How accurate is the brick'em scanner?

brick'em is trained on 18,600+ minifigures using BrickLink's complete catalog. You get the exact BrickLink ID, name, and market price for every figure scanned.

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What platforms can I export to?

Whatnot, eBay, BrickLink, Shopify, BrickStore, and generic CSV. Each export is formatted specifically for that platform so you can bulk upload immediately.

Is brick'em just for minifigures?

No. brick'em identifies both minifigures and individual parts. The parts scanner identifies pieces by color and looks up prices per variant.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. Cancel or downgrade from your settings page. No contracts, no cancellation fees, no questions asked.

I already have a system that works. Why switch?

If your current process handles 200+ figures a week without eating your weekends, keep it. But if you're spending hours on manual lookups, brick'em does the same work in minutes. Most sellers try the 14-day free trial and never go back.

Brickify vs BrickScan: Head-to-Head Comparison

You just bought a bulk lot of LEGO. Maybe a garage sale haul, maybe a clearance bin find. Now you're staring at a pile of minifigures and loose parts with no idea what any of it is worth. So you search for scanning apps and two names keep coming up: Brickify and BrickScan.

Both promise to identify your LEGO from a photo. Both have loyal communities. But they work in completely different ways, scan completely different things, and leave you with completely different gaps in your workflow.

This post breaks down exactly what each app does, where each one falls short, and what you actually need if your goal is to identify minifigures and know what they sell for.

What Is Brickify?

Brickify is a LEGO companion app available on iOS and Android. It positions itself as a collection tracker and scanner rolled into one. You point your phone camera at a LEGO set, minifigure, or loose pieces, and it uses AI to try to identify what you're looking at.

Beyond scanning, Brickify tracks your collection's total market value over time. Think of it like a stock portfolio dashboard for your LEGO sets. It shows price charts with different time ranges (1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 1 year) and gain/loss tracking.

What Brickify Does Well

Set, minifig, and piece identification. Point your camera at a sealed box, assembled set, minifigure, or loose pieces and it matches what it sees to known items in its database.
Collection value tracking. Once you add sets to your collection, you get portfolio-style dashboards showing total value and changes over time.
Mystery pack scanning. Scan codes on Collectible Minifigure blind bags to see which figure is inside before opening.
Clean interface. The app has a polished, modern feel.

Where Brickify Falls Short

Collection-tracker focus. While Brickify can scan minifigures, its workflow is oriented around portfolio tracking rather than the fast scan-identify-price-list cycle resellers need for bulk lots.
No bulk lot scanning. No way to photograph a group of minifigures and get them all identified at once.
Scanning accuracy complaints. Some users report that the scanner takes a long time and doesn't always get the identification right. You can't easily search and add items manually as a fallback.

What Is BrickScan?

BrickScan (formerly known as BrickMonkey) is a LEGO scanning app available on both iOS and Android. It focuses on identifying individual LEGO elements. You take a photo of a single piece, and the app matches it against its database to give you a part number.

The app covers over 16,000 minifigures and 76,000 LEGO parts. It also tracks your scanned items and provides estimated values based on BrickLink sales data from the past six months.

What BrickScan Does Well

Broad part coverage. 76,000+ parts in the database means it can identify everything from a 1x1 plate to a specialized Technic connector.
Minifigure support. Rebranded as "AI Minifig Scanner," it can identify complete minifigures as well as individual components.
Cross-platform. Works on both iPhone and Android devices.
BrickLink integration. Prices are based on real BrickLink sold data. You can export scans as XML files for import into BrickStore or Bricqer.

Where BrickScan Falls Short

One-at-a-time scanning. You scan a single element per photo. If you have 30 minifigures to identify, that's 30 individual scans. It adds up fast.
Subscription required for heavy use. BrickScan used to offer unlimited scans for free. Now free users are limited in scans per day, with a premium subscription required for unlimited scanning. That change frustrated longtime users.
Component-level, not figure-level. BrickScan identifies a torso or a head as individual parts. It doesn't always treat a complete assembled minifigure as a single collectible unit with its own BrickLink ID and market value.
No bulk scanning. There's no way to photograph a group of minifigures and have them all identified at once.

Brickify vs BrickScan: Head-to-Head

What They Actually Scan

This is the biggest difference between the two apps.

Brickify scans sets, minifigures, and loose pieces. It identifies what you're looking at and tracks your collection's value over time like a portfolio dashboard.

BrickScan scans individual elements and minifigures one at a time. It identifies parts by their element number and minifigures by their BrickLink ID, with pricing from BrickLink sold data.

If you just inherited a collection of sealed sets, Brickify is more useful. If you're cataloging loose parts for a BrickLink store, BrickScan makes more sense.

Pricing and Value Data

Brickify provides set-level market values. You can see how much a complete set is trending for and track your collection's total portfolio value over time.

BrickScan provides part-level pricing based on BrickLink sold averages from the past six months. More granular, but you're looking at individual component prices rather than the value of a complete minifigure.

Neither app nails the specific question resellers care about most: "I'm holding a complete minifigure. What's its BrickLink ID and what does it sell for as a complete fig?"

Platform Availability

Brickify is available on iOS and Android. BrickScan also works on both iOS and Android.

Speed for Bulk Lots

Neither app is optimized for the bulk lot workflow. Both scan one item at a time. If you just dumped 50 minifigures on a table and need to identify and price all of them, both apps will slow you down compared to a bulk scanning tool.

brick'em tip: If you're sorting bulk lots, brick'em lets you photograph a group of minifigures on a table and identifies each one individually. Bulk scan detects every figure in the photo, matches them against 18,600+ minifigs in the catalog, and shows BrickLink prices automatically. One photo. All your figs identified and priced. Try it free.

The Real Problem Neither App Solves

Here's the thing about LEGO reselling. The money isn't usually in the sets. A used LEGO set without the box or instructions sells for a fraction of its retail price. But a single rare minifigure pulled from that same set can be worth $50, $200, or more.

Cloud City Boba Fett. Mr. Gold. Comic-Con exclusives. Even common Star Wars Clone Troopers have variants that look nearly identical but differ in value by 3x or more.

To capture that value, you need a tool that does three things at once:

Identifies complete minifigures as assembled collectible units, not just individual parts.
Matches to the exact BrickLink ID, including tricky variants where two figs look almost the same but have different catalog numbers.
Shows you the resale price immediately, based on actual sold data, without making you leave the app.

Brickify doesn't do this because it's focused on sets. BrickScan gets closer with its part-level identification, but it still treats minifigure components individually rather than as complete figures with their own market values.

What Resellers Actually Need

When you buy a 10-pound bulk lot from Facebook Marketplace, you're not dealing with sealed sets or neatly organized parts bins. You're dealing with chaos. Random minifigures mixed in with bricks, accessories scattered everywhere, heads separated from torsos.

The workflow that actually makes money looks like this:

Assemble your minifigures (match heads, torsos, legs, and accessories).
Spread them out on a flat surface with some space between each one.
Photograph the group.
Get every figure identified with its BrickLink ID and current market price.
Add the valuable ones to your inventory for listing.

That's the workflow brick'em was built for. You take one photo. The app detects every minifigure in the frame. Each one gets matched against the full BrickLink catalog of 18,600+ minifigures. Prices show up instantly, pulled from real market data. No separate lookups. No switching between apps.

The whole process takes minutes instead of hours. And because it identifies complete minifigures as collectible units rather than individual components, you get the actual resale value for each fig.

Which App Should You Use?

It depends entirely on what you're trying to do.

Choose Brickify if you want a collection tracker with portfolio-style value dashboards. If you're buying sealed sets at clearance, tracking their value over time, and want a polished app to manage your collection, Brickify's portfolio approach makes sense.

Choose BrickScan if you need precise identification for individual LEGO elements and minifigures with BrickLink pricing. If you run a BrickLink store and need to catalog pieces with accurate part numbers and XML export, BrickScan is the right tool.

Choose brick'em if you work with bulk lots and minifigures. If your business is buying mixed lots, pulling out the valuable minifigures, and listing them for resale, you need a tool that identifies complete figs and shows prices in the same step.

There's no single app that does everything perfectly. The right choice is the one that matches your actual workflow.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Brickify or BrickScan better for identifying minifigures?

Both apps can identify minifigures. BrickScan (now branded as "AI Minifig Scanner") covers over 16,000 minifigures with BrickLink pricing. Brickify also supports minifigure scanning alongside its set identification. For resellers processing bulk lots, brick'em offers bulk scanning to identify multiple figures from a single photo, which neither Brickify nor BrickScan provides.

Does BrickScan work on Android?

Yes. BrickScan is available on both iOS and Android. Brickify is also now available on both platforms.

How much does BrickScan cost?

BrickScan offers limited free scans (around 5 per day). A premium subscription is required for unlimited scanning. Pricing may change, so check their current App Store or Play Store listing for specifics.

Can Brickify scan loose minifigures?

Brickify can now scan minifigures in addition to sets and loose pieces. However, its workflow is oriented more toward collection tracking and portfolio management than the fast bulk-lot scanning workflow resellers need. For high-volume minifigure identification with bulk scanning, a dedicated resale tool may work better.

What is the best app for pricing LEGO minifigures?

For minifigure-specific pricing, you need an app that identifies complete assembled minifigures and pulls market data from BrickLink. brick'em does this automatically. You scan your minifigures and get BrickLink-based prices alongside the identification. No manual lookups required.