Referral Program

Refer friends. Earn free Premium.

Every friend you bring to CardSense moves you closer to free months of Premium — no purchase required on your end. Here's exactly how the levels, sharing, and fraud protections work.

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Reward Tiers

Three levels to unlock

Your badge and reward grow as friends join and subscribe. Levels unlock once and are yours to keep.

🌱
Pioneer
At least 1 referred friend
signs up (any plan, incl. free)
+1 free month
⚡
Catalyst
At least 1 referred friend
activates a paid subscription
+3 free months
👑
Legend
5 referred friends have
active paid subscriptions
+12 free months

Rewards stack — a Legend can hold up to 16 free months total. Each level unlocks once and never expires once earned; you choose when to activate it.


Getting Started

How to invite a friend

From opening the referral screen to your friend's first sign-up, here's the full path.

1

Open the Referral Program

Go to More → Referral Program in the app. Available once you're on the Basic plan.

2

Get your unique code & link

CardSense generates a personal code (e.g. JOHN-A3B2) and a shareable link tied only to your account.

3

Share it with friends

Tap Share to send your link through Messenger, SMS, email, or any app — or hand them your code directly.

4

Friend installs & signs in

Your friend taps your link (or enters your code), installs CardSense, and signs in with Google on their own device.

5

Your progress updates automatically

Once they sign up — and later subscribe — your badge, progress bar, and rewards update in real time on the Referral screen.

6

Claim your reward

When a level unlocks, tap Activate Reward to apply your free months whenever you're ready.


Share Anywhere

Ways to refer and earn

Multiple ways to get your link in front of friends and family.

🚫

Self-referral blocking

Your own email and referral code are automatically rejected — both on-device and on our servers — before a signup is ever recorded.

📵

Same-device detection

A secure device fingerprint checks that the referrer and referee aren't signing up from the same physical phone.

1️⃣

One referral per device

Each physical device can only ever be credited as a referee once — switching Google accounts or clearing app data doesn't reset it.

🛡️

Server-verified rewards

All signups, subscriptions, and reward grants are validated in our backend — never trusted from the app alone.

🚩

Fraud logging & auto-deactivation

Suspicious attempts are logged, and accounts that accumulate repeated red flags have their referral program automatically deactivated.

🔒

Privacy-masked emails

Referee emails are stored securely and only ever shown to you in masked form — never in full.

These protections run quietly in the background — legitimate referrals to real friends on their own devices are never affected.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about earning free Premium through referrals.

The program can only be started by users on the Basic plan. Once you initiate it from More → Referral Program, you'll get your own unique code and link to start sharing.
🌱 Pioneer (1 friend signs up) earns +1 free month. ⚡ Catalyst (1 friend subscribes) earns +3 free months. 👑 Legend (5 friends subscribe) earns +12 free months. Rewards stack, so a Legend can bank up to 16 free months.
Yes — rewards are never applied automatically. Once a level unlocks, open the Referral screen and tap Activate Reward to claim your free months whenever you're ready.
No. Self-referrals are blocked both in the app and on our servers — using your own email or your own referral code will always be rejected, and repeated attempts may flag your account.
No. Each physical device can only ever be credited as a referee once, based on a secure device fingerprint. Switching Google accounts or clearing app data on the same phone will not bypass this, and attempts are logged as fraud.
Nothing changes for you — levels are one-time unlocks and are never revoked. If they had already activated a paid plan at least once, that still counts toward your Catalyst and Legend progress.
No, each referred email is counted only once per referrer, even if that person deletes and recreates their account later.
They can tap your shared link directly to open CardSense with your code pre-filled, or manually type your code in during sign-up. Either way, it's automatically linked to your account once they sign in.
You'll see a masked version of their email (e.g. j***@gmail.com) in your referrals list so you can track progress — the full address is never shown.
Earned months don't disappear once unlocked — you decide when to activate each reward, and the Legend reward can even be used later even if you already have an active subscription.
Reach out through the app's support channel with your account details. Our team can review the fraud log and reactivate your program if it was flagged in error.

Ready to start earning?

Head to More → Referral Program in the app to get your unique code.

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