Die Cast Shelf
Hot Wheels & diecast tracker for iPhone. Pay once for Pro.
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I collect Hot Wheels and got tired of spreadsheet tabs and apps that make you sign up and pay every month. I built Die Cast Shelf for iPhone and iPad: shelf, wishlist, and trade list. Scan a barcode in the aisle or at home. Free tier is 50 cars with the offline catalog, duplicate checks, and export. Pro is $9.99 once for unlimited cars and Peg Hunt at the store. iCloud sync is optional and uses your Apple ID.
PH · launched Oct 24, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 67%) · 0 views
Niche: collectibles and currency tracking apps · 54 launches, 5 in the last 7 days ▼ -44% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Cars
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Could you build this?
Partial The iOS shelf, wishlist, and barcode scanning UI are vibe-codeable, but a useful offline Hot Wheels catalog and barcode database is proprietary data that must be gathered and maintained.
What it would actually take: Build an iOS app in SwiftUI with local storage, barcode scanning via AVFoundation, and an in-app purchase for Pro. The hard part is the diecast catalog: it needs a curated, regularly updated database of castings, barcodes, and images, built from collectors' data or licensed sources. Sustaining that data takes domain effort more than engineering skill.
Competitors
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Attention rank: #59 of 98 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 48 days after the earliest competitor.
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