Fingerprint Scan Simulator vs Authenticator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fingerprint Scan Simulator
This app simulates a fingerprint scan to reveal your daily abilities in social, work, health, love, and money. It's a prank app designed purely for entertainment and sharing laughs with friends.
- Fingerprint scanning simulation
- Daily ability predictions (Social, Work, Health, Love, Money)
- Prank app for entertainment
- Share with friends
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Enter your name and your birth date then put your finger on the screen to start the scanning... Wait the end of scanning to find out all results about you. "Fingerprint Scanning" is a fingerprint scan simulation that gives you your abilities (Social, Work, Health, Love and Money) for the day. "Fingerprint Scanning" is meant to be used for entertainment purposes only. This app is a prank app. This is not a real scanner. Spread your friends with "Fingerprint Scanning"! ••• Game Features ••• • Fingerprint Scanning Simulator.
Authenticator
Simulate biometric authentication for creative projects. This app allows you to choose between palm, retina, or fingerprint scans, or passcode entry. Customize the outcome to always fail, always succeed, or use an override for demonstrations.
- Fake palm scanner
- Fake retina scanner
- Fake fingerprint scanner
- Passcode entry simulation
- Customizable authentication outcomes
- Override authentication option
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An app for fake authentication for movie prop, plays, or demonstrations. Choose to scan palm, retina, fingerprint, or enter a passcode. Choose to always fail, always authenticate, or a variety of options, including an override to authenticate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Authenticator at 5.0 against Fingerprint Scan Simulator's 3.5. Authenticator also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months). Fingerprint Scan Simulator's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 2). 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.
Authenticator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fingerprint Scan Simulator has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Fingerprint Scan Simulator ships an update every 5 months, Authenticator every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fingerprint Scan Simulator | Authenticator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dream-Up | Harden Consulting LLC |
Customer experience
Fingerprint Scan Simulator
Authenticator
In-app purchases
Fingerprint Scan Simulator
No in-app purchases
Authenticator
No in-app purchases
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