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Drag. Flex.

Meet . Restyle the cards in your Apple Wallet from your Mac, with thousands of designs or your own art.

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Free · macOS 14 or later · Works with your iPhone by cable or Wi-Fi

Thousands of community designs, plus anything you upload

Drag

Grab it. Drop it. Done.

Open CardLARP, plug in your iPhone and drag a design onto any card. It lands on your phone in seconds, and every card keeps an undo history.

  • Drag and drop from the built-in gallery
  • Upload your own designs as PNG or JPG
  • Undo one step, or rewind to the first look
  • Only shows cards you can restyle
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A hand holding an iPhone whose Wallet card keeps changing to new designs

Upload your own

Your art. Your card.

Black metal, gold, a private-bank card or your own artwork. Drop any image on the dashed card and it lands in your Wallet. Try it right here.

Or try one:

Your image stays in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

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A closer look

Every part of the app.

Your wallet, the gallery, search, history, uploads and setup. Swipe through what CardLARP does.

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At a glance.

Your real Wallet cards, mirrored on your Mac the moment you plug in.

Endless designs.

Browse the cardart.cc community gallery without leaving the app.

Gold Classic

Rose Gold

Champagne Steel

Antique Floral

Just search.

Look up an issuer, a colour or a vibe and get matching designs instantly.

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↩ Undo⏮ First look

Step back.

Every card keeps its own history. Undo one change or rewind to where you started.

Drop an image here

Bring your own.

Use a photo, a logo or your own artwork. CardLARP fits it to the card.

1Plug in your iPhone
2Unlock and tap Trust
3Open Wallet or double-click
4Tap a card to load it

Guided setup.

Clear steps walk you through connecting, so you're never stuck on a blank screen.

Visa InfiniteShown
Transit cardShown
Boarding passHidden
Event ticketHidden
Gift cardHidden

Stays tidy.

Tickets, boarding passes and gift cards are tucked away, since they can't be restyled.

How it compares

Same Wallet.
Your look.

CardLARP only changes how your cards look. Apple Pay, card numbers, balances and your bank stay exactly the same.

Needs a Mac on macOS 14 or later. Connect your iPhone by cable, or over Wi-Fi if it already syncs with your Mac.

Wallet
Choose any artwork for your real cards
6,700+ community designs
Upload your own art
Your original design is always saved
Undo history for every card
Works over cable or Wi-Fi

On your iPhone

Restyled everywhere you pay.

The new look shows up in Wallet and every time you double-click to pay. There's no extra app on your phone, and Apple Pay works exactly as before.

1 dragto restyle a card
0 accountsto sign up for
↩ Undofor every change
Hold Near Reader
Pay with Face ID
A hand holding an iPhone over a card reader in a boutique, the Apple Pay screen showing a restyled card

Privacy

Your wallet is nobody else's business.

CardLARP only changes how your cards look. No servers, no sign-ups and nothing you can't undo.

CardLARPUpdated your iPhone over USB. Nothing left this Mac.
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Local

Runs on your Mac.

Designs go straight from your Mac to your iPhone, by cable or Wi-Fi sync. No CardLARP servers in between.

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No account

Nothing to sign up for.

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Reversible

Undo anything.

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Untouched

Card details stay put.

Open source

Built in the open.

CardLARP is built on AirCard, an MIT-licensed project, with designs from the cardart.cc community.

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Download

Free for Macs running macOS 14 or later, on Apple silicon and Intel.

Download for macOSFree · .dmg

Open the .dmg, drag CardLARP into Applications. First launch: if macOS asks, here's the one-time step.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

What does CardLARP actually change?+

Only the artwork on the front of a card in Apple Wallet. Card numbers, balances, transactions and Apple Pay itself are left exactly as they are.

Can I upload my own designs?+

Yes. Drop any PNG or JPG into CardLARP, whether it's a photo, a logo or something you made, and it's fitted to the card shape before it's sent to your iPhone.

Will Apple Pay still work?+

Yes. Paying, tapping transit gates and checking balances all work the same way. You just see a different picture on the card.

Which cards can I restyle?+

Credit, debit and transit cards. Tickets, boarding passes and gift cards are hidden in the app because they can't be restyled cleanly.

Can I go back to the original look?+

Yes. CardLARP saves each card's original design before the first change and keeps it in your strip, so you can drag it back on anytime. Every card also has an undo history for stepping back through designs.

Does it work without a cable?+

Yes, if your iPhone already syncs with your Mac over Wi-Fi. To turn that on, plug in once, select your iPhone in Finder and tick “Show this iPhone when on Wi-Fi”. Updates are quicker over a cable, so plug in when you can.

macOS says it can’t check CardLARP for malicious software. What do I do?+

That’s macOS being careful with apps downloaded from the web. Do this once: open CardLARP, click Done, then go to System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway next to CardLARP. After that it opens normally. Your first time plugging in, unlock your iPhone and tap Trust.

Do I need to jailbreak my iPhone?+

No. CardLARP works with a normal iPhone connected to your Mac.

Why isn't it on the Mac App Store?+

CardLARP relies on system frameworks that App Store apps aren't allowed to use, so it's distributed directly instead.

Is it free?+

Yes. CardLARP is a free personal project. Questions or ideas? Email contact@cardlarp.app.