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After I tripled it my money by pulling the price Pokemon cards from the digital packs on the Rips app, I knew right away what I had to do: keep ripping. It was time to shut down, max out my mods, and start spending real money and unlocking more expensive packs.
These digital cards, designed for quick swipes and instant rewards, are rising in popularity. People downloaded it Rip app more than 6 million times since its launch in October 2025, with half of those downloads occurring in the past two months, according to the source. Apptopia. You pay money to drop digital packs and win physical cards, but you also have the chance to sell them back.
Rips is an example of an online era where I have new and innovative ways to gamble on any computer. From sports betting to prediction marketsthe smartphone in my pocket is the hottest place to lose everything when I’m trying to make a quick buck. Rips did not respond to WIRED’s request for comment.
Even before I tried Rips, I was familiar with the platform from the endless sales of TikTok. Some popular apps offer similar features, such as RipIt from Influencer Logan Paul. These platforms support the popularity of ripping open cards, often Pokémon promotional cards, to find rare cards that sell for a lot of money. This app is for users 18 years of age and older.
Courtesy of Reece Rogers
Courtesy of Reece Rogers
Since Rips offers to buy cards instantly, users have the opportunity to earn thousands of dollars more than when they started ripping packs during the day. Well, unless you’re me—then you just turn on the cash and leave without cash or cards.
Time for Rip
When I first opened Rips, I was greeted with what appeared to be an AI-generated image of a neon vending machine, filled with stacks of cards and bathed in an eerie light as it stood alone in a dark, nondescript warehouse. The full name of the app is Rips by Triumph-Triumph also works a popular program where users pay to play Arcade games and earn money.
The core mechanic of Rips software is ripping bright, single-card packs. Users can choose from PokémonBasketball, or One piece cards. The cheapest option is the Pokémon Starter Pack, which costs $1, and goes up to the Pokémon Diamond Pack, which costs $2,500 to unlock digitally. You can adjust your volatility level in most of these settings. High volatility means you have increased chances of picking cards at the lower end of the spectrum and less chance of pulling something in the mid range.
If a user opens a $1 pack, the cheapest card they can pull is 10 cents, and the most expensive is $20. At the other end of the price range, packs of $2,500, the shooter is guaranteed a card worth $850 at the very bottom, but the most expensive card he can pull is worth $82,166.
