Comparison

e.Republic Badge Scanner vs Touchward

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

Head to head
About

e.Republic Badge Scanner

Easily scan badges to capture contact information, with options for one-on-one networking or session tracking. Add notes to your scans and export a full list of contacts. This app helps you keep track of people you connect with.

Highlights
  • Scan badges via QR code
  • Exhibit Area mode for one-on-one scanning
  • Session mode for authorized scanning
  • Add notes to scans
  • Export full contact information
  • Track scanned contacts
Features
Read full description

Badge Scanner allows scanning badges either in Exhibit Area mode (one-on-one at tables or networking) or in a session mode (if authorized). You can add notes and export the list of full contact information for your scans. The intent is to provide an easy way to track which people you speak to. All of your scans are available for export.

About

Touchward

Features
Read full description

Touchward is a sensory reward button. You finish something, you open the app, you tap, and you get a small satisfying buzz and a ripple of light back. That is the whole idea. It is a tiny ritual for closing a task, marking a win, or just giving yourself a moment. Tap it. Or hold it: a timer traces the outline of the button while you press, and when it completes you get a bigger reward. Choose tap only, hold only, or both. Make it yours - Shapes: circle, the icon's wavy ring, squircle, square, hexagon, star, heart, or blob. Every shape glows, and the hold timer follows its outline. - Ripples: each tap sends a ripple out from the button. Pick the ripple's outline, its thickness, how long it lingers before it fades, and how many rings can stack at once. - Reward modes: Original (three standing rings that a wave rolls through), Ripple, Soft, Spark, Deep, Double, and Wave. Each sets the motion and the haptic together. - Colors: a full color picker with a hue wheel, brightness slider, and hex for every aspect of the haptic reward button. - Sounds: Every tap produces a low hum. Full access grants background music to play while you tap tap tap away. The Apple Watch App features your current set configuration to tap and reward on your wrist.

Screenshots

e.Republic Badge Scanner2 screens
Touchward4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: e.Republic Badge Scanner at none against Touchward's 1. e.Republic Badge Scanner also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Touchward's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, 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. Touchward sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. e.Republic Badge Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

e.Republic Badge Scanner ships an update every 2 months, Touchward weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
e.Republic Badge Scanner versus Touchward: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametere.Republic Badge ScannerTouchward
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developere.Republic IncHave Another Cherry

In-app purchases

None

e.Republic Badge Scanner

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Touchward

One-time1
  • Full Access$0.99

Questions

Is e.Republic Badge Scanner free?
e.Republic Badge Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Touchward free?
Touchward is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do e.Republic Badge Scanner or Touchward have ads?
Neither e.Republic Badge Scanner nor Touchward shows ads.
Which is updated more often, e.Republic Badge Scanner or Touchward?
e.Republic Badge Scanner ships an update every 2 months, and Touchward weekly. Most recently, e.Republic Badge Scanner was updated on November 2, 2026 and Touchward on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons