Cardex Car Spotting
Spot, collect & share cars
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
Cardex is a social car spotting app for building a personal garage, sharing spots and discovering cars through friends and the community.
Add spots with photos and a brand; the model and vehicle details are optional. Keep your garage organized by brand and model, track progress with HP and levels, and turn special spots into collectible 3D-style cards with rarity, foil effects and QR deep links.
Explore your own spots with usable, distinct locations on your garage map. Photo pins and grouped locations keep it clear; open the map full screen to explore your collection.
Discover brings together new and popular spots, then-and-now comparisons, shared polls, public garages, models appearing on Cardex for the first time and up-close photos. Available sections depend on suitable public content. Browse new spots as cards, see their photo count and mark them as read.
Explore public spots with an available location on the map in Discover. The preview shows a relevant region. Open the map full screen to explore further, with photo pins. Only spots at the same location are grouped. Map data and photos are cached. Only locations you are allowed to view are shown; spots without an available location remain in the photo catalog.
Search contains the complete public photo catalog. Browse without a search term or search for cars and tags, with brand and model filters. Explore country and brand categories, including an alphabetical brand directory. Country maps only show usable locations you are allowed to view.
Follow friends, view their garages, comment, like, save favorites and vote for Car of the Day. Discover polls have their own shared results and are separate from Car of the Day. Privacy controls let you make your account private, hide posts, block users and report abuse.
If a detail on someone else's public spot is incorrect, suggest a correction. Other users can vote yes or no; a moderator reviews the proposal before spot details change. You are notified when your approved suggestion is applied. Save other people's spots in your garage and browse your saved spots with the A-Z index.
RDW license plate lookup is available only in the Netherlands. Outside the Netherlands, vehicle details can be entered manually.
more New in 1.7:
• Spot details not right? Suggest a correction. Others can vote; after approval, the spot is updated and the reporter is notified.
• Save other people's spots in your garage and browse them quickly with the A-Z index.
• New to Cardex? Discover gives you a calmer start. Marking all new spots as read now asks for confirmation.
• Country maps show available locations sooner. Notifications now show a time or date.
• Improvements to photo previews, navigation and stability.
1.7 4d ago
New in Discover: a map of public spots.
We've also fixed bugs, including the counter for new spots, which now shows the correct total.
1.6.1 Oct 13
New in Cardex 1.6:
• Discover has been redesigned with new and popular spots, public garages and up-close photo stories.
• Browse new spots as a stack of cards. Like a spot or mark it as read, individually or all at once. The front card also shows how many photos the spot contains.
• Compare cars from different years in Then and now.
• Which would you choose? Vote between two cars and see the shared results. Your choice is saved. These questions are separate from Car of the Day.
• Discover models added to Cardex's public collection for the first time.
• Browse by country or brand, with brand logos and an alphabetical brand directory. Country pages show a map when usable locations are available.
• Search is now also the complete public photo catalog. Browse without a search term, filter by brand and model, and keep swiping to the next spots. Your filters and position are preserved when you return.
• Smarter photo previews bring cars into view without changing the original photos.
• Improved photo caching, refresh behavior, loading states and navigation.
1.6 Oct 9
General bug fixes and improvements to performance and stability.
1.5.6 Oct 2
New in 1.5.5:
• Add a spot without a model name; unknown models are displayed clearly.
• Crop and reposition your profile photo before setting it.
• Read a Dutch license plate from a photo in RDW search or from photos already added to a spot. Clear an incorrect lookup and its filled-in RDW details in one step.
• Improved collector card classification and refinements to the upload screen.
1.5.5 Sep 29
New in 1.5.4:
• See your own spots on your garage map, with photo pins and grouped locations. Open the map or a spot full screen.
• A cleaner garage with fewer empty tiles and improved map controls.
• Smarter collector card classification by brand, model and trim, even when vehicle specifications are missing.
• Further improvements to stability, loading and spot detail layouts.
1.5.4 Sep 28
• Hybrids now show combustion and electric motor power separately, in hp and kW, including Dutch vehicle registration data.
• Spot details have a larger photo and a seamless background. The photo carousel appears only when there are multiple photos.
• The Car of the Day badge sits clearly below the back button.
• Further improvements to presentation and vehicle information.
1.5.3 Sep 26
New in 1.5.2:
• Mixpanel product analytics and session recordings have been removed.
• Old analytics identifiers are cleared when you open the app.
1.5.2 Sep 25
New in 1.5 and 1.5.1:
• Crop your photos while uploading, freely or in 1:1, 4:5 and 16:9.
• Add a spot location from your photo, your current location or manually.
• After a license plate lookup, Cardex shows the car’s likely edition (Netherlands only).
• A tidier upload screen with collapsible sections for spot details and your story.
• Smarter collector card rarity ratings, with more fitting tiers for special models.
• Refreshed profiles with stats, recent spots, brands and a full A-Z view.
• Clearer friend requests and notifications, including Mark All as Read.
• Smoother swiping between spots, with views and likes that match everywhere.
• Sign-in help through Forgot Password.
• Fixes for sign-in, search, tags, missions and deleting spots.
Improved in 1.5.1:
• Car of the Day refreshes on time; the same spot cannot win two days in a row.
• Discover refreshes new spots when you return to its tab.
• View counts update after a counted view, without needing to like the spot first.
• Brand names and logos are more consistent, with suggestions for mistyped brands.
1.5.1 Sep 24
New in 1.5:
• Crop your photos while uploading, freely or in 1:1, 4:5 and 16:9.
• Add a spot location from your photo, your current location or manually.
• After a license plate lookup, Cardex shows the car’s likely edition (Netherlands only).
• A tidier upload screen with collapsible sections for spot details and your story.
• Smarter collector card rarity ratings, with more fitting tiers for special models.
• Refreshed profiles with stats, recent spots, brands and a full A-Z view.
• Clearer friend requests and notifications, including Mark All as Read.
• Smoother swiping between spots, with views and likes that match everywhere.
• Sign-in help through Forgot Password.
• Fixes for sign-in, search, tags, missions and deleting spots.
And many more small improvements that make Cardex even better! Happy spotting!
1.5 Sep 22
New in 1.4.1:
• Your session now recovers more reliably when Cardex stays open or you return later. Photos, uploads and actions also keep working after token renewal.
Also new since 1.4:
• A refreshed design with calmer, clearer spot details and better spacing around content.
• Swipe between spots from Garage, Discover, search, tags, favorites and Friends.
• A richer Garage with collection insights, card types, every brand and a fast A-Z list.
• Noticeably faster screens and photos, with better caching and stability.
1.4.1 Sep 12
New in 1.4:
• A refreshed design with calmer, clearer spot details and better spacing around content.
• Swipe between spots from Garage, Discover, search, tags, favorites and Friends.
• A richer Garage with collection insights, card types, every brand and a fast A-Z list.
• Noticeably faster screens and photos, with better caching.
• Much better stability across sign-in, session recovery and navigation.
Also added in 1.3 and 1.3.1:
• Collector cards with rarity levels, foil effects and QR links, now organized in your Garage.
• Larger photo uploads, draft spots and more vehicle details through the Dutch RDW lookup.
• Friends, garage viewing, comments, likes, favorites and Car of the Day voting.
• Full Dutch, English, German, French and Spanish support, plus expanded privacy controls.
1.4 Sep 10
New in 1.3.1:
• Bug fixes, better caching and improved stability.
• Your collector cards are now also in your Garage.
From version 1.3:
• Upload larger photos and save spots as drafts.
• More vehicle details with Dutch RDW license plate lookup.
• Available in Dutch, English, German, French and Spanish.
• Improved Discover, search and friends feed.
• Updated Car of the Day, missions and rewards.
• Clearer spot details and easier editing and sharing.
• Better privacy with usernames and clearer notifications.
1.3.1 Sep 9
New in 1.3:
• Upload large photos straight from your iPhone or camera. Cardex automatically optimizes them into sharp, fast-loading and storage-friendly images.
• Save an unfinished spot as a local draft and continue later. Upload fields and selection menus are now clearer and more consistent too.
• License plate lookup fills in more RDW details, including transmission, drivetrain, weight, original list price and number of gears. Brand and model names are also cleaned up and formatted properly.
• Cardex now speaks German, French and Spanish. Greetings, notifications and Cardex announcements automatically match the user's language.
• Discover shows newly posted spots immediately after refreshing. Tag searches also find your own spots, while the friends feed now lets you like directly and shows richer vehicle details and the author's caption with each photo.
• Car of the Day has a clearer design and now produces a real daily winner: the most votes wins, with the earliest spot to reach that total breaking a tie.
• Usernames are used publicly for better privacy. Friends can see first names where helpful, and you can now find friends by first name. Requests clearly show when they have been sent.
• Notifications and inbox items show the correct username plus the make and model of your spot. Votes, likes, comments and friend requests also open the right place more reliably.
• Spot details have been refined with more complete editing, improved image framing, saved image positioning, clearer specifications, consistent spacing, useful location maps and more reliable sharing links.
• Profile previews keep their full height even when there are no spots. Search, garage and empty states are more consistent throughout the app.
• Missions now match actions that are actually possible in Cardex. Earning HP becomes more challenging at higher levels and rewards no longer need to be claimed separately.
• Welcome, login, sign-up and onboarding have been redesigned to be calmer, clearer and more concise.
• Image loading, navigation, translations, analytics and overall stability have been improved further.
Also new since 1.2:
• Follow car models and get notified when a new public spot for that model appears.
• Support and donations are available directly from Account.
• Car of the Day voting, favorites and following a model provide clearer confirmation.
• AI settings are easier to open from a spot.
• Mixpanel Session Replay, image loading and overall performance were improved.
1.3 Sep 8
New in 1.2:
• Missions & badges: daily and weekly challenges with claimable HP rewards, streaks and badges. Mission HP does not affect collector-card rarity.
• Insights are now available from Home: tap your level card to view progress, streaks and badges.
• Model alerts: follow a car model and get alerts for new public spots by default. Followed models can be removed, and suggestions are reduced to five popular models.
• Support and payment options are better localized for the Netherlands and show euro pricing.
• Home has tighter spacing between banners and a better-fitting mission icon.
Briefly from 1.1: the Discover tab with infinite scrolling, faster and more reliable image loading, clearer spot navigation and deep links, four fixed recent-spot slots on profiles, more reliable inbox/push notifications for likes, comments and friend requests, a notification toggle in Account, version-targeted Home messages and many bug fixes.
1.2 Sep 1
Cardex 1.1 makes the app faster, smoother and more enjoyable to explore.
• A new Discover tab with infinite scrolling, so you can keep browsing community spots with less friction.
• Images now load faster and more reliably across Discover, friend feeds, profiles and spot details.
• Opening spots is clearer with a better loading state, more reliable deep links and improved garage navigation.
• Profiles now show recent spots in four clean fixed slots, even when someone has fewer spots available.
• Likes, comments and friend requests are handled more reliably through inbox and push notifications.
• You can now turn notifications on or off from Account.
• Admin messages on Home can be shown per app version.
• Lots of bug fixes, localization polish and performance improvements to make the app feel more stable.
1.1 Aug 28
New in 1.7:
• Spot details not right? Suggest a correction. Others can vote; after approval, the spot is updated and the reporter is notified.
• Save other people's spots in your garage and browse them quickly with the A-Z index.
• New to Cardex? Discover gives you a calmer start. Marking all new spots as read now asks for confirmation.
• Country maps show available locations sooner. Notifications now show a time or date.
• Improvements to photo previews, navigation and stability.
more Version 1.7 4d ago
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