Comparison

Passcreator Smart Scan vs MakePass

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Passcreator Smart Scan

This app facilitates the quick validation of digital passes using a built-in barcode scanner. It offers modes for voiding or recording passes and provides detailed analytics. Offline scanning is supported, and unique configuration links can be shared for external validation.

Highlights
  • Barcode scanning for pass validation
  • Void and Record modes
  • Detailed scan analytics
  • Offline scanning capability
  • Shareable configuration links
  • Support for 2D barcodes
Features
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Enable quick and easy validation of Passcreator’s Wallet passes with Smart Scan. The integrated barcode scanner instantly reads passes to validate, void, or update Wallet passes. Choose from two modes when scanning Wallet passes: Void mode and Record Mode. Whether you need every pass voided or simply want to keep a record of customer engagement, there is a configuration that suits your business’s needs. See detailed analytics of each scan on Passcreator’s online analytics platform. Use Offline Mode to scan passes without an active internet connection. Simply remove offline mode to synchronize your scans and see analytics. Allow anyone outside your Passcreator account to scan and validate passes using a unique configuration link created by you. For best results, use 2D barcodes.

About

MakePass

Create and personalize digital passes for your Apple Wallet with AI-powered design and advanced editing tools. Import barcodes from various formats, set location and time awareness for automatic display, and integrate with iOS Shortcuts for automation.

Highlights
  • AI-powered design from photos
  • Versatile pass creation from scratch or import
  • Extensive customization options
  • Support for multiple barcode formats
  • Location and time-based pass display
  • iOS Shortcuts integration
Features
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MakePass is a powerful Apple Wallet pass creator and editor. Create a pass from scratch, import an existing one, or use AI to turn a photo, PDF, or description into an event ticket, boarding pass, membership card, coupon, and more. Core Features: • AI-Powered Design: Turn photos, PDFs, or descriptions into Apple Wallet passes. MakePass AI extracts the relevant information and creates the pass content, structure, and design. • Flexible Pass Creation: Start from scratch, open an existing pass, import one directly from Apple Wallet using the Share button, or choose an included example. • Extensive Customization: Add, remove, and reorder header, front, and back fields. Customize colors, dates, time zones, locations, grouping, identifiers, associated apps, and more. • Complete Image Control: Customize icon, header, strip, thumbnail, background, artwork, and footer images. Use your own image or choose a template and adjust its color and blur. • More Pass Styles: Choose from Event Tickets, Boarding Passes, Generic Passes, Poster Passes, Store Cards, Coupons, Semantic Event Tickets, and Semantic Boarding Passes. • Semantic Fields: Add structured metadata for events, venues, seating, flights, airports, passengers, dates, time zones, and locations. Apple Wallet uses this machine-readable metadata to decide which fields to show. Advanced Capabilities: • Barcode Flexibility: Scan, import, or create QR, Aztec, PDF417, Code 128, Code 39, Codabar, EAN-13, and Interleaved 2 of 5 barcodes. Convert unsupported formats to a Wallet-compatible barcode or embed them as pass images when available. • Featured Actions: Add up to two actions below a pass for calls, orders, shopping, bookings, schedules, rewards, and more. • Location and Time Awareness: Set relevant dates and locations so passes can appear on the Lock Screen at the right time or place. • Apple Wallet Editor Compatibility: Create “User Created” passes that remain editable in Wallet and never appear grouped. Add linked photos and custom backgrounds, or use styles that Wallet’s editor does not offer, including Coupons and Store Cards. • Shortcuts Integration: Use Shortcuts to automate pass creation and customization. • Command-Line Automation on Mac: Create and customize passes from Terminal, scripts, or AI agents with the included "makepass-cli" tool. MakePass Subscriptions: • MakePass Pro: Unlock barcodes and images, plus passes that appear based on time or location. • MakePass Ultra: Includes every MakePass Pro feature, plus MakePass AI, Shortcuts support, command-line automation on Mac, and Family Sharing. MakePass supports macOS, iOS and iPadOS. Notes: • On iPadOS, where Apple Wallet is unavailable, MakePass lets you preview passes and share or save them as files. • Some features, including Poster, Semantic Event Ticket, and Semantic Boarding Pass styles, header icons, featured actions, linked photos, and the “User Created” group, are unavailable on older system versions. • Barcode and image availability varies by system, device, pass style, and group. Privacy by Design: MakePass works entirely on-device and does not store or send any information outside its protected app sandbox, except when you explicitly use MakePass AI. This requires sending text extracted from images or the pass description you provide for processing. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Passcreator Smart Scan4 screens
MakePass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Passcreator Smart Scan at 100% against MakePass's 46%. Passcreator Smart Scan also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). MakePass's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (284 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MakePass sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Passcreator Smart Scan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MakePass holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MakePass has 284 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Passcreator Smart Scan's written reviews are positive against 46% of MakePass's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Passcreator Smart Scan ships an update every 4 months, MakePass every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Passcreator Smart Scan versus MakePass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPasscreator Smart ScanMakePass
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.4 (284 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better46.2% of reviews
Number of ratings3284 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPasscreator GmbHPedro Jose Pereira Vieito

Customer experience

Passcreator Smart Scan

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MakePass

All ratings284 ratings
Positive83.8%
Neutral3.9%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews169 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral10.1%
Negative43.8%

Bugs and requests

Passcreator Smart Scan

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

MakePass

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Shortcuts integration loses text in header, front, and back fields
  • Pass creation fails silently without error messages
  • Barcode import doesn't work for many card types
  • QR codes render unreadably for large payloads
  • Passes don't display correctly on Apple Watch (blank except title)
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  • Front field text lines combine incorrectly
  • Design doesn't match preview once sent to wallet
  • Saving and loading passes causes intermittent errors
  • Adding passes to wallet sometimes doesn't work
  • Image import produces black lines on right side
  • Generated QR codes don't match imported QR codes
  • Inconsistent time format display across passes
  • Editing existing passes sometimes creates new duplicates instead of updating

Requested features

24 requests
  • Free trial or preview mode before subscription
  • Monthly subscription option (not just yearly)
  • Ability to add custom images/logos to passes
  • Support for more barcode formats (Code 11, 25, 39, 93, UPC-A)
  • Resizable QR codes
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  • Live preview while editing
  • Edit raw pass.json files
  • Multiple locations per pass
  • Expiry date functionality
  • More back field options
  • Font customization options
  • HSL color adjustments
  • Clickable phone numbers and locations in fields
  • Lock screen pass display based on location
  • History of recently added passes
  • Ability to overwrite existing passes instead of creating duplicates
  • NFC card cloning support
  • More pass group options (more than 9)
  • Custom RGB color picker
  • Recurring pass relevancy (e.g., weekday displays)
  • Comprehensive tutorials and documentation
  • In-app feedback/bug report button
  • Support for COVID-19 and vaccination passports
  • API access for developers

In-app purchases

None

Passcreator Smart Scan

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

MakePass

Subscriptions3
  • MakePass Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • MakePass Pro (Yearly)$9.991 Year
  • MakePass Ultra (Yearly)$16.991 Year

Questions

Is Passcreator Smart Scan free?
Passcreator Smart Scan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MakePass free?
MakePass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Passcreator Smart Scan or MakePass?
MakePass is rated higher. Passcreator Smart Scan averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while MakePass averages 4.4 from 284 ratings.
Do Passcreator Smart Scan or MakePass have ads?
Neither Passcreator Smart Scan nor MakePass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Passcreator Smart Scan or MakePass?
Passcreator Smart Scan ships an update every 4 months, and MakePass every 2 months. Most recently, Passcreator Smart Scan was updated on July 21, 2026 and MakePass on September 24, 2026.

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