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Pokémon pack opening simulators compared

Five ways to open Pokémon packs for free, side by side. We make Holobrook, so read this knowing that. To keep it fair, every fact about the others comes from their own sites, checked on October 31, 2026.

The short answer

Most sets and price tools: RipMath264 sets, measured pull-rate samples, and price trackers for real cards.

Quickest rip: PokéRipPick a set and tear a pack in seconds, with nothing else to learn.

Collecting and grading: HolobrookA paged binder, daily packs and a grading reveal for your pulls, plus a page of pull rates for every set.

Battles and trading: TCG PocketThe official phone app, with its own sets made for it.

Real sets, official: TCG LiveThe official app for the card game itself. Redeem codes from real packs and battle with what you pull.

What they look like

The first screen on a phone, captured October 31, 2026. TCG Pocket and TCG Live are apps, so they aren't shown.

Holobrook on a phone: the town screen with a Journey Together pack ready to open — Holobrook

RipMath on a phone: set picker with Open 10 packs and Open a box buttons — RipMath

PokéRip on a phone: set search and a grid of sets to open — PokéRip

Side by side

Swipe the table sideways to see all five.

What we compared	Holobrook	RipMath	PokéRip	Pokémon TCG Pocket	Pokémon TCG Live
Price	Free	Free	Free	Free to play, with in-app purchases	Free
Account needed	No	No	No	Not to start; linking one keeps your progress safe	Yes, a Pokémon Trainer Club account
Where it runs	Any browser, phone or computer	Browser	Browser	iOS and Android app	iOS, Android, Mac and Windows app
Sets you can open	176 sets, 1999 to 2026	264 sets, every set since 1999	About 200 sets, from Base Set (1999)	Pocket-only sets made for the app	Current sets, from code cards in real packs or earned in the game
Open a whole box	Yes	Yes (36 packs)	No (single packs)	No	No
Pull rates shown	Every set, with chase-card odds and simulated pack values	Every set; measured samples where they have them, estimates labelled	One rarity table for all retail boosters	Offering rates shown for each pack	Official drop rates published for its packs
Card prices	20,670 cards with market estimates	About 20,400 prices, plus price movers and market reports	Not shown	No (no real-world prices)	No (no real-world prices)
Binder / collection	Paged binder with covers, wishlist, set completion	Binder, plus a portfolio tracker for real cards	Binder	In-app collection	In-game card collection
Grading	Grade cards PSA, BGS or CGC style with a slab reveal, plus a grading side game	A calculator for whether a real card is worth grading	No	No	No
Play with others	Friend challenges, shared pulls and binders, monthly grading boards	Daily games (Pricedle, Cardle, Who's That Card?)	Share a pull	Battles and trading	Online battles, and private battles with friends

Checked October 31, 2026 on each site's own pages; TCG Live from its official page, TCG Pocket's account and rate details from its guides. Sites change; if something here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.

Where Holobrook is different

Grading your pulls: send a card to PSA, BGS or CGC style grading and peel the slab to see the grade. Rare slabs go on show in the Mint.
A binder that feels like one: real pages, covers and materials, a wishlist and set completion.
A reason to come back: free Collector packs every day, quests, streaks and friend challenges.
Research pages: every set ranked, pull rates per set, and pages for every rarity and Pokémon.

How we compared

We looked at what a player would notice: cost, whether you need an account, how many sets you can open, how pull rates are explained, prices, collecting, grading and playing with others. We only used what each site says on its own pages, and for the apps, their official pages and in-app details reported by guide sites. We left out sites we couldn't check directly.

Questions

What is the best free Pokémon pack opening simulator?

It depends what you want. For the most sets and real-card price tools, RipMath. For the quickest, simplest rip, PokéRip. For collecting, a binder and grading your pulls, Holobrook. For an official app, Pokémon TCG Pocket (battles and trading, with its own sets) or Pokémon TCG Live (battles with current sets, including codes from real packs).

Are pack simulator pull rates official?

Not for physical packs. The Pokémon Company doesn't publish pull rates for the booster packs sold in stores, so every simulator uses estimates. Its two official apps, TCG Pocket and TCG Live, do publish rates, but only for their own digital packs. Holobrook builds each pack from its era's real slot layout and community-estimated odds, and shows the odds it uses on each set's pull-rate page.

Do I need an account to open Pokémon packs online?

Not on Holobrook, RipMath or PokéRip; they all work in the browser with no sign-up. Pokémon TCG Pocket lets you start without one, though linking an account keeps your progress if you change phones. Pokémon TCG Live needs a Pokémon Trainer Club account.

Open a pack on Holobrook

Holobrook · About · Holobrook is an independent fan project, not affiliated with The Pokémon Company or the sites named here. Pokémon TCG Pocket and Pokémon TCG Live are trademarks of The Pokémon Company. Screenshots of other sites are shown for comparison.