A cigar journal — not a store

Every cigar deserves to be remembered.

Scan the band, keep the photo, hold onto the moment. Banded is the quiet place your cigars live on after the ash is gone — a private collection that builds itself.

For adults of legal smoking age only (21 in the United States (or the legal smoking age where you live)).

The Banded Cigars Collection — a grid of real cigar photos, each with a rating and place

What Banded is

A journal, not a store.

Banded helps you remember cigars you’ve already enjoyed — closer to a tasting notebook than anything else. No cart, no checkout, nothing for sale.

We don’t sell tobacco

No shop, no cart, no checkout. Banded never sells cigars or helps you buy them.

We don’t promote smoking

No ads, no nudges. It simply records what you’ve already chosen to enjoy.

Your collection is private

Your scans are yours. Nothing is shared unless you deliberately share it with a friend you have both accepted.

How it works

Three taps to a kept memory.

Scan the band

Point your camera. Banded reads the band and names the cigar — no typing, no guessing.

Keep the photo

The photo you took becomes the card. Add a rating, a note, and the place — or just save it.

Remember it later

Every scan, in order, backed up across your devices. The night comes back when you open it.

A look inside

Made to be opened again and again.

A scan's detail — the photo, wrapper and strength, taste notes, and your history with the cigar — Every scan opens to the whole story — photo, notes, and the times you’ve had it before.

The friends feed — people you have accepted, sharing the cigars they scanned, with likes and comments — Share a scan with your friends — only the ones you choose.

Your stats — collection counts, strengths, and origins as gold bars — Watch your collection take shape over time.

Inside the app

Built for remembering, not buying.

Photo-first Collection

Every entry is the real photo you took — a shelf of moments, not stock images.

Band identification

Banded reads the band and fills in the details, so your notes stay about the experience.

Ratings & notes

A quick rating, a tasting note, the place and the date — kept exactly as you remember it.

Your stats

See your collection take shape over time — counts, countries, and how your taste trends.

Friends

Private by design. Add someone only if you both agree, and share a scan only when you choose to.

Backed up & synced

Your Collection follows you across devices, safe if your phone ever isn’t.

Privacy

What’s yours stays yours.

We don’t sell your data, and we don’t run advertising trackers. To identify a band, the photo is sent to a trusted AI provider and the result comes back — that’s the only place your scan travels. Read the details in our Privacy Policy.

Your personal data is never sold
No third-party advertising trackers
Sharing is opt-in, per scan
Delete your account and all your data anytime

An adults-only app. Banded Cigars is intended solely for adults of legal smoking age (21 in the United States (or the legal smoking age where you live)). It is not designed for, marketed to, or directed at minors. Banded does not sell tobacco, does not facilitate its purchase, and does not encourage anyone to start or continue smoking. Cigars and all tobacco products carry serious health risks — Banded offers no health advice and makes no health claims.