Practice credit cards before real money is involved.

CardLab is a private credit card tracker and simulator. Set up a fake-but-realistic card with your real limit, APR, and dates, then test purchases, payments, and payoff plans on a timeline where mistakes cost nothing. The iPhone app also lets you clean up a purchase or payment you logged by mistake.

No bank login · No real card number · Everything stays on your phone

StatementDay 1Grace · 21 daysDueDay 25
The timeline

Most people don't misunderstand credit cards. They misunderstand the timeline.

Statement date, due date, grace period - the whole system runs on a 30-day loop. Move your payment across the month and watch interest, grace, and next cycle react. This is the exact math the app runs on your real numbers.

Scenario · $1,450 balance · $3,000 limit · 24.99% APR
Statement day 1 · Payment due day 25

StatementDuePay · day 27
Interest this cycle
$25.81
Grace period
Lost
Next cycle
Accruing

Paid in full, but 2 days late - grace is lost anyway. That costs $25.81 in interest, and next month's purchases accrue from day one.

Run it with your own numbers →

Latest update

Clean up a mistake without losing the history.

In the iPhone app, delete a purchase or payment from Timeline with a clear confirmation. Balances update immediately, linked friend repayments are cleaned up with covered purchases, and deleting a repayment reopens what is still owed.

See it in CardLab
The lab

Run real scenarios, risk-free.

See the cost of waiting.

Compare paying in full, a set amount, and the minimum - then see the months and the interest each path costs.

Minimum: years to clear · Pay more: months

Watch utilization move.

Every purchase and payment shifts utilization in real time, with an educational Credit Health Meter - never a credit score.

$1,450 / $3,000 → 48% utilization

Know when rewards lose.

1.5% cashback is real money - until interest eats it. CardLab shows the point where a carried balance costs more than you earn.

1.5% back vs 24.99% APR → you are losing
Private AI tutor

Ask about your own numbers.

A tutor grounded in your real card, not generic advice. On Apple Intelligence devices it runs entirely on-device; optional CardLab Cloud brings it to every device.

YouHow fast can I pay this off?
CardLab$300/mo clears your $1,450 balance in about 5 months - roughly $61 in interest.
Minimum-only stretches past two years.
The engine

Modeled exactly, not hand-waved.

A precise, decimal-based engine runs the same math issuers use, validated by an automated test suite - no hand-waving, no rounded-off guesses.

Interest
Average daily balance · 365/360 basis
Grace period
Gained, lost, and recovered
Minimum payments
Rules with negative-amortization warnings
Scenarios
Payoff · installments · cash advance · balance transfer
Currency
Locale-aware, incl. zero-decimal yen & won
Coverage
40 country presets · 19 languages
Engines
9 simulation models, one shared core
Privacy
No bank login · no ads · no trackers
Pricing

Free to learn. $9.99 to go deep.

Free
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Everything you need to start.

  • One simulated card
  • Timeline, payoff & utilization labs
  • 5 core lessons
  • On-device AI tutor
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CardLab ProLifetime
$9.99 once

One-time. Nothing to cancel.

  • Unlimited cards, each with its own data
  • All 40 country presets
  • Installment, cash advance & balance transfer labs
  • Rewards & annual-fee breakeven, all lessons
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Does CardLab connect to my bank?
No. CardLab is a manual tracker and simulator - there's no bank login, no real card number, and no CVV. You enter your own cards and activity, so there's nothing to sync with a bank and nothing to break. By default everything you enter stays on your device; optional iCloud sync and the Cloud AI tutor are yours to turn on.
Will this change my real credit score?
No. CardLab is educational only. It shows an educational “Credit Health Meter,” not a credit score, and it does not predict scores, approvals, or lender decisions.
What does Pro unlock?
Unlimited cards, all country presets, the installment / cash advance / balance transfer labs, rewards and annual-fee breakeven, and every lesson. It is a one-time $9.99, with no subscription.
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