TL;DR: A classy, rechargeable Find My tracking card with excellent battery life and Apple Card vibes. Slightly thick, slightly pricey, but absolutely worth it if it fits your wallet.

I have a complicated relationship with wallet trackers. On paper, they’re the most sensible evolution of Apple’s Find My ecosystem. In practice, most of them feel like compromise objects—thin but flimsy, clever but disposable, useful until the day the battery quietly gives up and you’re told to recycle the whole thing like a spent vape. So when Nomad announced the Tracking Card Pro, my expectations were cautiously optimistic. Nomad doesn’t rush. They brood. They iterate. Sometimes they show up late, but when they do, they usually arrive dressed better than everyone else.

The Nomad Tracking Card Pro immediately feels like that kind of arrival. This isn’t a gadget that wants to shout about features. It wants to sit in your wallet, look vaguely like a credit card, and quietly make sure you never lose your sanity at an airport ever again. It’s Find My energy wrapped in Apple Card aesthetics, with just enough Nomad industrial design flair to remind you it wasn’t made in Cupertino.

The first thing I noticed pulling it out of the box was how convincing the illusion is. The faux chip on the front, the ghosted branding, the fake magnetic strip on the back—it’s all delightfully unnecessary and entirely intentional. This thing wants to pass as a real card, and it mostly succeeds. Slide it into a wallet and it doesn’t scream tracker. It whispers “premium debit account you forgot you opened.” The aluminum edge, sandwiched between polycarbonate layers, gives it a cool-to-the-touch confidence that most plastic trackers lack. It feels expensive, because it is trying to be.

That said, thickness is the first real trade-off you’ll notice. At 2.5mm, the Tracking Card Pro is thicker than a standard credit card, and more substantial than some ultra-thin alternatives. In a traditional leather bifold or a roomier everyday wallet, it fits in just fine and doesn’t feel out of place. Where things get more selective is with ultra-minimalist MagSafe wallets that already operate on razor-thin tolerances. In my testing wit the The Metropolis Kevlar MagSafe Wallet, it worked comfortably in my regular carry. Nomad has clearly prioritized durability and functionality over extreme thinness, and for most wallets that’s a reasonable trade-off—how it lands really comes down to just how minimal you want your wallet to be.

The reason for that extra girth becomes obvious once you live with it for a while: battery life. Nomad claims up to 16 months, which is borderline absurd for a Find My card, especially one that isn’t disposable. In my time using it, I never once felt battery anxiety, which is the highest compliment I can give a tracker. Unlike many long-life cards that are designed to be thrown away when they die, the Tracking Card Pro charges wirelessly via Qi or MagSafe. Watching a “credit card” cling magnetically to a MagSafe charger feels like a small magic trick, and I never got tired of it. This is the rare tracker that feels like a long-term companion rather than a consumable accessory.

Day-to-day use is exactly what you’d want if you’re already living inside Apple’s ecosystem. Setup is painless, it appears in the Find My app alongside AirTags, and it supports sharing, Lost Mode, and separation alerts. You don’t get ultra-wideband Precision Finding, because Apple still keeps that locked behind its own hardware, but in real life that limitation rarely matters. Once you’re close enough, the audible chime does the job. I’ve used it in wallets, bags, and tucked into documents, and it’s consistently reliable in the ways that actually count.

Compared to an AirTag, the Nomad Tracking Card Pro feels like the grown-up option for flat things. AirTags are powerful, but they’re awkward in wallets and borderline hostile to anyone who sits on their back pocket. This card slips in, stays out of the way, and doesn’t announce its presence every time you move. It’s not trying to replace AirTag outright—it’s carving out a cleaner, more civilized niche.

The price of AED 169 might give some people pause. It costs more than an AirTag, and if all you care about is raw tracking capability, Apple’s puck still wins on value. But value isn’t the same as usefulness. The Tracking Card Pro earns its price through longevity, design, and the simple pleasure of not having to think about it for over a year at a time. It’s one of those accessories that quietly improves your life by removing a specific category of stress.

After living with it, I’ve come to appreciate how unapologetically Nomad this product is. It’s not the thinnest. It’s not the cheapest. But it’s thoughtful, durable, and designed to age gracefully rather than burn out fast. If it fits your wallet, it’s an easy recommendation. If it doesn’t, Nomad’s thinner standard Tracking Card still exists. Either way, this Pro version finally feels like a tracker that understands why you wanted a card-shaped tracker in the first place.

Verdict:

The Nomad Tracking Card Pro is a premium Find My tracker that prioritizes battery life, build quality, and long-term usability over extreme thinness. It won’t work for every minimalist wallet, but if you have the space, it’s one of the best-designed and most practical AirTag alternatives available right now.