How the wallet works, one question at a time
Straight answers about the wallet — what happens with no signal, which barcodes it reads, what survives a new phone, and what counts as a card.
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Do my cards work without internet?
Your barcode opens with the data off
Perkd is offline-first. A card you have already added opens, displays and scans with no signal at all — underground, mid-flight, or roaming with data switched off.
Works with no signalWill Perkd read my card’s barcode?
Seventeen symbologies, and a photograph for the rest
Point the camera at the barcode and the card is in. The ones that carry no barcode at all are photographed instead — and behave exactly the same afterwards.
Every barcode, and the cards without oneWhat happens to my cards on a new phone?
Every card, photographs included
Including the ones you photographed, with their pictures — nothing to add back by hand. Perkd unlocks with your face, your fingerprint or a passkey, and what unlocks it is held by the phone, not by Perkd.
New phone, same walletWhat kinds of cards can I put in Perkd?
Seven kinds of card, plus the ones with no name
Loyalty and stamps, memberships, coupons, gift and stored value, tickets and passes, employee and alumni cards, subscriptions — plus anything card-shaped with no category at all, and cards you make yourself.
What you can keep in itCards can do more than this at partner merchants — rewards, offers that apply themselves and in-app payment are on the home page, and fan clubs have their own.