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Terms of Use

Last updated 1 November 2026

Binder is published by Farpine LLC. By creating an account or using Binder you agree to these terms and to Apple’s Licensed Application End User License Agreement, which applies to apps distributed through the App Store.

The service

Binder is free to use, with no advertisements. Binder+ is an optional subscription. Binder is provided as it is: we work to keep it running and correct, but we do not promise it will always be available, and we may change or discontinue features, or the service itself, with notice in the app where we can give it.

Binder+

Binder+ is a monthly subscription, bought in the app through Apple. The app lists what it includes before you buy.

  • The price and period are shown before you buy, and payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm.
  • It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and the renewal is charged within those last 24 hours. Each renewal costs the same as the month before unless the price changes.
  • If Binder+ starts with a free week, Apple charges the first month when the free week ends, unless you cancel at least 24 hours before. The free week is for new subscribers, once per Apple Account.
  • Cancel at any time; you keep Binder+ until the end of the paid period. Manage or cancel it in your iPhone’s Settings ▸ your name ▸ Subscriptions, or in Binder’s Settings ▸ Binder+.
  • Apple handles refunds (reportaproblem.apple.com). If the price changes, Apple gives notice first.
  • Binder+ belongs to the Binder account, so it works on every phone you sign in on.
  • Deleting your account doesn’t cancel billing. Cancel Binder+ with Apple first.
  • Binder+ never changes how a battle plays out. On a free account, cards battle once you’ve scanned them. Binder+ lets every card in your binder battle, and ladder battles use scanned cards for everyone.
  • A feature removed from Binder+ is announced in the app first.

The Battle Lab ladder

Binder+ members can join one ladder for everyone on Binder. You may challenge only the member directly above you; if you crack their team, you swap places. Ladder battles use cards you have scanned, and your team defends your place while you’re away. Nothing is won: your place is the only thing a ladder battle changes, and it has no value outside Binder.

  • People who aren’t your friends see a ladder name Binder makes up for you, never your own, and it can’t be changed to one of your own.
  • Your place is kept while you have Binder+. Without it, your team keeps defending your place for 30 days, then the place is released.
  • You can leave the ladder whenever you like. If you join again, you start at the bottom.
  • We may remove a member, or reset the ladder, if it is abused — for example by automated play, shared or traded accounts, or cards that weren’t really scanned — or if its rules have to change. We will say so in the app.

Your account

  • You need to be 13 or older to create an account.
  • Keep your password to yourself. You are responsible for what happens under your account.
  • One account per person, please. There is no reason to have two.
  • You can delete your account at any time, in the app or by emailing us; see the privacy policy.

Your collection

What you record in Binder — your collection, wishlist and trade list — is yours. You give us permission to store it, sync it to the phones you sign in on and show it to the friends you add, which is the whole point, and nothing more. We do not claim ownership of it or publish it.

Prices are information, not advice

Market prices in Binder are indicative figures from public marketplace data. Each marketplace updates on its own schedule, and the card screen shows the date of each. They are not an offer to buy or sell, not a valuation for insurance or tax, and not a promise that any card will fetch that amount. Check before you trade. Card images and prices are shown for reference only.

The catalogue

We try hard to keep the catalogue complete and correct, but a catalogue of 21,000+ cards assembled from public sources will contain mistakes: a wrong number, a missing printing, a variant that does not exist. Tell us at support@farpine.com and we will fix it. The card in your hand is the authority, not the app.

Acceptable use

Use Binder to keep track of cards. Do not use it, or the service behind it, to bulk-download the catalogue, the images or the prices; to build a competing dataset or service; to interfere with the servers; or to access another person’s account. Automated access outside the app is not permitted.

Ending it

You can stop using Binder and delete your account whenever you like. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms or abuses the service, and we may end the service altogether; if we do, we will say so in the app first where we can.

Trademarks

Binder is an independent, fan-made collection tracker. It is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored or approved by Nintendo, Creatures Inc., GAME FREAK inc. or The Pokémon Company International.

Pokémon, Pokémon character names, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, and all card artwork, logos and set symbols are trademarks and copyrights of Nintendo, Creatures Inc., GAME FREAK inc. and The Pokémon Company. They are shown here only to help you identify and organise cards you own.

No warranty

Binder is provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Farpine LLC is not liable for any loss or damage arising from the use of Binder, from reliance on the prices or catalogue it displays, or from the service being unavailable.

Changes

These terms may change. The date at the top changes with them, and continuing to use Binder after a change means you accept it.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Idaho, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

Contact

support@farpine.com