Kiradex

Kiradex

The Kiradex app icon: a pale blue lens with a red four-point star, on red.

キラ (kira) is what Japanese collectors call a holo card.

A collector's dex for trading cards. Every set, the cards you have, the cards you want, what they're worth over time, and each card as an object you can turn over in your hands.

Field device

Free. Coming soon to the App Store.

Tap the device to open it. Drag it to turn it any way round. It works. Drag the card to spin it. “Dex” goes back to every set, English and Japanese.

A letter to the cards

Thirty years of cardboard

The first of these cards were printed in Japan in 1996. The public catalog now lists 23,964 of them in English and 18,031 in Japanese, across 404 sets, with 410 illustrators credited by name. Kiradex was made out of affection for all of it. This is a thank-you note.

  1. Base

    7 sets · 501 cards · 1999 to 2000

    It opened with Base Set. Three of that set's most sought-after cards:

    • Charizard drawn by Mitsuhiro Arita
    • Blastoise drawn by Ken Sugimori
    • Venusaur drawn by Mitsuhiro Arita
  2. Neo

    5 sets · 383 cards · 2000 to 2002

    It opened with Neo Genesis. Three of that set's most sought-after cards:

    • Lugia drawn by Hironobu Yoshida
    • Skarmory drawn by Ken Sugimori
    • Feraligatr drawn by Ken Sugimori
  3. E-Card

    5 sets · 552 cards · 2002 to 2003

    It opened with Expedition Base Set. Three of that set's most sought-after cards:

    • Dragonite drawn by Kagemaru Himeno
    • Charizard drawn by Hiromichi Sugiyama
    • Gengar drawn by Yukiko Baba
  4. EX

    18 sets · 1,727 cards · 2003 to 2007

    It opened with Ruby & Sapphire. Three of that set's most sought-after cards:

    • Mewtwo ex drawn by Katsura Tabata
    • Lapras ex drawn by Hikaru Koike
    • Scyther ex drawn by Ryo Ueda
  5. Diamond & Pearl

    8 sets · 900 cards · 2007 to 2008

    It opened with Diamond & Pearl. Three of that set's most sought-after cards:

    • Empoleon drawn by Shizurow
    • Infernape drawn by Shizurow
    • Torterra drawn by Shizurow
  6. Platinum

    5 sets · 533 cards · 2009

    It opened with Platinum. Three of that set's most sought-after cards:

    • Dialga G LV.X drawn by Mitsuhiro Arita
    • Vulpix drawn by Mitsuhiro Arita
    • Giratina LV.X drawn by Shizurow
  7. HeartGold & SoulSilver

    5 sets · 439 cards · 2010

    It opened with HeartGold SoulSilver. Three of that set's most sought-after cards:

    • Gyarados drawn by Wataru Kawahara
    • Lugia LEGEND drawn by Shinji Higuchi
    • Lugia LEGEND drawn by Shinji Higuchi
  8. Black & White

    14 sets · 1,462 cards · 2011 to 2013

    It opened with Black & White. Three of that set's most sought-after cards:

    • Pikachu drawn by Kouki Saitou
    • Zekrom drawn by 5ban Graphics
    • Reshiram drawn by 5ban Graphics
  9. XY

    17 sets · 1,932 cards · 2013 to 2016

    It opened with XY. Three of that set's most sought-after cards:

    • Blastoise EX drawn by Ryo Ueda
    • Xerneas EX drawn by 5ban Graphics
    • Venusaur EX drawn by Ryo Ueda
  10. Sun & Moon

    18 sets · 2,917 cards · 2017 to 2019

    It opened with Sun & Moon. Three of that set's most sought-after cards:

    • Umbreon GX drawn by 5ban Graphics
    • Umbreon GX drawn by 5ban Graphics
    • Espeon GX drawn by 5ban Graphics
  11. Sword & Shield

    26 sets · 3,675 cards · 2019 to 2023

    It opened with Sword & Shield. Three of that set's most sought-after cards:

    • Snorlax VMAX drawn by aky CG Works
    • Zacian V drawn by 5ban Graphics
    • Zamazenta V drawn by aky CG Works
  12. Scarlet & Violet

    19 sets · 3,712 cards · 2023 to 2025

    It opened with Scarlet & Violet. Three of that set's most sought-after cards:

    • Gardevoir ex drawn by Jiro Sasumo
    • Drowzee drawn by Tomokazu Komiya
    • Ralts drawn by Jiro Sasumo
  13. Mega Evolution

    10 sets · 1,264 cards · 2025 to 2026

    It opened with Mega Evolution. Three of that set's most sought-after cards:

    • Mega Lucario ex drawn by 5ban Graphics
    • Mega Lucario ex drawn by Atsushi Furusawa
    • Mega Gardevoir ex drawn by 5ban Graphics

Drawn by

The hands

Every card carries the name of the person who drew it. These are the 8 names on the most cards in the English catalog, each with four of their cards from their first year to their latest.

  1. 5ban Graphics

    1,784 cards · 2011 to 2026

    • 2011
    • 2016
    • 2020
    • 2026
  2. Ken Sugimori

    1,123 cards · 1999 to 2026

    • 1999
    • 2000
    • 2007
    • 2026
  3. Mitsuhiro Arita

    741 cards · 1999 to 2026

    • 1999
    • 2004
    • 2012
    • 2026
  4. Kouki Saitou

    726 cards · 2003 to 2026

    • 2003
    • 2009
    • 2017
    • 2026
  5. Kagemaru Himeno

    710 cards · 1999 to 2026

    • 1999
    • 2006
    • 2013
    • 2026
  6. Masakazu Fukuda

    521 cards · 2003 to 2026

    • 2003
    • 2009
    • 2015
    • 2026
  7. Ryo Ueda

    464 cards · 2003 to 2025

    • 2003
    • 2007
    • 2013
    • 2025
  8. Atsuko Nishida

    441 cards · 1999 to 2026

    • 1999
    • 2004
    • 2010
    • 2026

An unofficial tribute. Kiradex is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by Nintendo, Creatures Inc., GAME FREAK inc. or The Pokémon Company. The cards are shown as the public catalog, TCGdex, has them, and belong to their owners; the counts and credits are the catalog's. Tap a card to open it in the device.

What it does

Six screens
from the device

Each one is a real screen in the app, drawn here in the LCD's own pixels. Every number is the catalog's.

  1. Linking EN
    Own0000
    Want0000
    Sets----

    No. 001

    Every set

    English · Japanese · grouped by series

    The dex lists every released set, newest first, with how much of each you own. Open one and its cards hang on the wall like a binder page.

  2. No. 004/102 $944.53

    Charizard

    Base Set · Rare · Fire · HP 120

    Spits fire that is hot enough to melt boulders. Known to unintentionally cause forest fires.

    Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita · TCGplayer market

    No. 002

    The card, in your hands

    3D · spin · flip · foil

    Each card is an object you can turn over. Holo, reverse, full-art and etched foils catch the light as the card moves, the way the real ones do. The device writes up its entry beneath.

  3. Own 000/102 0%

    No. 003

    Have and want

    Two lists · copies counted

    Mark a card as one you have or one you want. The device registers it, and each set shows how close you are to finishing it.

  4. Charizard · 90 days TCGplayer

    ▲ $212.10 in 90 days

    No. 004

    Value over time

    TCGplayer USD · Cardmarket EUR

    Once a day the app writes down what your listed cards go for and charts it. The history is kept on your phone, because there is no server to keep it.

  5. No. 005

    Opens with the phone

    iPhone Duo · iOS 27

    On iPhone Duo, unfolding the phone opens the device. Open, a set fills the wall in even columns, and picking a card splits the screen with its inspector.

  6. No. 006

    Yours alone

    No account · no ads · no servers of ours

    Your lists live in your own iCloud. The only other thing the app talks to is the public card catalog.

Free, for iPhone.

Kiradex is in testing now and is coming to the App Store. No account, no ads, no subscription.

iOS 27 or later. Questions: support@941apps.com.

キラ Made with care, for people who keep their cards.