MRZ Scanner vs Daon NFC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MRZ Scanner
Scan machine-readable zones (MRZ) from documents in real-time, directly on your device. This app offers fast and accurate decoding without requiring an internet connection, ensuring your data remains private. Manually correct fields for improved accuracy.
- Real-time MRZ scanning
- On-device processing (offline)
- High accuracy decoding
- Fastest decoding time
- Manual field correction
- Data privacy
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Machine-readable zone (MRZ) scanner app! MRZ scanner works in real-time, locally on a device, without the need of an internet connection. Since the scan happens right on the device, the data never leaves your device unless you want it to. All processing takes place on your device. This means the results never pass any external servers. MRZ scanner has the fastest decoding time on the market paired with the highest accuracy. Fields that don't have checksum digit from the MRZ can manually be checked and updated to avoid rescanning.
Daon NFC
Scan the Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) on a passport and read its NFC chip. This tool provides diagnostic information for NFC reading capabilities.
- Scan passport MRZ
- Read NFC chip
- Diagnostic tool
- NFC reading information
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Daon NFC is an application that can scan the Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) on a passport and read the NFC chip.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Daon NFC at 100% against MRZ Scanner's 0%. Daon NFC also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). MRZ Scanner's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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.
Daon NFC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of MRZ Scanner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Daon NFC's.
MRZ Scanner ships an update every 5 weeks, Daon NFC every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and July 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MRZ Scanner | Daon NFC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adamantus DOO | Daon, Inc |
Customer experience
MRZ Scanner
Daon NFC
In-app purchases
MRZ Scanner
No in-app purchases
Daon NFC
No in-app purchases
Questions
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