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Four apps, one question each answers differently
They all try to name the right card. They differ in what they take to do it, and in where the answer reaches you.
- Products
- 4
- Rows
- 9
- Source
- Public docs
- Updated
- September 2026
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CardSwipe
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Third-party productKudos
Third-party productCardPointers
Third-party productSummary
0
credentials collected
1
issuer login per card
1
browser extension
0
credentials required
- What it is
- You type the cards you carry. Merchant location resolves the store.Links your card accounts with your issuer logins to read spend and offers.Sits in the browser at checkout and recommends a card for that purchase.You add cards by hand; offers can be activated through a linked extension.
- Setup
- Type your card names, onceSign in to each card accountInstall the extension, link a cardType your card names, once
- Needs a bank or issuer login
- No, neverYesPartly, card linkingNo
- Where the answer appears
- Lock Screen and Apple Watch, before you unlockIn the app, when you open itIn the browser at checkoutIn the app and its widgets
- Works at a physical counter
- Yes, that is the whole pointYes, if you open the appWeakest hereYes
- Reads your transactions
- NoYesAt checkoutNo
- Issuer offers
- Reminds you, you tapActivates them for youSurfaces them at checkoutCan activate through the extension
- States when merchant coding is uncertain
- Yes, on the card itselfNot shownNot shownNot shown
- Platforms
- iOS 18 and watchOS 11iOS and AndroidBrowser, iOS and AndroidiOS, macOS, browser
Each column is summarised from that product's own public description of how it works, in September 2026. Where a product changes, this page changes. CardPointers is the closest peer: it also refuses the bank login, and it is a good app. Why CardSwipe refuses the login too.
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