What your card really charges abroad

Most bank cards add 1.5 to 3% when you pay in another currency. That foreign transaction fee comes on top of the exchange rate, so you pay more than a currency converter shows. Tell QuickFX Pro your card's fee and it does the sum for you. You see what you'll really pay before you tap your card.

How to work out your card fee abroad

  1. Open Settings in QuickFX and set Card fee to the percentage your card adds, for example 2.75%.
  2. Convert an amount as usual, or point the camera at a menu or a price tag.
  3. Read the result. In the converter, the converted amount stays as it is and a line below it shows the same amount with your fee added. Scanned prices already include the fee, and the currency button at the top shows it (+2.75%).

Where the fee shows up

In the converter. Type an amount in either box. The other box shows the conversion at the current rate, and the line underneath gives the total with your card fee.

On scanned prices. Point the camera at a menu or price tag and every price is converted right where it's printed, with your fee added. The price scanner is part of QuickFX Pro too. On iPhone the reading happens on the phone, so it works without a connection. On Android it needs a connection once to set up.

QuickFX settings on iPhone with Card fee set to 2.75%, above the appearance and converter colour options
Set your card fee once, in Settings.
A Swiss burger menu seen through the QuickFX scanner on iPhone, with each price converted from Swiss francs to US dollars next to where it's printed
Every price on the menu, converted where it's printed. With a card fee set, it's added to each one.
QuickFX settings on an Android phone with Card fee set to 2.75%, above the Chart tips and converter colour options
On Android too. Set your card fee in Settings and the converter adds it under the result.

What's free and what's Pro

The converter is free and always will be: 160+ currencies, rates updated every hour, widgets and rate alerts. The card fee comes with QuickFX Pro, a yearly subscription on iPhone and Android, along with the price scanner, longer charts and ten colours for the converter. There are no ads and no account, with or without Pro.

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Frequently asked questions

What is a foreign transaction fee?

It's the extra percentage your card adds when you pay in another currency. Most bank cards add 1.5 to 3%.

Does QuickFX know my bank's fee?

No. QuickFX has no link to your bank or card; you enter the percentage yourself in Settings and can change it any time.

Does the card fee work on Android?

Yes. QuickFX Pro on Android adds your card fee in the converter and on scanned prices, the same as on iPhone. It needs Android 8.0 or later.

Is the card fee free?

The card fee is part of QuickFX Pro, a yearly subscription. The converter itself is free and always will be.

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