Now that every store, gas station and other company under the sun has some form of card they want you to scan at each visit, Cardstar is definitely a welcome addition to the iTunes store. This app is exactly what I was looking for as far as saving space in my wallet and on my keychain. In fact I had tried to do the same thing on my own by taking pictures of my club cards for and storing them in my phone only to find out that it didn’t really work.

With Cardstar, instead of actually photographing the cards, you can pick the cards, such as for Blockbuster, CVS, Safeway, etc., from their database and just put in your membership number. The app then generates the barcode from your number in a hi-res picture that scans quite nicely. You can also choose other options, such as width of the barcode, by selecting advanced from the bottom of the screen. Add new cards by searching by category according to the type of store. Or, if you don’t see the merchant listed, add it yourself by selecting other and typing it in.

Thanks to this app, my wallet has become less cumbersome to carry and use. I am very pleased with how well it creates the bar codes and have had great success using it. I would recommend this to anyone who has a lot of those credit card size cards, which would probably be everyone in America. Store employees may look at you a little funny at first, but soon they’ll be asking you where they too can get their hands on the app.

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