: only the first account opened from a given network receives it. They’re used only after that day’s allowance runs out, and any left over expire when the week ends.
It’s one bonus per person, has no cash value, and offline estimates (when the AI is briefly unavailable) never use it up.
When does my daily allowance reset?
Every day at midnight UTC. Unused scans don’t roll over. The free plan also has a 10-second gap between grades; paid plans don’t.
Can I cancel any time?
Yes — from your dashboard, via Manage billing. Your plan stays active until the end of the period you’ve paid for, then moves to free. Your scans and collection are kept.
Does my plan get cheaper over time?
Monthly plans do. Each month you keep one, the price drops another 1% of the list price until it reaches the plan’s floor — Collector goes from $5.99 to $4.19 by month 31. Stripe applies it on every renewal, so you’ll see it on the invoice. Yearly plans are discounted up front instead.
Do you offer refunds?
We don’t refund partial periods or unused scans, but we do refund billing mistakes — duplicate charges, charges after cancelling, and accidental yearly renewals you haven’t used — if you tell us within 14 days.
Can I grade a whole stack at once?
Yes, on Grinder and Whale. Bulk scan grades up to 25 cards per pass on Grinder and 100 on Whale, and each card counts toward your daily allowance.
API & accounts
Is there an API?
Yes: POST a card photo to /api/v1/scan with your API key and you get the same result as the website, as JSON. Paid plans get a personal key; free accounts can use a key shared with up to nine other free accounts. API calls use the same daily allowance as the website.
The fine print
The full rules, in plain language where we could manage it.