In the Binder Terms of Service

Last updated: 9 November 2026

Who we are

The In the Binder app for Android and iPhone (the "app") and this website are published by a sole trader based in England, trading as In the Binder ("we", "us"). Our details are in our privacy policy. You can reach us at [email protected].

Agreeing to these terms

These terms apply when you download or use the app. If you don't agree with them, please don't use the app. Apple's and Google's own store terms also apply to how you get the app from their stores. If you are under 18, please read these terms with a parent or guardian. The app is meant for collectors aged 13 and over.

What the app is

• The app is free to download and use. It shows a banner advert, served by Google AdMob, as described in the privacy policy.
• Your collection is stored on your phone. An account is optional and is only used to keep your collection the same on your phones. You can delete it at any time in Settings.
• We keep improving the app and may add, change or remove features. We'll try not to remove anything you rely on without a good reason.

Prices, values and grading estimates

• Card prices come from public market data (such as TCGplayer and Cardmarket, as listed in the privacy policy) and are updated about once a day. They can be late, incomplete or wrong, and a card can sell for more or less than the app shows.
• The "In the Binder price" is our own estimate: it uses the market figures above, and by default no priced card counts below a small minimum per copy (for example £0.99), because single cards rarely sell for less. You can change or turn off the minimum in the app.
• Grading estimates, centring measurements and "grading picks" are a guide to help you decide. They are not a grade, and they don't promise what PSA, CGC, Beckett or any other grader will give a card.
• Nothing in the app is financial or investment advice. Please check prices yourself before you buy, sell, trade or insure cards.

Trading and buying

• The trade screens help you compare cards with another collector face to face. Any trade is between you and the other person: we don't take part in it, hold cards or money, or check the other person or their cards. Please meet safely and check cards before you swap.
• Some buttons open other websites (such as TCGplayer, eBay or Cardmarket) or partner shops. Those sites and shops have their own terms. Some links carry an affiliate tag, so we may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you.

Using the app fairly

Please don't use the app or our services to break the law, to harm other people, or to overload, copy in bulk, or try to break into our servers or data. Don't sell or redistribute the app or its data. We may suspend an account that is used this way. Nothing here stops you doing anything the law allows you to do, such as making a back-up copy.

Your content

Your collection, notes and photos stay yours. If you choose to switch on "Help improve the scanner", you allow us to use the small card pictures you send to train and test the card scanner, as described in the privacy policy. You can switch it off at any time.

Names, pictures and trademarks

The app's design, code and our own artwork belong to us. In the Binder is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Nintendo, Creatures Inc., GAME FREAK inc., The Pokémon Company, Bandai, Disney, Ravensburger, Wizards of the Coast, Konami or any other card publisher. Card names, pictures and trademarks belong to their owners and are shown only to identify the cards in your collection.

Keeping your collection safe

Your collection lives on your phone. Please use the export in Settings, your phone's backup, or an account to keep a copy. We take care with the app, but we can't recover a collection that was only on a lost or reset phone.

Our responsibility to you

• Nothing in these terms limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud, or for anything else the law doesn't allow us to limit. Your legal rights as a consumer are not affected.
• The app is provided free and as it is. We aren't responsible for losses that come from relying on a price, value or grading estimate shown in the app, from a trade or purchase with someone else, from a third-party website, or from events outside our reasonable control.
• We are not responsible for business losses: the app is for personal use.

Ending

You can stop using the app at any time by uninstalling it, and delete your account in Settings > Account & sync. We may stop offering the app or a service. If we do, we'll try to give notice in the app and leave you a way to export your collection.

Changes to these terms

If we change these terms, we'll update the date at the top and, for important changes, tell you in the app. Using the app after a change means you accept the new terms.

Law and complaints

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. If you live in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the European Union or elsewhere, you also keep the protection of the consumer laws where you live and can bring a claim in your local courts. If something goes wrong, please email [email protected] first: we'll try to sort it out quickly.