Pay to Play and Generally Not Worth It – Topps® NHL SKATE™ Card Trader Review

I used to love this app. After having used this since last February I have collected many cards, spent over $100 and enjoyed other users. I loved talking with other hockey fans and getting trades for cards I couldn’t get. Recently everything has changed. Diamonds have made this app completely pay to play. The cards that are diamonds only are more valuable, sometimes being high scoring cards that can be used in contests. So if you never spend a dollar on this app you will be at a severe disadvantage. There is no way that 10K a day and 25K once a week is going to help when there are at least a couple of releases per day with odds that make pulling most inserts impossible. A recent update has make things very slow. While playing contests it can take sometimes up to 30-60 seconds for the cards to show up. That can make things very difficult when adding or removing cards in an unlimited contest. Lastly I have found that some users on this app are downright mean. It’s one thing to disagree with a comment. It’s another to decide to personally attack or belittle someone just because of it. This has seemed to have gotten worse. My opinion is that it is because they know they will get away with it. There needs to be a way to better police the comments before they get out of hand. I personally have found that this app is no longer fun and have decided that it’s best to leave this app. Physical cards are more fun and not as expensive. You get what you pay for with them which isn’t the case with digital cards which have no use outside of the app.
Review by SOD on Topps® NHL SKATE™ Card Trader.