# Gift Card Balance (GCB) — user reviews > 57 indexed App Store user reviews of Gift Card Balance (GCB) by Aifen Sun, rated 2.30/5 from 144 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gift-card-balance-gcb/id1438289999/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gift-card-balance-gcb/id1438289999.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 34 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 91 ## What do users think of Gift Card Balance (GCB)? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Stores gift card information - 👍 Can store card photos - 👍 Text recognition from photos - 👍 Handy auto-filling card numbers - 👍 Checks card balances online - 👍 Stores multiple gift cards together - 👍 Useful for Disney e-gift cards **Cons** - 💸 App steals money from gift cards - 💸 Charges credit card without permission - 💸 Scams users for money - 💸 Misleading free trials with hidden charges - 💸 Takes remaining balance from gift cards - 💸 Unsolicited charges from unknown companies - 💸 Requires credit card info for verification - 👎 Lots of ads and pop-ups - 👎 Difficult to get rid of ads - 👎 Unworkable due to ads - 👎 Not useful, waste of time - 👎 Clunky and worthless interface - 👎 Terrible app, -10 stars - 👎 Hoax, goes to movie app - 👎 Not usable, text blacked out - 👎 Confusing and annoying - 👎 Poor customer service - 👎 Doesn't work as advertised - 👎 Manual input required, pain - 👎 Sketchy app - 👎 No functionality, just ads - 👎 Can't get past ads and credit card requirement - 👎 Pure trash - 👎 Complete trash, doesn't give balance - 👎 Doesn't help with desired function - 👎 Horrible interface - 👎 Misleading pop-ups - 👎 Doesn't check balance - 👎 App stinks - 👎 Extremely poor user interface - 👎 Confusing and doesn't do anything - 👎 Unusable, text not visible - 👎 App is unusable - 👎 Scam of time and money - 👎 Useless, all 5-star reviews are bought - 👎 Not a safe way to store information - 👎 Risky to store information **Commonly reported bugs** - Pop-ups hide the interface with no way to clear - Broken functionality - Random redirects to advertiser websites - App asks for balance when user doesn't know it - Developer disappeared, no support available - In-app purchases disappear into a black hole - Login screen freezes - Incompatible with older devices - Text is not visible - App asks for credit card for location verification - App redirects to a movie app **Most requested features** - Provide a tutorial on how to use the app - Add a dark mode option - Improve user-friendliness of the interface - Add more gift card support - Offer automated balance checking - Enhance security for stored information ## Newest reviews (18 of 57) ### 3/5 — I think this would be a valuable app if it was easier to use *2023-02-25, version 3.0.219* Perhaps you could give a tutorial on how to use it? ### 1/5 — Total scam *2022-12-27, version 3.0.219* Do not put card info in! Update: Somehow this company got ahold of my apple ID password and has been charging my credit card over the past few days. I deleted the app and somehow it still says “open” when checked in the app store. These people are dirty and you will have to spend a lot of time trying to resolve if you download. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2022-08-22, version 3.0.219* Super sketchy app.. ### 1/5 — Nice idea. *2022-07-17, version 3.0.219* Shame it's just ads and now functionality. Don't bother. ### 2/5 — Why my credit card info is needed? *2022-04-27, version 3.0.219* Why do I have to give my credit card information if my card isn’t going to be charged. It states it’s used for location verification. I don’t think you need my credit card number to tell where I am located. I couldn’t get past this part to even use the app. ### 1/5 — Not sure if your at fault *2022-03-21, version 3.0.219* But i had bought a 25 dollar visa gift card. spent about ten dollars. saw this app put the information in and the rest of the 15 dollars was Stolen. so if your able to track anything let me know. as someone took the 15 dollars and put it into their paypal. ### 1/5 — HORRIBLE!!! *2022-02-24, version 3.0.219* Worthless and clunky piece of junk. Don’t even waste your time. ### 1/5 — Dose not work *2022-01-13, version 3.0.217* It doesn’t work and is just a waste of time ### 1/5 — Absolutely Useless *2021-12-31, version 3.0.208* Constant pop up adds, the text is not visible so you do not know what you are even looking at. do not recommend. ### 1/5 — Likely a scam, don’t waste your time. *2021-12-30, version 3.0.208* It literally ask you to input the balance of the card… if I knew why would I download this. Complete garbage app ### 1/5 — App is unusable *2021-12-29* This app is not usable, all the writing is blacked out and I cannot check the balance of my card, and I’m bombarded with ads. My morning has been ruined! ### 1/5 — Monkey devolepers *2021-11-14, version 3.0.208* Litterally a bunch of monkeys who freaking uploaded this app, I don’t even know how this is on the App Store, scam of your time and money. ### 1/5 — G *2021-05-27, version 3.0.208* Pure trash ### 1/5 — Don’t download this *2021-04-23, version 3.0.197* The app is complete trash, it doesn’t give you any balance, it’s just bad, don’t waste your time nor your phone storage, just dont👎👎👎👎 ### 1/5 — Don’t waist your time... *2021-03-06, version 3.0.197* I was looking to see the balances of a few gift cards, I couldn’t get the answer to my question. I was bombarded with ads and everything was super confusing and annoying. I would only recommend this to my enemy! 👎 ### 1/5 — I don’t understand this *2021-02-17, version 3.0.197* I don’t understand this app how do u add money to it ### 1/5 — Exceptionaly poor customer service. *2021-01-24, version 3.0.197* To be shared with every social media available within minutes thanks. I personally purchased a visa gift card from 7-11 convenience store where I have been working at for over 2 years now and it doesn’t work at all! Spoke to 2 customer service agents at your customer support services without any resolution to date as promised by them plus with this purchase came a $100.00 gift card from Westfield shopping center. No I am stuck with $200.00 of useless gift cards that cost me my money. My email is : fieldtheophilus 39@gmail .com thanks! ### 1/5 — STOLE MY MONEY *2020-12-10, version 3.0.197* After entering my gift card number, money was used on the card without my permission. DO NOT USE THIS APP ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — I would put -5 if I could *2026-04-01, version 3.0.219* Just junk application. Lots of ads. Not useful at all, just waste of time. ### 1/5 — So many pop ups *2025-07-25, version 3.0.219* This thing has so many pop ups that are difficult to get rid of. It makes it truly Unworkable ### 1/5 — READ THE SMALL PRINT !! *2024-01-22, version 3.0.219* Why is it asking for MY credit card info, when this is supposed to be a app to get gift card balances… OH YEAH CUZ THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME $32 a month after they give me a “free 2 day trial “ mummmm thanks but no thanks !!! ### 1/5 — Me *2023-10-01, version 3.0.219* I put a credit card number in thinking there would be no charge. My card company blocked the transaction and there was a charge for $1.25. I’m deleting your app. ### 1/5 — Gcb app *2023-09-30, version 3.0.219* Terrible app -10 stars 👎👎👎👎👎👎 ### 1/5 — Hoax *2023-09-28, version 3.0.219* It takes information including credit card and the scanner doesn’t exist. It goes to a movie app. Don’t waste your time ### 1/5 — This company is a rip off do not d/l. *2023-08-13, version 3.0.219* I put my gift card info in this app and 29.90 the remaining bal on my card was taken. Apple need to monitor these crooks in this App Store. Beware!! ### 1/5 — Not usable *2023-05-20, version 3.0.219* Can’t get past all the ads and credit card requirement (?!?) in order to use the app for its stated purpose - ie to check a gift card balance. ### 1/5 — App *2023-04-05, version 3.0.219* Terrible app ### 1/5 — Not at all as advertised *2023-01-21, version 3.0.219* This app provides no real value. Everything had to be manually input. What a pain. Don’t waste time with this thing. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Refund *2025-09-23, version 3.0.219* When will I get my full refund 324.90 dollar back. I am show there 4 charges from HK trading LLC I don’t know what it for. It’s scam and police call fir me and say it scam. Your company vanilla gift card is fraud scam and not cooperative with customers. Me and several customers talk and already file lawsuit against your company through general attorney state ### 5/5 — * *2025-06-03, version 3.0.219* * ### 5/5 — Great app! *2020-03-25, version 3.0.197* So useful! ### 5/5 — Very useful! *2019-11-01, version 3.0.197* Love it for my Disney e-gift cards! ### 5/5 — Accurate information *2019-09-19, version 3.0.195* I really like this app because it does what I needed to do In no time I get the current balance and have no hesitation searching any gift card ### 5/5 — Hi *2019-07-21, version 2.3.62* Good . Thanks ### 5/5 — room for improvements. *2019-03-30, version 2.3.57* giftcards wallet with bonus features to save images, take screenshots, text recognition from photo and most importantly possible solution to get dollar balance. ### 5/5 — recommended *2019-03-26, version 2.3.56* love the app it did a great job for my card. photo editing is a little old fashioned but text recognition is awesome. no typing, long number is picked up from photo. sweet ### 5/5 — what the app can do *2019-03-25, version 2.3.55* store gift card entry, store card photo, save balance web page as screenshot, additional links to merchant website, balance check online, phone numbers, quite some gift cards available (but not all have online balance). overall not so bad comparing to doing everything manually. ### 5/5 — awesome app *2019-03-16, version 2.3.51* have put all my cards in it. you store card number first, then it takes you to webpage to get the balance. very handy that long card number is filled in automatically. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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