Pilot Trading Card (PTC) collectors finally have an app of their own. Generic card apps weren't built for this hobby.
Free on iPhone, iPad and Android. No account, no ads, one optional purchase.
Plus a Personal Binder with unlimited collections of your own.
Find a card with your camera
No typing, no scrolling through binders. If one side isn't enough to tell it apart, add the other and we narrow it down. The reading happens entirely on your device, so your photos never leave it.
Search by anything printed on a card, not just the airline or the aircraft. A registration, an aircraft name, a line of small print. Then filter to what you have, or to what you're still missing.
Cards with variants show an indicator so you always know which version you have. Compare the differences side by side, and swap your data between original and variant in one tap, including photos and condition.
Private by design
Your cards, your photos and your notes are yours. There is no account to create and nothing for us to look at.
No account, everNo profile, no email, no sign-in. Open the app and start.
Photos stored locallyYour cards, notes and photos live on your device and sync through your own iCloud. We have no access.
No ads, no trackersNo ad networks, no tracking pixels, no behavioral profiles.
Nothing is ever soldNot to anyone. There is no second business here.
Usage stats are anonymous, and optionalNothing that identifies you, no permanent identifier, and a switch in Settings.
The camera never uploadsCard recognition runs on device. The text it reads goes nowhere.
Catalog and track
Browse the full catalog of Pilot Trading Cards across multiple airlines and airports, and track your progress toward completing each collection. Own multiple copies? Track each condition separately.
Already have a card but haven't photographed it yet? Mark it as owned to track your collection without photos. Free and unlimited for every card in the catalog.
Photograph the front and back of every card. Stored locally, and synced across your Apple devices.
Add notes, record where you collected each card, mark favorites, add to your wishlist, and sort your binder the way you like it.
Create your own collections and cards for anything that doesn't have a home in another binder yet, and move them into a binder once you identify them.
Your collection at a glance: total cards, completion percentages, condition breakdowns, collection timelines and trading activity.
Custom app icons, a custom accent color, light and dark mode, and an iPad-optimized layout.
Export your collection data or share individual cards with fellow collectors.
Rate how easy or hard a card was to get, and see the difficulty collectors decided together.
The app comes in English and Spanish.
Apple TV
PTC Binder™ Theater is available now on Apple TV. Turn on TV sync and your binders are waiting: browse every card, pick a backdrop of drifting clouds or your own cards blurred, or let slideshow mode run. Requires PTC Binder on iPhone or iPad.
The hobby
Delta printed the first one in 2003 for the retirement of its MD-11, and meant it as a one-off. Which airlines run programs now, how they differ, when to ask a pilot, and what the cards are worth.
Most collections are not damaged by accidents. They are damaged by years of small avoidable mistakes. Humidity, UV, skin oils, and why most binder pages are made of exactly the wrong plastic.
The app
Yes. PTC Binder is an app made for exactly that. It comes loaded with the cards from dozens of airlines, plus airport, cargo and independent cards. Mark the ones you have, add photos of the front and back, log their condition, and each collection shows what you're still missing. It's free to download on iPhone, iPad and Android, needs no account, and your collection stays on your phone.
Free on iPhone, iPad and Android. Mark as Owned is unlimited and always free. Photograph your first seven cards free, then one purchase unlocks the rest. No subscription.