Card Shark

Get your money's worth from every card.

Card Shark keeps track of your statement credits, 5% categories and annual fees, and reminds you before anything runs out. No bank login and no card numbers.

Coming soon to the App Store How your data is handled
What it keeps track of

The perks you're already paying for

Premium cards come with credits and bonuses that are easy to forget. Card Shark lists every one for the cards you hold and tells you when to use them.

Monthly, half-year and yearly credits

Dining, rideshare, hotel and travel credits, each with a reminder before it resets. Mark one used with a tap.

Amex Gold: Uber Cash $10 a month · Resy $50 every six months · Dunkin' $7 a month

Rotating 5% categories

A reminder to activate each quarter, what this quarter's categories are, and how close you are to the cap.

Freedom Flex · 5% on up to $1,500 a quarter

Did the annual fee pay off?

Card Shark adds up what each card gave back this card year and puts it next to the fee, so renewal time is an easy call.

$482 chomped back of a $650 fee, 30 days before renewal

Which card to use

Pick groceries, dining, gas or travel and see which of your cards gives the most back, in dollars or points.

$200 of groceries: $12 back at 6%, $2 at 1%

Built in with their credits, fees and perks: American Express cards from Platinum and Gold to Delta, Hilton and Marriott, plus Chase Freedom Flex, World of Hyatt and IHG, and Citi AAdvantage. More are on the way, and you can add any other card yourself.

Will Shark, a whale shark in a navy suit, holding up a gold card
Setup in about a minute

Meet Will Shark

"Hi, I'm Will Shark! I'll help you set up Card Shark. It takes about a minute."

  1. Pick your cards. Tap each one and it goes in your wallet.
  2. When you opened them. The month is enough to know when credits and fees come round.
  3. Any welcome bonus. Will keeps track of what's left to spend and the deadline.
  4. What matters most. It goes first on your Home screen.
  5. Reminders. Only for money you could lose, as early as you like.
Spending goals

Goals, if you'd spend the money anyway

Welcome offers, hotel free nights and airline status all have a spending target and a deadline. Card Shark shows your pace and what's left. Reminders when you fall behind are off unless you turn them on.

  • Welcome offer$8,000 in 6 months
  • Hilton free night$15,000 in a calendar year
  • Delta Medallion status1 MQD for every $10

A goal is only worth chasing with spending you'd do anyway. Buying things to hit one costs more than it earns.

Your Chomper

A shark that grows as your cards pay off

Everyone starts with a little bamboo shark. Every credit and perk you use adds to what you've chomped this year, and each time that reaches another half of your annual fees, your Chomper grows.

  • Bamboo SharkWhere everyone starts
  • Leopard SharkHalf your fees back
  • MakoFees paid back
  • Hammerhead1.5× your fees
  • Tiger Shark2× your fees
  • Great White2.5× your fees

It only grows from money back, never from spending, and it never shrinks. Tap a fish in the app for fun facts about the real animal.

Your data

What Card Shark doesn't ask for

You add your cards by name, and Card Shark works from there.

Card numbers

Card Shark only needs to know which cards you have, not their numbers.

Bank logins

Nothing connects to your bank or card accounts.

An account

Everything stays on your phone. Sign in only if you want a backup.

Ads or tracking

No ads, no analytics, and nothing is sold or shared for advertising.

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