Chicdex turns each thing you collect into its own paper-style index card — and files it into an archive you actually enjoy flipping through.
Each entry is a single index card. You decide which fields matter for your hobby and fill in only those — the rest of the card stays clean.
Every card is stamped with its own running number, so your archive stays ordered without any effort from you.
A hand-drawn shape stands in for a photo — quieter than a camera roll, and it keeps the whole drawer looking like one set.
Origin, year, condition, notes — pick what your collection calls for. Built for narrow hobbies, not a one-size form.
Cards stack into a drawer you can flip through. Finding the piece you mean feels like opening the right slot.
No accounts, no cloud, no feed. Everything lives on your device, and that is exactly where it stays.
The whole loop is small on purpose. File a card, shut the drawer, get on with collecting.
We're Chicdex, a small studio with an old-fashioned obsession: the satisfaction of giving a single object its own card. We build quiet, single-purpose tools for people who collect, and we'd rather make one thing feel like a real object you own than ship a feed you scroll past.
Our mission is to treat a personal collection like an archive, not a database. Most apps want your collection in their cloud; we want it in your pocket, on your terms. Chicdex turns each piece into a paper-style index card — an inventory number, a hand-drawn silhouette stamp, and exactly the fields your hobby needs — then files it into an archive you enjoy flipping through.
What you get is calm and entirely yours. No accounts, no sign-ups, no feed, no cloud. Open the app, file a card for a coin or a pin or a cassette, fill in origin, year, condition, and notes, then close it. Every card lives on your device and nowhere else, which is the whole point.
One drawer. One card per piece. Everything in its place.
Chicdex is built on a simple idea: your collection is yours, and it should never leave your device. The short version is that there is almost nothing to explain, because Chicdex does not collect, store off-device, or transmit any of your information.
None. There are no accounts, so we never ask for a name, email, phone number, or password — and no location, analytics, or identifiers. Inventory numbers, item names, categories, origin, year, condition, and notes are entered by you and held only on your device. We never see them.
Because we collect nothing, there is nothing to use, profile, or sell. Creating a card, generating an inventory number, choosing a stamp, and browsing your archive all run on-device. There is no "our side" involved.
Your cards are stored locally, in the app's own storage on your device. There is no Chicdex cloud, no remote backup, and no server that receives copies of your archive.
No third-party analytics, no advertising networks, no trackers, and no embedded marketing SDKs. The app is not wired to any outside service that could observe how you use it.
Keeping data on-device is the security model: with no transmission and no remote storage, there is no central trove to breach. Your information stays inside your device's own security boundary.
Chicdex does not knowingly collect data from anyone, which includes children under 13. Since no personal information is gathered from any user, it is consistent with the principles of COPPA.
You hold all the controls. Cards stay until you delete them, and removing Chicdex from your device removes its local data with it. With no accounts and no backups on our end, nothing of yours is left anywhere.
If this policy changes, we will update the text and revise the Effective Date above. Our core commitment — no collection, no off-device storage, no transmission — is not something we intend to walk back.
Questions about privacy can go to privacy@chicdexapp.com, and we're happy to explain anything here in more detail.
📨 Hello from the Chicdex bench. Whether you've found a rough edge, want to suggest a field type for a hobby we haven't met yet, or just want to tell us what you're cataloging — questions, feedback, and help requests are all welcome.