CardCue Pro
iPhone & Apple Watch
Made in Utah
Launched August 2026

One man, one app, and $27 billion of your forgotten money.

Open your junk drawer. Some of that $27 billion is yours. Christian Sorensen built CardCue Pro to help you find and use your share. He is also the designer, the marketer and, when something breaks, the support desk. One scan reads a card's brand, balance, barcode, PIN and expiration date. Everything goes in one place: gift cards, store credit, punch passes and memberships. Walk near a store where your money is waiting, and your phone speaks up, even with the app fully closed. At the register, your iPhone or Apple Watch shows the barcode. Free for three active cards, no account. There is even a national day for it: National Use Your Gift Card Day, the third Saturday in January, which lands on January 16 in 2027.

$27 billion
sits unspent on America's gift cards and store credit; $3 billion more goes unredeemed yearly, and the average pile jumped 30% in a year.
Bankrate, 2024. Yearly figure: Mercator, 2019, via CBS News
$415
found by the first user, the founder's mother-in-law, in one evening going drawer to drawer in her own house.
Shared with her written permission
1
person is the whole company: founder, developer, designer, marketer, and the entire support desk.
Pika Product Lab LLC, Utah

The story

Christian Sorensen got the call on a Monday morning: HR on the line, and he was let go. That evening he stopped for groceries, paid at self checkout with his credit card, and it hit him walking out the door. He had a gift card to that exact store, sitting in his junk drawer at home.

That night he started building CardCue Pro: an app that closes the gap between the money in your drawer and the moment you can actually spend it. It shipped five months later in eight languages, built by one person in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.

“I have $315 in gift card money, what the heck… I think it's eye opening to see what money you have just sitting in your wallet… I'm up to $415, I'm gathering all the gift cards we have all over the house.”

Holly, the founder's mother-in-law and CardCue Pro's first user, by text on her first evening with the app. Quoted with her written permission.

What it does

  1. One photo.Point the camera and it reads the brand, the balance, the barcode, the PIN and the expiration date.
  2. A chirp at the right moment.A reminder lands the moment you walk near a store where your money is waiting, even with the app fully closed.
  3. Every kind of card.Gift cards, store credit, loyalty punch passes and memberships, all together in one wallet.
  4. Ready at the register.The screen brightens and shows the barcode, on iPhone or Apple Watch, ready for the cashier to scan.

Fast facts

PriceFree for 3 cards. Pro is $4.99/mo, $34.99/yr, or $79.99 once.
LaunchedAugust 2026
CompanyPika Product Lab LLC, Utah
FounderChristian Sorensen
MascotCue, a pika who chirps your reminders

On screen

CardCue Pro wallet Nearby store reminder Map of nearby balances Barcode at the register

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QR code to download CardCue Pro

Free for 3 active cards, no account. Or go to cardcuepro.app/go/month to get a month of Pro free, on me.

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Christian Sorensen
Christian Sorensen
Founder, CardCue Pro · Pika Product Lab LLC
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