Tilt Rips vs Courtyard: which is better?

Both in action

Each app's own promo video and store screenshots, side by side. Their marketing, not a test of ours.

Tilt Rips

Courtyard

Score by score

The five parts of the desk rating, as a share of the points available. Unpublished terms earn nothing.

Tilt Rips Courtyard

Money out · 30% of the rating

83%50%

Odds shown · 25% of the rating

95%95%

Accountability · 20% of the rating

50%70%

Cost to hold the card · 15% of the rating

65%100%

Access · 10% of the rating

100%75%

Darker bar leads. The formula is on how we rate.

Fact by fact

Tap any value for its source. A grey value is not confirmed on the app's own pages, so no winner is marked on that row.

Not published: we looked; it is not on its pages
Inside the app: shown only after you sign in

Tilt Rips and Courtyard, fact by fact
Tilt Rips 1 marked better	Courtyard 0 marked better
How money comes out
Cash to Venmo, a debit card, a bank account or crypto, at 90% of market value Read on the operator's own page Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source	USDC balance, withdrawn to a bank, debit card, PayPal or Venmo Read on the operator's own page “When you have a balance in your Courtyard wallet, you can withdraw your funds.” An identity check comes before a first withdrawal. The help article is dated 29 August 2026. Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source
Sell-back rate
90% Read on the operator's own page “Sell back to Tilt Rips (90% of market value)” The terms add that a buyback quote “is optional unless expressly stated as guaranteed in writing” and may be revised or withdrawn before you accept it. Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source	Not published We looked and the operator does not publish it The terms say the offer is a percentage of fair market value 'as advertised on the product's page'. The public pack page shows no percentage. Checked 6 Oct 2026.
Selling fee
No fee Read on the operator's own page “no fees or commissions beyond what's shown” Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source	Not published We looked and the operator does not publish it No selling fee is stated. Checked 6 Oct 2026.
Withdrawal minimum
Inside the app Only visible after signing in Minimums and fees are not published. The help centre's withdrawal articles state neither. Checked 6 Oct 2026.	Not published We looked and the operator does not publish it The withdrawal article states no minimum and no fee. Checked 6 Oct 2026.
Withdrawal methods
Venmo, Debit card, Bank account, Crypto (12 coins) Read on the operator's own page “You can withdraw fiat funds using any of the following methods” A second help article lists twelve cryptocurrencies, from Bitcoin to USDC. The help centre says it aims to complete withdrawals within 1–3 hours, and within 24 hours in most cases. Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source	Bank (ACH), Debit card, PayPal, Venmo, Interac (Canada), USDC to a crypto wallet Read on the operator's own page “The withdraw screen only shows methods available for your country and account.” Venmo is for US users and Interac for Canadian residents. A US bank transfer typically takes the same day or 2–3 business days. Where bank payouts are not supported, the only route is USDC to a crypto wallet. Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source
Lowest pack
Better $0.10 Read on the operator's own page “Dime $0.10” Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source	$15 Read on the operator's own page “Pokémon Basic Pack › $15.00” The Sports tab also starts at $15. The App Store listing still says “$25 Starter Packs to $1,000 Diamond Packs”. Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source
Highest pack
$3,000 Read on the operator's own page “Grandmaster $3,000” Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source	$10,000 Read on the operator's own page “Sports Cosmic Pack › $10,000.00” The dearest pack on the Limited, Pokémon, One Piece and Sports tabs. The other tabs, watches and coins among them, were not opened, so the true maximum may be higher. Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source
Cards
Pokémon, One Piece, Sports Read on the operator's own page Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source	Pokémon, Sports, One Piece, Magic, Other Read on the operator's own page Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source
Shipping time
Up to 6 weeks Read on the operator's own page A help article says: “We aim to get shipments out within three weeks.” It calls every shipping time an estimate. Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source	About 10 business days in the US Read on the operator's own page “Packages in the United States will generally arrive within ~10 business days of invoice processing” Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source
Shipping fee
Inside the app Only visible after signing in Shown before you confirm, not published. Checked 6 Oct 2026.	At cost, plus $2 a card handling in busy periods Read on the operator's own page “We ship packages at-cost based on FedEx's pricing.” The $2 is in Courtyard's docs: “During periods of high demand, a $2 fee per card is applied to cover handling costs for your redemption.” A shipment has to be paid by card, not from the wallet balance. Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source
App Store rating
4.7 from 5.9K Read on the operator's own page Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source	4.6 from 8.5K Read on the operator's own page Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source
Company
Tilt Rips LLC Read on the operator's own page Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source	Courtyard, Inc. Read on the operator's own page Checked 6 Oct 2026. Open the source

Showing 12 of 18 facts. “Better” is marked only where both apps' figures were read on their own pages and can be ordered.

What $100 of packs becomes

If you sold every card straight back, at the app's own published average and sell-back rate.

Tilt Rips

$90

−$10 to the sell-back rate

Courtyard

? no bar

The sell-back percentage is not published.

Only an app that publishes both an average return and a sell-back rate gets a bar. The cash-back calculator runs the same sum for your own spend.

Pick this one if you want…

Tap what matters to you. Each answer comes from a confirmed fact, not a preference.

Tilt RipsPick this one

CourtyardAlso does thisNo withdrawal minimum on its public pages

Tilt Rips: Cash to Venmo, a debit card, a bank account or crypto, at 90% of market value. Courtyard pays out too: USDC balance, withdrawn to a bank, debit card, PayPal or Venmo. It scores lower on money out, 50% against 83%.

Know first: Shipping can take up to six weeks, and Tilt Rips published a shipping backlog notice in September 2026.

How Tilt Rips works

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Know first: The buyback percentage is not published, and neither is any withdrawal fee or minimum.

How Courtyard works

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Go deeper

What neither app publishes

We looked on both apps' terms, help pages, pack pages and store listings. These are missing from both.

The withdrawal minimumTilt Rips: inside the appCourtyard: not published

A self-exclusion toolTilt Rips: not publishedCourtyard: not published

A third option that publishes more

Arena Club · 4.4 / 5

Cash to a bank account or debit card through Stripe, from $1

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Questions people ask

Which is better, Tilt Rips or Courtyard?

Tilt Rips rates higher than Courtyard on what it puts in writing, 3.9 against 3.8 out of 5. Tilt Rips publishes a 90% sell-back rate. Which one suits you depends on what you need: the chooser on this page goes need by need.

Can you withdraw cash from Tilt Rips and Courtyard?

Tilt Rips: Cash to Venmo, a debit card, a bank account or crypto, at 90% of market value. Its help centre lists 4 withdrawal methods; no minimum is published. Courtyard: USDC balance, withdrawn to a bank, debit card, PayPal or Venmo. Its help centre lists 6 withdrawal methods; no minimum is published. Each route out is set side by side on the cash-out page.

Which US states can use Tilt Rips and Courtyard?

Tilt Rips excludes no US state in writing. Courtyard excludes no US state in writing. Both set a minimum age of 18. Every app by state is on the availability page.

Which pays more when you sell a card back, Tilt Rips or Courtyard?

Tilt Rips: 90%. Courtyard: not published. No winner is marked, because one of the two is not in writing. The cash-back calculator turns a published rate into dollars.

Which has the cheaper pack, Tilt Rips or Courtyard?

Tilt Rips: $0.10. Courtyard: $15. Tilt Rips is ahead here, and both values were read on the apps' own pages. Every app's price ladder is on best slab packs.

Has cardrip tested either app?

No. Everything on this page was read on public pages: terms, help centres, pack pages and store listings. Nothing has been deposited, withdrawn or shipped.

Sources19

Tilt Rips site: withdrawals, how a sale is paid, sell-back rate and 4 more tiltrips.com
Tilt Rips help centre: withdrawal methods, withdrawal fee tiltrips.com
Tilt Rips pack page: lowest pack, highest pack, odds and 1 more tiltrips.com
Tilt Rips terms: excluded states, minimum age, company and 1 more tiltrips.com
Tilt Rips terms: open incident tiltrips.com
Tilt Rips on the App Store apps.apple.com
Tilt Rips on Google Play play.google.com
Courtyard help centre: withdrawals, withdrawal methods, withdrawal fee help.courtyard.io
Courtyard terms: how a sale is paid, excluded states, minimum age and 1 more docs.courtyard.io
Courtyard help centre: offer window help.courtyard.io
Courtyard site: lowest pack courtyard.io
Courtyard site: highest pack courtyard.io
Courtyard pack page: odds, odds detail, changing odds courtyard.io
Courtyard help centre: shipping, shipping time docs.courtyard.io
Courtyard help centre: shipping fee help.courtyard.io
Courtyard site: card types courtyard.io
Courtyard help centre: marketplace fee help.courtyard.io
Courtyard on the App Store apps.apple.com
Courtyard on Google Play play.google.com

Alexander Korsager

Every figure was read on public pages on 6 October 2026. Nothing here has been tested with money yet. How each app pays out is compared in full on the cash-out page.