Comparison

Cardugo vs ChronosMap

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Cardugo

Securely store all your payment cards, bank accounts, and notes offline with advanced encryption. Enjoy visually stunning card designs and intelligent input features without any data collection or cloud sync.

Highlights
  • Zero data collection and no network connections
  • AES-256-GCM encryption with PBKDF2-SHA256
  • Face ID integration for instant unlock
  • Customizable card visuals with real bank themes
  • Intelligent input with IIN mapping and Luhn validation
  • Encrypted backup and restore functionality
  • Support for credit, debit, bank accounts, and notes
Features
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ZERO DATA COLLECTION, BY DESIGN Most card wallet apps include analytics SDKs, phone home on launch, or sync to a cloud you never agreed to. Cardugo contains no networking code of any kind - not disabled, just absent. Your data cannot leave your device. • Zero outbound network connections - ever • No analytics, no crash reporting, no tracking SDKs • No permissions requested - only Face ID, and only if you enable it • No account required - no email, no sign-up, no server • No cloud sync - you own your data, period REAL ENCRYPTION. NO BACKDOORS. Every sensitive field - card number, CVV, PIN, notes - is encrypted with AES-256-GCM before being written to storage. The encryption key is derived from your 6-digit PIN using PBKDF2-SHA256 with 200,000 iterations. Turn on Face ID for instant unlock - a copy of the key is sealed in the iOS Keychain and never leaves your device. Forget your PIN and there is no reset path, no recovery email, and no backdoor. That is the point. STUNNING CARD VISUALS Every card is rendered at the exact ISO 7816 credit-card dimensions. Choose from 115 real bank card themes or build your own with 3 layouts, 4 font styles, 12 background patterns, 10 gradient presets, and multiple chip and stripe styles. Fluid card flips, a stacked deck that fans open, and natural drag-to-reorder keep everything moving at a smooth pace. INTELLIGENT INPUT Cardugo suggests the issuing bank and card name from ~2,900 IIN mappings and auto-detects the payment network as you type. Real-time Luhn checksum validation catches typos before you save. BACKUP AND RESTORE Export an encrypted .cardugo backup file protected by a password of your choice - independent of your app PIN. Import merges into your existing collection without overwriting anything. WHAT YOU CAN STORE • Credit, debit, and prepaid cards • Bank accounts with routing and account numbers • Free-form encrypted notes up to 500 characters per card • Unlimited cards with drag-to-reorder 8 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Korean.

About

ChronosMap

Features
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ChronosMap is an interactive timeline map for exploring people, events, and journeys across time and place. Open a map to see where things happened, when they happened, and how different lives and events connect geographically. Move the timeline, inspect locations, follow personal trajectories, and discover dense areas of activity through visual map layers. You can also create your own maps. Add people, events, and trajectory points directly in the app, or import photos to automatically create location-based journey points from their time and GPS metadata. It is useful for personal travel memories, historical research, biographies, field notes, and any story that is best understood through both time and geography. Key Features: Interactive map with timeline navigation People, events, and trajectory points in one unified view Create and edit custom maps directly in the app Import photos to generate personal journey points Geo Lens for inspecting everything that happened around a location Timeline markers that reveal periods of activity Multilingual interface Works across iPhone, iPad, and Mac ChronosMap helps you turn scattered moments into a clear spatial timeline.

Screenshots

Cardugo4 screens
ChronosMap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cardugo at weekly against ChronosMap's fortnightly. ChronosMap's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cardugo ships an update weekly, ChronosMap fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Cardugo versus ChronosMap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardugoChronosMap
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYadong Hu洪霆 郝

In-app purchases

None

Cardugo

No in-app purchases

None

ChronosMap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cardugo free?
Cardugo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChronosMap free?
ChronosMap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cardugo or ChronosMap have ads?
Neither Cardugo nor ChronosMap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cardugo or ChronosMap?
Cardugo ships an update weekly, and ChronosMap fortnightly. Most recently, Cardugo was updated on October 24, 2026 and ChronosMap on October 29, 2026.

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