Slate Cards vs Cardonomics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slate Cards
This app helps you maximize rewards by instantly recommending the best credit card for each purchase. It analyzes your cards and suggests merchants, categories, or locations to find the highest points, miles, or cashback.
- Instant card recommendations
- Supports 100+ US credit cards
- Covers major spending categories
- Portfolio analysis
- Identifies wallet gaps
- Recent lookup history
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Still guessing which card to use at checkout? Slate instantly tells you which card earns the most before every purchase — more points, miles, or cashback, every single time. Add the cards in your wallet once. Then search a merchant, tap a category, or use your location. Slate ranks your cards and shows you the best one. No bank login. No account. No data shared. WHAT SLATE DOES — Instant recommendations by merchant, category, or location — Supports 100+ popular US credit cards — Covers dining, groceries, gas, travel, shopping, and more — Portfolio analysis across all your cards at a glance — Spots gaps in your wallet so you know what you're missing — Recent lookup history so repeat visits are one tap WHAT SLATE DOESN'T DO — Connect to your bank — Sell your data — Run ads — Cost you anything
Cardonomics
This app helps you manage and utilize the perks and rewards from your credit cards. It organizes benefits like credits, free nights, and points, so you can easily track what's available, when it expires, and the overall value of your cards.
- Track credits, free nights, and points
- Organize card benefits and expiration dates
- Surface urgent perks and benefits
- Manage certificates and upgrades
- View all points balances in one place
- Log redemptions and estimate value
- Understand card value against annual fees
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Track credits, free nights, points, and value. Your cards have perks. Cardonomics helps you actually use them. Cardonomics is a simple rewards wallet for people who want to get more from their credit cards without tracking everything in a spreadsheet. Premium cards can come with dining credits, travel credits, shopping credits, lounge passes, free night certificates, suite upgrades, annual fees, points balances, and more. The problem is remembering what you have, when it resets, and whether each card is actually worth keeping. Cardonomics brings it all into one organized view. Track your card benefits See your credits, annual fees, and estimated value across every card. Check what is available, what needs to be activated, and what is coming up next. Know what to use next Cardonomics helps surface credits and perks by urgency, so you can focus on the benefits that need attention now instead of digging through card portals and terms. Manage certificates Keep hotel free nights, suite upgrades, club access awards, and other certificates in one place. Add expiration dates, point values, notes, and redemption details so valuable perks do not get forgotten. See all your points View your bank, hotel, and airline balances together in a clean wallet built for rewards users. Log redemptions in seconds Record when you use a credit, redeem a certificate, or receive value from a stay. Add notes, estimate the value received, and keep your running totals up to date. Understand card value Compare the value you have received against annual fees and see which cards are pulling their weight. Cardonomics is built for travelers, points enthusiasts, and anyone with multiple rewards cards who wants a calmer way to stay organized. Whether you are tracking a monthly dining credit, a semiannual hotel credit, a free night certificate, or a points balance, Cardonomics gives you a clear place to manage it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cardonomics at 15.0 against Slate Cards's 17.5. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Slate Cards against 5.0 for Cardonomics. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | Slate Cards | Cardonomics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leon Tan | Subscribe, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Slate Cards
No in-app purchases
Cardonomics
No in-app purchases









