For this week's Friday Find, I wanted to share an app that I have been using for months now. It's called the Key Ring Rewards Card App and it's available on both IOS and Android devices at the moment. I found this app, while searching for a way to minimize the clutter all my store loyalty cards have on my key ring. There were numerous times I went to grab my keys in my purse and got stuck because of the cards on the key ring. Then there was just the extra baggage I had just carrying the cards around. Well I saw this app and instantly, it became so much easier to get my keys out of my purse and my key ring was free.

The app allows you to scan the barcode of the card and even add pictures of the card itself. The app also offers a list of reward programs you can join, around your location, coupons from stores around your location, weekly circulars of the stores nearby and a shopping list, among many other things. Here's a view of my loyalty cards:


Recently the makers of the app held a contest called the 2014 Wallet Slim Down Challenge. They were asking users of the app to show their wallets and/or key rings before using the app and after using the app. From the looks of the pictures posted on their Facebook page, the after pictures have really slimmed down. I submitted this photo, of my experience with using the app:


Just look at the difference afterward. Freedom! Oh if you're wondering about the saying, I've had that saying ever since my aunt gave it to me when I first started driving. I thought it was funny and I've NEVER gone on the sidewalk. Back to the contest, about a week after I'd entered, I got an email from the team saying I'd gotten runner-up for my photo. They said I'd be getting a swag bag full of Key Ring swag and looks like I'll be getting a t-shirt too. I thought the contest was nice and I look forward to more contests.

I really do think the app is a wonderful app, to help get rid of the clutter of physical reward cards. I always have my phone with me and with the app I can have those loyalty cards too. I have not had a problem in using the app too at the stores. It's kind of interesting pulling out my phone, for the cashier to scan the code. Sometimes I get stares, others think the app is cool. I'm happy knowing that my loyalty card is there and that I am still able to use the card, even though physically the card is not on my key ring.

To find out more about the Key Ring App check out their about page.

**Update**
I received my winnings for being a runner-up from Key Ring on January 27th. I got a blue T-shirt with the logo #TameYourCards on the front, a keyring can opener and Key Ring koozie. Love the goodies. Thanks so much Key Ring!!! Such a great app!


Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post.