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Courtyard: TCG, Watches, Cards is an iPhone app from Courtyard, Inc., a YC Winter 2022 company. It turns collectible buying into a pack-opening experience: users open digital packs to reveal physical items such as Pokémon cards, sports cards, comics, luxury watches, and rare coins. Courtyard says the app is built around the convenience of managing those collectibles from a phone instead of handling every purchase and sale manually. (ycombinator.com; apps.apple.com)
The app is for collectors who want a marketplace and vault in one place. Courtyard says each pack contains one real item in the chosen category, and users can either keep the pull, sell it back through an instant buyback feature, or list it on the marketplace. The App Store description also says the marketplace includes filters such as price range, grade, and set, which should help people hunt for specific cards or other collectibles. (apps.apple.com)
Courtyard also emphasizes custody and shipping. According to the App Store listing, authenticated graded collectibles are stored and insured in the company’s vault, and users can redeem items to have them shipped home. The install page describes Courtyard as “Digital Packs, Physical Cards. Vaulted and insured,” reinforcing that the product combines digital browsing with physical ownership. (courtyard.io; apps.apple.com)
Getting the app is straightforward: it is free on the iPhone App Store, and Apple lists a minimum iOS requirement of 16.4. Courtyard’s install page says to open the page on mobile, which suggests the flow is intended to start from an iPhone browser before moving into the app download or install path. The listing is for iPhone only, so it is not presented here as a universal app for every Apple device. (courtyard.io; apps.apple.com)
There are a few practical limitations worth noting. Courtyard’s pack model is not a normal catalog shopping experience: you do not know the result before opening, and the app’s own description frames the process around transparent odds and instant buyback rather than guaranteed selection. The company also notes that some categories have specific handling rules, such as watches arriving new or mint condition with box and papers, while coins are graded and authenticated by third-party services. (apps.apple.com)
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Courtyard.io website · Courtyard: TCG, Watches, Cards for iPhone · YC company profile
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