# NFC Forge: Tag Toolkit — Read, write & clone NFC tags

> Read, write & clone NFC tags (iPhone/iPad app by Susan Hamilton.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nfc-forge-tag-toolkit/id6801674087 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Susan Hamilton](https://appshunter.io/developer/1885022613)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-08
- Data updated: 2026-10-10
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nfc-forge-tag-toolkit/id6801674087/reviews.md

## What is NFC Forge?

NFC Forge is an open-source toolkit for reading, writing, duplicating, and managing NFC tags with your iPhone. No ads, no accounts, no trackers, and no cloud. Everything stays on your device.

READ
• Identify the chip family and decode NDEF records
• Inspect lock status and security configuration
• View the raw memory of supported tags and export a full .bin dump

WRITE
• Web links, plain text, phone numbers, email, locations, and FaceTime or WhatsApp shortcuts
• Contact cards (vCard), calendar events, App Store links, and social profiles
• Payment links (Venmo, PayPal, Cash App), Wi-Fi network tokens, and Bluetooth pairing records
• Small embedded files and custom raw NDEF records
• Stage several records and write them together as one multi-record NDEF message, with a capacity check against NTAG213, NTAG215, and NTAG216

DUPLICATE
• Scan a source tag, save it to your on-device library, and write it to one or more blank tags

TOOLS
• Erase and format tags
• Lock tags permanently to make them read-only
• Password-protect supported NTAG tags
• Byte-level memory editor, .bin backup and restore, and a raw command console for advanced users
• Optionally use your iPhone as an NFC reader for your Mac over your local Wi-Fi network

SAFETY FIRST
NFC Forge protects lock bytes, capability containers, and password pages during normal writes to help prevent accidentally bricking a tag, and it warns you before any permanent action.

SUPPORTED TAGS
• Full read and write: NTAG213/215/216, MIFARE Ultralight, and ISO 15693 (ICODE SLIX and others)
• NDEF and command passthrough: ISO 7816 Type 4 tags, DESFire, and FeliCa
• MIFARE Classic: UID detection only

PRIVACY
NFC Forge collects no data. Tags you choose to save stay in the app's on-device storage. The source code is available on GitHub under the MIT License.

Requires an iPhone with NFC. Some record types, such as Wi-Fi, write a text token that other apps can scan; iOS does not automatically join a network from an NFC tag.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-10-09

No release notes.

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All apps by Susan Hamilton: https://appshunter.io/developer/1885022613

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