Comparison

Scan Cards vs SidecarBridge

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

Head to head
About

Scan Cards

Features
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Use this scanner to get your loyalty points for your mob.cards. Just focus on the QR code presented. No need to do or press anything else. Make sure you save your cards once the points are redeemed so you won't loose them.

About

SidecarBridge

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SidecarBridge turns your iPhone or iPad into a private local viewer and remote-control surface for your Mac. Pair once with the companion Mac app, then connect over the same Wi-Fi or a nearby peer-to-peer link. View your desktop and control it with touch, a trackpad, Magic Keyboard, or Apple Pencil. FEATURES • One-time-code pairing with encrypted local sessions and remembered trusted devices • Direct local-network and nearby peer-to-peer connection paths • Adaptive, hardware-encoded Mac screen streaming with quality and frame-rate controls • Touch and trackpad gestures: click, drag, scroll, pinch-to-zoom, and left/right/double click • Standard and special on-screen keyboard controls, with hardware keyboard support • Chinese/English input switching and common modifier/navigation keys • Encrypted file transfer with visible transfer progress and an in-app file area • Recovery after short app switches or network stalls PRIVACY AND REQUIREMENTS Both devices need SidecarBridge. The Mac companion requires Screen Recording permission to stream the display and Accessibility permission for remote input. Sessions stay on your local or nearby link; SidecarBridge does not relay your screen through a cloud server. SidecarBridge mirrors the Mac's main display. It does not create a native extended display and does not bypass Apple's security, code-signing, device-management, or App Store protections.

Screenshots

Scan Cards3 screens
SidecarBridge1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Scan Cards at 8.0 against SidecarBridge's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Scan Cards versus SidecarBridge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScan CardsSidecarBridge
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCeva Mai Mult Design SRLchienchung Yu

In-app purchases

None

Scan Cards

No in-app purchases

None

SidecarBridge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scan Cards free?
Scan Cards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SidecarBridge free?
SidecarBridge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scan Cards or SidecarBridge have ads?
Neither Scan Cards nor SidecarBridge shows ads.

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