Comparison

CardValet vs My Card Wallet

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

Head to head
About

CardValet

Take full control of your debit and credit cards with instant on/off toggles, spending limits, and location-based restrictions. Receive real-time alerts for all transactions, monitor purchases, and manage your cards digitally from your smartphone.

Highlights
  • Turn cards on/off instantly
  • Set spending limits
  • Restrict usage by location
  • Control merchant categories
  • Receive real-time transaction alerts
  • View purchase history
  • Activate cards and set PIN
Features
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NOTE: This application is powered by Fiserv, Inc. but is activated through specific financial institutions. Check with your financial institution to ensure they participate in CardValet prior to downloading. CardValet helps you efficiently manage your cards digitally. TAKE CONTROL Stay in control of your card. Turn your card ON/OFF, set spending limits, decide where, when and how your card can be used. - Set card to be on or off in an instant, restricting whether it can be used or not - Restrict your card purchases to specific locations (merchants located within a certain range of your phone or select city, state, country or zip code on an expandable interactive map - Select merchant categories (Restaurant, Travel, Entertainment etc.) and transaction types (Instore, eCommerce, ATM etc.) to control purchases on your card - Enable or disable international transactions - Establish spending limits to allow transactions up to a certain dollar value and decline transactions when amounts exceed the thresholds set by you BE ALERT Receive real time alerts on all purchases, select purchases or when a card transaction is attempted but declined. Customize your alert preferences and get notified as per your choice. Alerts are sent in real time, immediately after a transaction has taken place, and help you quickly detect unauthorized activity on your card. VIEW YOUR CARD PURCHASE View your purchases, add memos and tag your purchases for easy tracking. DO IT YOURSELF Mange your card at your fingertips. Activate your card, set card PIN or report your lost/stolen cards seamlessly by making a call from the App. Key Benefits - Receive alerts to monitor transactions and help protect from fraud Actively manage your money and take charge of your card usage - Remotely control and monitor children’s spending - Helps ensure business spending policy compliance

About

My Card Wallet

Securely store your credit and debit card details with robust encryption. Access your information quickly via PIN or biometric authentication, with no developer access to your data.

Highlights
  • Strong encryption
  • Local data storage
  • PIN/Touch ID access
  • Card information storage
  • Simple interface
Features
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My Card Wallet is a secure app for storing bank cards and confidential information. Keep your card details on your device and create encrypted Capsules to prepare important information for someone you trust while staying in control of when it becomes accessible. BANK CARDS ALWAYS WITHIN REACH Add your bank, credit, and debit cards to Wallet and keep their details together in one secure place. • Store card numbers, expiration dates, and notes • Add cards by scanning them or entering details manually • Quickly find the card you need and copy its details • Keep your data only on your device or sync it via iCloud • Protect the app with a PIN, Touch ID, or Face ID Wallet is not a payment service and does not process banking transactions. CAPSULE — SECURE TRANSFER OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION Some information should not simply be sent through a messenger, email, or stored in an ordinary file. But sometimes you need to prepare it in advance for someone you trust. Capsule lets you create encrypted storage for confidential information and provide the recipient with a QR code or link for future access. A Capsule can contain: • confidential notes and instructions • backup codes and two-factor authentication codes • account recovery information • bank account and financial service information • safe codes and information about important documents • crypto wallet recovery information and seed phrases • documents and other important files • work logins and passwords Sharing it now may be too early. Never sharing it may be too risky. Capsule was created for exactly these situations. MULTIPLE LAYERS OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROTECTION Capsule's architecture is designed so that the data required to open it is never kept in one place. Its cryptographic protection includes: • an invitation key contained in the QR code or link • key material generated on the owner's device • additional user-generated entropy • personal security questions The owner also determines the conditions and timing of access. Cryptographic keys are generated on the user's device, and the contents are encrypted before being sent to the server. The server stores only encrypted data and the service information required for Capsule to function. The invitation key is not stored on the server together with the Capsule. Therefore, even if someone obtained copies of encrypted Capsules from the server, that alone would not give them access to their contents. A server breach does not mean a Capsule breach. Wallet's developers cannot access the contents of your Capsules and do not possess all the data required to decrypt them. SHARE NOW — ALLOW ACCESS LATER — STAY IN CONTROL You determine the conditions for accessing your Capsule. Set a date before which it cannot be opened and choose a waiting period after an access request. When someone attempts to open the Capsule, you receive a notification and can approve or reject the request. If you do not respond within the period you set, the recipient can continue the opening process only after passing the protection you configured. You can edit or delete a Capsule, change its access conditions, and reissue its QR code. Once a new QR code is issued, previous links stop working. CURRENCY CONVERTER Wallet also includes a multi-currency converter. Point your camera at a price, and AI will convert it into your selected currency. Keep what you need today. Prepare what someone may need tomorrow. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Service Terms: https://capsule.highglossy.com/legal/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://capsule.highglossy.com/legal/privacy-policy

Screenshots

CardValet4 screens
My Card Wallet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: My Card Wallet at 57% against CardValet's 19%. My Card Wallet also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). CardValet's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ratings volume (19K vs 139). On price, ads, device support 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. My Card Wallet sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. CardValet asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CardValet holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CardValet has 19K ratings behind it against 139, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 19% of CardValet's written reviews are positive against 57% of My Card Wallet's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CardValet ships an update every 4 months, My Card Wallet monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CardValet versus My Card Wallet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardValetMy Card Wallet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (19K ratings) — better4.3 (139 ratings)
Positive reviews18.8% of reviews57.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19K — better139
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFiserv, IncHighglossy FZE

Customer experience

CardValet

All ratings18,753 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews133 reviews
Positive18.8%
Neutral12.8%
Negative68.4%

My Card Wallet

All ratings139 ratings
Positive79.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative35.7%

User reviews

CardValet

From 19K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Real-time transaction alerts
  • 🔒 Ability to lock/unlock card
  • 💡 Customizable spending limits
  • 👍 Convenient card management

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent login issues
  • 🐛 Unreliable connectivity
  • 🐛 Disappearing transaction history
  • 👎 Reduced functionality after updates

My Card Wallet

From 139 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Useful for storing card data
  • 👍 Convenient for forgotten cards
  • 👍 Good interface design
  • 👍 Security features (password prompt)
  • 👍 Works as intended (storage)

Room to improve

  • 👎 Cannot make payments
  • 👎 Perceived as useless by some
  • 👎 Data loss after update
  • 👎 Security concerns
  • 👎 Unclear purpose for some

Bugs and requests

CardValet

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to reset password
  • Inconsistent account syncing
  • Repeated 'too many devices' errors

Requested features

4 requests
  • Balance and spending overview
  • Fingerprint/biometric login
  • Ability to add multiple cards
  • Improved notification system

My Card Wallet

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Data lost after update
  • App crashes after launch
  • Cannot add certain card types (Verve, Belarusian)
  • Error adding some cards
  • Deletes entire file when swiping too fast
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  • Copies spaces incorrectly
  • Doesn't accept Apple Card

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add cards to Apple Wallet
  • Dark mode
  • Assign colors to cards
  • Widget support
  • Manual card add feature
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  • Wallet view
  • Add bank phone numbers
  • Printout feature

In-app purchases

None

CardValet

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

My Card Wallet

Subscriptions6
  • Capsule Basic Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Capsule Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Capsule Max Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Capsule Basic Annual1 Month trial$14.991 Year
  • Capsule Plus Annual$49.991 Year
  • Capsule Max Annual$99.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1 cup$0.99
  • 2 cups$1.99
  • 3 cups$2.99

Questions

Is CardValet free?
CardValet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Card Wallet free?
My Card Wallet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CardValet or My Card Wallet?
CardValet is rated higher. CardValet averages 4.6 out of 5 from 19K ratings, while My Card Wallet averages 4.3 from 139 ratings.
Do CardValet or My Card Wallet have ads?
Neither CardValet nor My Card Wallet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CardValet or My Card Wallet?
CardValet ships an update every 4 months, and My Card Wallet monthly. Most recently, CardValet was updated on October 30, 2026 and My Card Wallet on October 29, 2026.

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