Help & guide

1. Getting started

This is a free, unofficial tool to track your FIFA World Cup 2026 sticker album on your phone or computer. Everything saves automatically in your browser — no account, no login.

1. Open the tracker. New visitors get a short Tour (you can replay it anytime from the header).
2. First visit loads a starter collection so you can explore. Prefer a blank album? Use Data & look → Start fresh. Prefer your own save? Import backup.
3. Mark stickers as you get them — tap on the grid, or paste a whole list with ＋ Add stickers.
4. Use Share list and Trade match when swapping with others.
5. Export a Backup so you never lose progress if this browser clears site data.

Tip: add the tracker to your home screen on mobile for quick access.

2. Adding stickers

Each sticker can be: missing, in your album once (✓), or a spare (+1, +2… if you have extras).

One by one on the album grid

• Tap a sticker row (or its +) to add one copy.
• Use − or right-click to remove one copy (e.g. after you trade a spare away).
• Cycle: missing → ✓ in album → +1 spare → +2 spares…

Search by code

Type a code like MEX14 in the search box. You see its status instantly and can jump to that team. If it is expected by post, you also get Open swap (jumps to that postal swap) and Mark arrived.

Bulk add

Click ＋ Add stickers and paste or type many at once. Each code adds the number of copies you enter:

• MEX 1, 2, 3 — Mexico stickers 1, 2, and 3 (one each)
• ESP15 ARG7 — Spain 15 and Argentina 7
• MEX14 x2 or list MEX14 twice — two copies (✓ then +1 spare)
• 570, 571, 572 — by album sequence number

3. Missing, spares & in transit

• Missing — not in your album yet. Shown on your “I need these” share list.
• Spare — extras beyond the one stuck in the album. Shown on your spare share list.
• Expecting by post — someone is sending you this sticker. It stays off your need list until it arrives or you write it off. If you get the same sticker from a pack first, mark it got in the album — the swap stays pending until the post arrives (then it becomes a spare).
• Foil (★) — shiny special stickers in the real album (team logos, some specials). Tracking works the same as any other sticker.

After a swap, use − on spares you sent away. When mail arrives, confirm it in Postal swaps.

4. Browsing your album

• Teams follow album order, including specials (opening pages, centre spread, World Cup History at the end).
• Lists start expanded; click a team header to collapse or expand.
• All / Incomplete / Complete / 10+ missing / Has dupes — filter what you see.
• Jump to — flag pills to open a team quickly.
• Album page numbers appear on teams and some stickers so you can find them in the book.

The bar at the top shows how much of the album you already have in hand. Stickers still expected by post are not counted as complete until they arrive.

5. Sharing your lists

Click 📋 Share list to generate text for WhatsApp, Facebook, forums, etc.

• I need these — still missing (excludes stickers already expected by post).
• I have these spare — extras you can trade.
• Both — combined list for a full swap post.

Format is simple: ENG: 3, 7, 12 one team per line. Copied lists end with a short — via … line pointing to this tool so partners can find it.

6. Trade matcher

Click 🔄 Trade match when someone shares their lists. Three modes:

Their NEED

Paste their need list. See how many you can cover (all, or X of Y with how many still unmatched) and which of your spares to offer. You can also copy your missing list to send back.

Their SPARE

Paste their spare list. See which of those stickers you still need, then copy your spare list to offer in return.

Fair swap

Paste both lists. The tool shows coverage both ways and a slider for a balanced swap (same number each way). Copy send, receive, or both lists for your partner.

7. Postal swaps

For swaps by mail, use 📮 Postal swaps.

Create a swap

1. Click + New swap.
2. Enter a name, where you found them, and date posted.
3. I sent — spares in the envelope (must be spares you actually have; they leave your spare count immediately).
4. Still expecting — stickers they are sending you. These stay off your need/share list until they arrive or you write them off. The same sticker cannot be expected from two open swaps (that would double-book).
5. Save. The badge shows how many open swaps you have. You’ll also get a backup reminder.

Pack the envelope

Open the swap. Sent lists every sticker with its name. Tick each one as you put it in the letter, or Copy sent list.

When post arrives

• Sort today’s post — paste every sticker from the letters you opened with team codes (e.g. MEX: 4, 14). Click Check list to see who each sticker is allocated to, then Mark matched as received and confirm. The report flags: matched, still missing from those swaps, not expected, extra copies, and double-booked stickers. A swap only turns green/complete when every expected sticker is received or written off.
• Received — arrived as expected; added to your album.
• Different — they sent something else; you record what arrived.
• Write off — never arrived; back on your need list.
• All arrived / Write off all pending — batch actions for one swap.

Delete a swap

Open the swap and choose Delete & revert. The tool undoes only what that swap changed (restore sent spares, put pending stickers back on your need list, remove copies that were marked received/unexpected). Written-off lines are left as they are.

8. Backup & appearance

Your collection auto-saves in this browser. Browsers can still wipe site data — keep a file backup.

• 🗄️ Backup (header) — downloads a full JSON snapshot: missing stickers, spare counts, postal swaps, and theme.
• Import backup — in ⚙ Data & look; restores everything on another device or after clearing data.
• Reminders — after you save a postal swap, and after every 5 stickers you bulk-add. Remind me later hides the banner until the next of those events.
• Appearance — Auto (follow your device), Dark, or Bright.
• Tour — short guided overview; also under Data & look.
• Start fresh / Restore starter — reset options (export first if unsure).

9. About & privacy

This tool is built to be simple, private, and usable without an account.

What leaves the browser?

When you are online, the page may load fonts and country flag images from public CDNs. Those requests are cosmetic and do not include your collection. Your personal collection leaves this browser only if you export a backup or copy/share a list.

10. Disclaimer