Beacon Simulator vs Smart NFC Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beacon Simulator
This utility app transforms your smartphone into a beacon transmitter. It's designed for developers to easily test beacon-enabled applications without needing physical hardware. Quickly set up and broadcast signals, and generate UUIDs for your development workflow.
- Turn phone into a beacon
- Test beacon-enabled apps
- No hardware required
- Quickly configure beacon
- Broadcast signal instantly
- Generate and share UUIDs
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Beacon Simulator turns your phone into a Beacon. Designed with developers in mind, Beacon Simulator makes it easy to start testing your Beacon-enabled apps without having to buy any hardware. Quickly configure your beacon and start broadcasting a signal instantly. Generating UUIDs and sharing them to your development environment is simple.
Smart NFC Tools
Easily read, inspect, and modify NFC tags with this intuitive tool. Write to tags in various formats to trigger actions like opening websites or making calls. Prioritizes user privacy by operating entirely offline.
- Read NFC tag content
- Inspect and modify NFC tags
- Erase, lock, and copy tags
- Write NFC tags in various formats
- Trigger phone calls or open websites
- 100% offline operation
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Smart NFC Tools is the most accessible and easy to use NFC Reader and Writer for mobile devices! With a simple user interface and powerful tools you can interact with NDEF-Formatted NFC cards without any external hardware! - Read, Inspect and modify: Read a tag by touching the back of your device against it and Smart NFC Tools will show you a full report on the tag's content and give you options such as erase, lock and copy. It's super easy! - Write in many formats: Smart NFC Tools enables you to write NFC tags in popular formats that allow for custom interactions such as opening a website or triggering a phone call just by touching the tag with a compatible device! - Note about privacy: Smart NFC Tools works 100% offline, without any personal or content data being sent to an external server or third party server. Your privacy is our priority! Embrace the world of NFC technologies using your phone or tablet! Smart NFC Tools is now available for all iOS devices!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beacon Simulator at none against Smart NFC Tools's 1. Beacon Simulator also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Smart NFC Tools's advantage is review sentiment (30% vs 0%) and ratings volume (481 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Smart NFC Tools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Beacon Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Beacon Simulator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart NFC Tools has 481 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Beacon Simulator's written reviews are positive against 30% of Smart NFC Tools's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Beacon Simulator | Smart NFC Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (481 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 30.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 481 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marino Software | Arthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA. |
Customer experience
Beacon Simulator
Smart NFC Tools
Bugs and requests
Beacon Simulator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Smart NFC Tools
Reported bugs
6 issues- Doesn't work to save contact card
- App glitches
- Doesn't work to read card and fob
- Paid for unlock, but restore doesn't work after iOS update
- Paid for ability to lock tags, but feature does not work
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- App not working after 15 minutes, even after purchase
Requested features
2 requests- Add social media to chips
- Ability to add multiple items to card after paying
In-app purchases
Beacon Simulator
No in-app purchases
Smart NFC Tools
- NFC Tools Premium$1.99
Questions
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