Loyalty Card Keychain
Loyalty Card Keychain is a application which will store your barcode-based loyalty cards on your phone. The application is open source and tries to do one thing well: manage your cards!
New cards can be added in a snap. Either use your camera to capture the barcode, or type in the number. When the barcode is loaded at the store and displayed it can be scanned with a modern barcode scanner. (Some stores use older barcode scanners, such as flatbed scanners, instead of image scanners. These cannot read the smartphone's display. Instead, request the clerk to type in the number manually).
The application requires very few permissions, and never attempts to access the Internet. There is an option to backup your cards to local storage. From there you can send the backup somewhere safe.
This application is open source, and can be found at:
https://github.com/brarcher/loyalty-card-locker
Please direct any feature requests, bug reports, or other contributions there. If you are interested in translating the app for another language, you may find it listed on Transifex:
https://www.transifex.com/na-243/loyalty-card-locke
Category : Shopping
Reviews (29)
I had to get a new app after my previous one wouldn't work after my phone upgrade. Downloaded three different apps of this type and this was the easy winner. Simple interface, easy to upload all my cards, and nothing fancy. A few cards added a number or letter at the end (easily edited), and it was weird having to select the style of scanning code (makes me nervous if I did it right), so we'll see how it works in practice.
I recently had to upgrade my trusty Note 4. Barclone, an app that I had used for loyalty cards is no longer maintained and its backup restore function no longer works. Loyalty Card Keychain is everything I was looking for in a replacement: ad-free, local backups, low footprint, scan and manual capture options, flexible UI ... with a card capture facility that is better than the app I had been using. And it thus far has performed flawlessly. I'm very pleased.
Installed and having a problem with a scanned card. I tried today to use my phone instead of the card and it wouldn't scan properly. We proceeded entering the numbers manually and realized that a one was added to the card number. Needs to be fixed. Update. It seems it was only the Air Miles card as all the other cards are okay. Manually corrected the Air Miles card with me bar code. Thanks DEVS for a good app with no ads and respect for privacy.
Great app, easy to use and straight forward. Only thing missing is ability to sort cards into a custom order or into any order other than alphabetical, I'd like to order my cards in most used or most likely to use order. Can be done with numerals in the card name but that's not an elegant solution.
I haven't had to carry a wallet since installing this excelent App, brilliant. Clean simple interface, tiny memory footprint (between only 12 & 30% that of the higher rated competition!), & free! Would have given 5 stars if it would facilitate customisation of list order (displays cards in alphabetical order only). I will contact the dev with this suggestion, & happily upgrade rating to 5 stars should they impliment it.
It looks like a good start but I don't get what's so awesome about it currently. Useless without front & back photo snapshots. Plus a way to export /backup would be excellent (though very few cards apps I've seen has this feature so I'm not knocking this project for lack of it).
Great app. You truly understood what a loyalty card apps should be: basic and easy to use, not invading user's privacy, no stupid coupon/offer/ads approach. Well done! It would be great to be able to add a picture to the card (allowing to browse visually your cards)
Numbers only. I have annual membership passes that have my picture on it. The barcode is not enough to get into the Zoo / Aquarium. Please consider adding the ability to add images, front and back. I would love to ditch the cards.
Card information is easy to enter. The user interface is simple, efficient and to the point. I like that the app uses minimal permissions (no network access needed) and doesn't bombard me with advertisements.
Plus: Lightweight, quick, open source, not sharing info with 3rd parties, and import and export of data to allow easy transfer. Small minus: Would be nice if images of front and back could be scanned and stored in the app / scanned logos used as IDs in user interface.
An app that deserves 5 stars! There are tons of apps which need Devs like you. There is no decent dedicated standalone "video player" in the app store that doesn't require "network viewing" or "access permission" (unnecessary permissions), similarly this app store is lacking permission free "office suite", "screen recorder" (which works), "book reader" (every type of text file and pdf reader) & more. We are living in a no privacy era & we all need Devs like you. Thank you for your contributions.
No BS app Like others loyalty apps. This is it for my cards. Add web page field and something like taking pictures of cards and cropping them for card logo. Barcode reader can successful scan all of my cards. Nice little add free app.
Seems to be a good app, but having issues trying to add a widget - drag the widget to the screen, but all it does is open the app when i drop it - ie doesn't actually add the widget to the screen. Using pixel 3/Android 11/Nova launcher
Awesome app, love the simplicity and the fact that is not cloud oriented as I value my privacy _VERY_ much. One major improvement, IMHO, would be some sorting options, like "custom" or "frequency of use".
This app is awesome and truly useful. Thank you dev for your work! The new dark mode is truly useful, however I would appreciate if you added a "true black mode" for AMOLED displays. Keep up the great work!
Added my cards very quickly and easily. I like that the data is on my phone, not some server somewhere. Highly recommend for the security conscious person.
Never had any issues with this app.I don't use it much because I prefer the feel of real cards, but it's saved me a few times when I've forgotten my wallet. Update: I also use it to access websites/businesses that use QR codes.
Simple and straightforward local storage, no unnecessary cloud account, no junk or ads and totally free. Five stars! Would appreciate the possibility to add a little (company) image/logo/icon to each card that would be visible in the card listing, for a more fancy look of the cards
great app and no sharing of data. thanks for making this open source. i like the easy bar code scanning and was able to upload 10 of my loyalty and library cards easily.
Easy to use and no ads. What's not to like. One thought - how about an option to choose the order they are displayed rather than just alphabetically ?? Great work 👍
Exactly what I was looking for. Now I can save so much room in my wallet, and feel very tech savvy when I check out at my favorite stores! Free, simple, no ads: the way good apps should be!
Like the app, it is easy to use and simple in its format. Also like you can choose a color for each header.
Perfect! Simple to set up, simple to use. Does the one thing I want it to do (store my loyalty card data), doesn't try to do anything else. THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!!
You sir are my new best friend. 😎 This is EXACTLY the app i needed since CardStar shut down. Just a basic app to store the loyalty cards that retailers force you into. 😂 Fantastic job! Love the local backup too. 🤘
I like the simplicity, no ads, and very limited permissions. It would be nice to be able to pin cards to the top of list.
Useful tool to get rid of all the plastic cards from my wallet. Can tap on the code to slide the barcode to one end of the screen (necessary to slide into my library's barcode scanner slot.)
Fine performer. Just one problem ... There is no way to transfer the data to a new phone and it doesn't look like there's any way to get support. Otherwise, I would give this app five stars.
Perfect. No ads, it's fast and doesn't have you standing in line waiting for the info to pull up to give to the cashier like Stocard did.... Nice job!!!
Simple and efficient procedure to add a new card - any loyalty card, or edit its appearance or code. No ads (for now, at least)! Just what I was hoping for in my attempts with some other apps of this kind. Eventually, custom order of the cards could be enabled and some graphical help (illustration) of the terms in the Settings because there are several very similar terms and some illustration of their definition would help. But even if nothing else is done, it beats many other apps.