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Recover what's already yours

Spend the gift cards you forgot you had.

CardOwl keeps every gift card, loyalty card, and store credit in one place — for any store, big or small — then reminds you when you walk in where you can spend it.

No ads or data salesiPhone, Android, and ChromeWorks at any store
CardOwl Cards screen showing gift cards and a $200 total balance
Nearby balance
$52.00 at this store
$3–5B
forfeited every year on unredeemed gift cards
43%
of U.S. adults have at least one unused card
$27B
in unused gift-card balances across U.S. households

Sources: Bankrate/YouGov 2024; Mercator Advisory Group / Retail Gift Card Association via CNBC.

The right card. The right moment.

Your cards, always ready.

In a few taps, the money you forgot about starts working for you again.

Every card, every store

CardOwl works with any merchant — from national chains to the pizza place down the street. No store's too small.

Add cards in seconds

Scan it, enter it manually, or forward it from email. No long forms required.

Reminded where it counts

A single, useful nudge arrives when you're somewhere you can spend a saved balance.

Three steps. Then it runs in the background.

Less remembering. More using.

CardOwl handles the background work so the balance shows up at the moment it can save you money.

Add your cards

Type, scan, or email. Physical cards, e-gifts, loyalty cards, and store credit all fit.

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See nearby balances

Open Nearby to see which stores around you have money waiting, with the balance right there.

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Get one useful reminder

Turn on store alerts and CardOwl nudges you when you arrive. One tap brings up the card details.

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Nearby On device
You save a store, then forget about it.
Privacy-first, by design

How does CardOwl know you're near a store?

The honest answer: it doesn't. Your phone does.

That match happens on your device — your phone compares where you are to your saved stores, so your live location never has to leave it to trigger a reminder.

Matching happens on your phone, never on a server.
Card numbers and PINs are sealed to a key only your phone holds — we keep just the last four digits readable, so you can tell your cards apart.
Read the privacy policy
Remembered at the right moment

Stop leaving your money at the register.

Join the waitlist for early access. CardOwl is coming to iPhone, Android, and Chrome.

No ads. We don't sell your data. No surprises.