CardStar Now Available For BlackBerry and Android

Wow, it's over 3.5mb for the app. I'll give it a whirl, though.

Thanks, AZ!

this looks like an awesome app to have- i hate carrying all the little keychains- and i have like 6 or 7 of them!

It really is convenient, so many times I have run into the store while my son was waiting in the car(keeping the car running and the A/C cranking is always a good thing here in AZ) then get to the register and realize my shopper card is on my keyring out in the car (duh!). Now my cards are all on my phone.....I may not always carry my purse or my keys, but my phone is always in my hand so I always have my cards!

Hey, isn't that screenshot from iPhone? Where do I download?

Found it search "Cardstar" in the app store.

Haha, yeah, that's from when I posted about the iphone version way back in july it's in the app store

Great app....I don't even carry my cards because there is one for every store out there. This will save the time of having to give a phone number and name...

Seems like a cool app, cant wait to give it a whirl! Dont have alot of them on my keyring but it will be nice to get the few i have off of my keyring!!

Sounds like a great app, heading over now to snatch it up, Thanks!

Just put my cards on it. I'll give it a try tomorrow at one the grocery stores I go to. Thanks

So its those little keychains cards made into an app?

Like Food Lion , American Eagle, CVS, Best Buy Reward Program, Sears, have those barcodes on back with numbers?

You just enter the numbers into this app and the cashier can scan it and it still works asif you were scanning those little card keychains things?

Yep, exactly. I have my local supermarkets, american eagle, LA Fitness, CVS, and many others loaded on my phone. Works just the same as the cards......but cooler....especially if you get a cashier that never saw it before....they will be awed by your geeky coolness

Now this is definitely an app I could use. Gotta love the innovation of some people. I have 5-6 different cards I carry around for different businesses. Will have to download this one later.

There are some other similar apps for Android that have been around for a while like keyring which work well too. Unfortunately CardStar did not do enough testing before their Android release and it does not work properly on many devices. Some complaining of force closes and others(like me) where the barcode scanner does not work so I have to manually enter my cards into the app's data base instead of simply scanning with the phone's camera. But I know that their iPhone version is awesome so I have faith they will get the bugs worked out of the Android version.

I wonder why the safeway and petco unable to scan the barcode from my phone. It does not work? HMM well the numbers are there and they just typed them in.. Great app still. ***** 5 STAR Rating *****

Originally Posted by azstar

Yep, exactly. I have my local supermarkets, american eagle, LA Fitness, CVS, and many others loaded on my phone. Works just the same as the cards......but cooler....especially if you get a cashier that never saw it before....they will be awed by your geeky coolness

Currently I have American Eagle on mine.
I tried putting Subway Points Card on there but it doesn't show a bar code when you press menu key and select Show Bar code.
It just shows the numbers.

If you have any issues check out the FAQ on their site or contact them by email at support @ mycardstar dot com

I haven't had a chance to use it in the store yet, but I like the concept.

They need to tweak the app a little, though. Did an OS upgrade on my device yesterday and the card information does not get backed up. Had to re-enter everything.

I know I've heard that they're also working on improvements to make scanning on a flatbed scanner work better.

Just saw on BerryReview that CardStar has come out with some great and much needed enhancements, including:

• Reduced its size by 70% to 1.1MB
• Added SD Card backup and restore
• Search box in the merchant list
• Other misc bug fixes.

Find out more at www.mycardstar.com or download OTA here.

Yes, they have been working hard on this app to optimize it for BB and Android, they also fixed the Android version so the scanner is working so cards don't have to be manually entered. I use this app regularly and it works great!