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Legendsverse vs hobbyDB
hobbyDB is a price guide for 15,000 brands, built around Funko Pop vinyl. The free plan shows ads, and CSV export is Premium. Legendsverse is made for action figures: no ads, export on every plan, and your pre-orders, shipments and stock alerts in one place.
- Free for 25 figures
- No credit card
- No ads
Quick answer
For action figure collectors, Legendsverse is the better choice: no ads, free export, a checklist with every wave and Build-A-Figure, and pre-orders tracked to the month they land. Unlimited adds live shipment tracking and stock alerts for $37 a year. hobbyDB is enough if you mostly collect Funko Pops or want one price guide across many kinds of collectibles.
Legendsverse vs hobbyDB, row by row
What Legendsverse does for you comes first, then the basics. The small numbers open the source of each claim.
| Feature | Legendsverse | hobbyDB |
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| What Legendsverse does for you | ||
| Pre-orders with price, store and arrival month |
Yes:
Price paid, store, paid status and arrival month1 Free |
Partly:
Price paid. No pre-order list described2 |
| Live shipment tracking |
Yes:
Paste a tracking number. Status and delivery date update by themselves Unlimited |
Not described:
Not described on their site3 |
| Restock, pre-order and sale alerts |
Yes:
Back in stock, pre-order open, on sale, or below your price4 Unlimited |
Not described:
Not described on their site5 |
| Wave checklists with Build-A-Figure pieces |
Yes:
Every wave and the box each Build-A-Figure piece comes in. Add a whole wave in one step Free |
Not described:
Not described on their site6 |
| Collection value over time |
Yes:
Your value by week, month and year7 Unlimited |
Partly:
Value over time. No chart described8 |
| Ask ChatGPT or Claude about your collection |
Yes:
Connect it to ChatGPT or Claude and ask about your collection Free |
Not described:
Not described on their site9 |
| The basics | ||
| Collection value |
Yes:
Free, from confirmed eBay sales of new figures10 Free |
Yes:
Price guide11 |
| Catalog |
Yes:
154 lines and 32,318 figures, action figures only |
Yes:
15,000 brands, Funko first12 |
| Barcode scanner |
Yes:
Scan the box to find the figure and add it Free |
Yes:
Yes13 |
| Export |
Yes:
CSV or Excel, on every plan Free |
Partly:
Premium only14 |
| Ads |
Yes:
No ads |
No:
Ads on the free plan15 |
| Where it runs |
Yes:
Any browser on a phone, tablet or computer16 |
Yes:
Web, iPhone, Android17 |
| Free plan |
Yes:
25 figures, no credit card |
Yes:
Free, with ads18 |
| Paid plan |
Yes:
$37 a year, 30-day money-back guarantee |
Yes:
$18.99 to $34.99 a year19 |
What Legendsverse does for you
- Pre-orders with price, store and arrival month
- Yes:
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Partly:
hobbyDB
Price paid. No pre-order list described2
- Live shipment tracking
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Yes:
Legendsverse
Paste a tracking number. Status and delivery date update by themselves
Unlimited
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Not described:
hobbyDB
Not described on their site3
- Wave checklists with Build-A-Figure pieces
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Yes:
Legendsverse
Every wave and the box each Build-A-Figure piece comes in. Add a whole wave in one step
Free
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Not described:
hobbyDB
Not described on their site6
- Ask ChatGPT or Claude about your collection
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Yes:
Legendsverse
Connect it to ChatGPT or Claude and ask about your collection
Free
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Not described:
hobbyDB
Not described on their site9
The basics
- Catalog
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Yes:
Legendsverse
154 lines and 32,318 figures, action figures only
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Yes:
hobbyDB
15,000 brands, Funko first12
- Barcode scanner
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Yes:
Legendsverse
Scan the box to find the figure and add it
Free
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Yes:
hobbyDB
Yes13
- Where it runs
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Yes:
Legendsverse
Any browser on a phone, tablet or computer16
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Yes:
hobbyDB
Web, iPhone, Android17
- Paid plan
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Yes:
Legendsverse
$37 a year, 30-day money-back guarantee
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Yes:
hobbyDB
$18.99 to $34.99 a year19
Free on every plan Unlimited $37 a year
Waves and Build-A-Figures
See every wave, and the box each piece comes in
The checklist lists every figure of a wave and the box that carries each Build-A-Figure piece. Filter it to what you are missing, or add a whole wave to your collection in one step.
Free.
hobbyDB: Not described on their site6
Try it here, no account needed
Pick a line and tap the figures you own. These are real figures from the Legendsverse catalog.
Pre-orders
Every pre-order, and the month it lands
Log what you paid, the store, whether it is paid off, and when it should arrive. Filter the list by arrival month to see what is coming and what you still owe.
Free for 25 pre-orders. No limit on Unlimited.
hobbyDB: Price paid. No pre-order list described2
Alerts
Get the restock alert, not the sold-out page
Follow a figure and pick what matters to you: back in stock, pre-order open, on sale, or below your price. The alert arrives in the app and as a push notification.
Unlimited.
hobbyDB: Not described on their site5
Back in stock at BigBadToyStore
Marrow is available again. You follow this figure.
Pre-order open at Nerdzoic
Wolverine is up for pre-order. You follow this figure.
Shipments
Know where every box is
Paste a tracking number. Legendsverse finds the carrier, checks the status for you and shows the delivery date. Each shipment lists the figures inside, and one button moves them into your collection when the box arrives.
Unlimited.
hobbyDB: Not described on their site3
BigBadToyStore pile of loot
1Z999AA10123456784
Arrives Tuesday
Inside the box
- Nightcrawler
- Gambit
- Cyclops
Collection value
What your shelf is worth, free
Legendsverse adds up the value of the figures you own from confirmed eBay sales of new figures, or the retail price when a figure has no recorded sale. It shows it on every plan. Unlimited adds your value history by week, month and year.
Free. Value history on Unlimited.
hobbyDB: Price guide11
ChatGPT and Claude
Ask your assistant what you are missing
Connect your account to ChatGPT or Claude. Ask what your collection is worth, which figures of a line you do not own yet, or add a figure to your wishlist in plain words.
Free.
How to connect it →hobbyDB: Not described on their site9
What am I missing from Marvel Legends 2025?
From your Legendsverse collection
You are missing 4 figures of the Nemesis wave: Fabian Cortez, Husk, Marrow and Wolverine. Want me to add them to your wishlist?
Yes, add Marrow and Husk.
Why collectors look past hobbyDB
Public comments, quoted word for word.
“What good does 10 free views a month do?”
The price
Why pay $37 a year when hobbyDB has a free plan?
Start free and stay free for your first 25 figures. Pay only when Legendsverse runs enough of your collecting to be worth it.
A Marvel Legends figure from 2025 retails for $27.99, the median retail price in our catalog. Unlimited costs $37 for the whole year. Skip one double in the toy aisle, and you saved $27.99 of it.
- Free plan
- 25 figures
- Checklist, collection value, pre-orders, export and the ChatGPT and Claude connector. No card.
- Unlimited
- $37 / year
- No limits, live shipment tracking, restock and sale alerts, and your value history.
- If it is not for you
- 30 days
- Money-back guarantee on Unlimited.
- Ads
- None
- Not on the free plan, not on Unlimited.
When hobbyDB is enough
You mostly collect Funko Pops, or you want one price guide across many kinds of collectibles.
For everything else you do as a collector, Legendsverse is the one that keeps up.
Questions collectors ask
- Is hobbyDB free?
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hobbyDB gives free access to its database, its price guide, your collection and your wish list, with ads. Premium removes the ads and adds CSV export. Legendsverse is free for 25 figures, with no ads and export on every plan.
- Is hobbyDB good for action figures?
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hobbyDB covers more than 15,000 brands, and its App Store subtitle is "Barcode UPC Pop Vinyl Prices". Legendsverse covers only action figures, with 154 lines and 32,318 figures, and lists the waves, exclusives and Build-A-Figures of each line.
- How much does Legendsverse cost?
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Legendsverse is free for your first 25 figures, with no credit card. Unlimited costs $37 a year, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Neither plan shows ads.
- What is free, and what needs Unlimited?
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Free: the checklist of every line, your collection value, up to 25 figures, up to 25 pre-orders and 25 wishlist figures, export to CSV or Excel, and the ChatGPT and Claude connector. Unlimited removes the limits and adds live shipment tracking, restock, pre-order, sale and price alerts, and your value history.
- Where does the collection value come from?
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Today Legendsverse records new eBay sales for DC Multiverse, Mafex and Marvel Legends. It watches eBay listings by the UPC of each figure. When a listing ends in a confirmed sale of a new figure, that price is recorded. Used, loose and lot sales are left out. When a figure has recorded sales, its market value is the average of its most recent day of sales. A figure with no recorded sale counts at its retail price. Your collection value is the sum of the values of the figures you own, and it is free on every plan.
- Does Legendsverse have a phone app?
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Legendsverse runs in the browser on any phone, tablet or computer, and you can add it to your home screen. It has no App Store or Google Play app.
- Do the figures I tick on this page carry over?
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Yes. The figures you tick in the checklist on this page stay on this device, up to 10, and go into your collection when you create a free account.
Run your collecting, not a list
Your first 25 figures are free. Tick what you own, add your pre-orders, and see what your shelf is worth.
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Sources and notes
We make Legendsverse. Every claim about another product links the public page we read it from, with the date we read it. When a page does not describe a feature, we say so instead of saying the feature does not exist. If a page has changed since, the page wins.
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Legendsverse, Pre-orders with price, store and arrival month. Up to 25 pre-orders on the free plan, no limit on Unlimited. Filter the list by arrival month.
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hobbyDB, Pre-orders with price, store and arrival month. The help page says you can "Compare the price you paid vs. how much your item is now worth". The pages do not describe a pre-order status or an arrival date.
help.hobbydb.com/36000511606-hobbydb-premium-subs App Store Read
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hobbyDB, Live shipment tracking. The listings and the help page do not describe shipment tracking.
App Store Google Play help.hobbydb.com/36000511606-hobbydb-premium-subs Read
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Legendsverse, Restock, pre-order and sale alerts. Alerts arrive in the app and as push notifications. Stock and sale alerts come from BigBadToyStore and Nerdzoic listings.
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hobbyDB, Restock, pre-order and sale alerts. The version history mentions "Push notifications" and gives no trigger. The pages do not describe stock, sale or pre-order alerts.
App Store Google Play help.hobbydb.com/36000511606-hobbydb-premium-subs Read
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hobbyDB, Wave checklists with Build-A-Figure pieces. The listings and the help page do not describe wave checklists or Build-A-Figure pieces.
App Store Google Play help.hobbydb.com/36000511606-hobbydb-premium-subs Read
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Legendsverse, Collection value over time. Your current collection value is free on every plan. The history by period is part of Unlimited.
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hobbyDB, Collection value over time. The listings say collectors can "track their collection's value over time". They do not describe a chart.
App Store Google Play Read
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hobbyDB, Ask ChatGPT or Claude about your collection. The pages do not describe a connector for ChatGPT, Claude or another assistant.
App Store Google Play help.hobbydb.com/36000511606-hobbydb-premium-subs Read
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Legendsverse, Collection value. Today Legendsverse records eBay sales for 3 lines: DC Multiverse, Mafex and Marvel Legends. Other figures count at their retail price.
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hobbyDB, Collection value. A price guide with "more than six million price points". The listing does not name the source of the prices.
App Store Read
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hobbyDB, Catalog. Collectibles from more than 15,000 brands. The App Store subtitle is "Barcode UPC Pop Vinyl Prices".
App Store Read
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hobbyDB, Barcode scanner. A barcode scanner for research.
App Store Read
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hobbyDB, Export. CSV export of your collection and wish list is a Premium feature.
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hobbyDB, Ads. Ads on the free plan. Premium gives "An Ad Free and Faster Experience".
App Store help.hobbydb.com/36000511606-hobbydb-premium-subs Read
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Legendsverse, Where it runs. Legendsverse runs in the browser, and you can add it to your home screen. It has no App Store or Google Play app.
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hobbyDB, Where it runs. Web, iPhone and Android.
App Store Google Play help.hobbydb.com/36000511606-hobbydb-premium-subs Read
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hobbyDB, Free plan. Free access to the database, the price guide, your collection and your wish list, with ads.
help.hobbydb.com/36000511606-hobbydb-premium-subs App Store Read
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hobbyDB, Paid plan. A subscription: $3.49 or $5.99 a month, $11.99 a quarter, or $18.99 or $34.99 a year.
App Store Read
Free for 25 figures. No card.
Start free