FDA Age Calculator vs Taiv
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FDA Age Calculator
This utility helps retailers quickly determine if a customer meets the federal minimum age of 21 to purchase tobacco products. It can scan a driver's license or allow manual entry of a birthdate for age calculation. The app does not verify ID authenticity and does not store or transmit user data.
- Scan driver's license for age verification
- Manual birthdate entry for quick calculation
- Determines if purchaser is 21+ for tobacco sales
- No data transmission or storage
- Assists retailers with federal compliance
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With the “FDA Age Calculator,” retailers can use their personal smartphones to help determine if the purchaser is old enough under federal law to buy tobacco products. Using the camera feature on a smartphone, the app is able to scan the driver’s license of the purchaser to determine if the customer is at least 21 years of age (the federal minimum age to buy a tobacco product). The birthdate listed on the photo id can also be manually entered into the app by the retailer for a quick age calculation. This application is only intended to assist retailers in calculating the age of the purchaser. This application does not check or verify whether an ID is real or authentic. Retailers are responsible for ensuring that they do not sell tobacco products to individuals under 21 years of age. This application does not transmit or share this information or save the information on the user’s device or a third party or government server.
Taiv
This application assists users in setting up and managing a Taiv device for their venue. It provides step-by-step instructions for connecting the device to a TV and cable box, configuring WiFi, and registering the box. Post-installation, it allows for content management and WiFi network updates.
- Step-by-step installation guidance
- Device connection instructions
- WiFi setup for the device
- Box registration to account
- Content management
- WiFi network updates
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This app will guide you through installing a Taiv device in your venue. The app gives instructions for correctly plugging in and connecting the Taiv device to your TV and cable box, it also helps to set up WiFi for your newly installed box and guides you through registering the box to your account. Once your Taiv devices are installed this application can be used to manage your content and update WiFi networks on registered boxes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Taiv at 100% against FDA Age Calculator's 15%. Taiv also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 13 months). FDA Age Calculator's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Taiv holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FDA Age Calculator has 31 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of FDA Age Calculator's written reviews are positive against 100% of Taiv's.
FDA Age Calculator ships an update every 13 months, Taiv every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and June 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FDA Age Calculator | Taiv |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (31 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Food and Drug Administration | Taiv Inc |
Customer experience
FDA Age Calculator
Taiv
In-app purchases
FDA Age Calculator
No in-app purchases
Taiv
No in-app purchases
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