Mobile Badge vs Hour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mobile Badge
Transform your smartphone into a contactless access badge for authentication and device login. This app offers a simple, friction-free solution for secure access without physical cards or PINs, with advanced enterprise options available.
- Contactless badge for authentication
- Unlock devices and print stations
- Bluetooth access with ELATEC readers
- Minimal setup required
- Optional advanced credential management
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Mobile Badge turns your smartphone into a reliable, contactless badge for authentication and access. Whether you're unlocking a print release station or logging into a device, just walk up with your phone no plastic cards, no PINs, no friction. Designed for simplicity, the Standard Edition requires no account, no pairing, and no backend setup. Just install the app and you’re ready to go with supported Bluetooth-enabled ELATEC readers. Need more control? We also offer solutions with remote pass management, user-specific credentials, and revocation capabilities. If you're looking for advanced features or enterprise deployment options, reach out we’d be happy to help. Looking for managed credentials, user-specific control, or integrations? Reach out to our support team to learn about our extended solutions. Key Features: - Bluetooth access via supported ELATEC readers - Minimal setup required, flexible for various environments - Ideal for secure printing, workstation login, and shared device scenarios - Optional advanced credential management available Whether you're a daily user or managing large-scale deployments, Mobile Badge brings mobile identity into the real world in a way that is fluid, reliable, and future-ready.
Hour
This app facilitates rapid texting of notifications to contacts for fundraising campaigns. It allows users to efficiently manage and track responses from their phone's contact list.
- Send quick text notifications
- Target specific contacts
- Track responses
- Fundraising campaign support
- Phone contact integration
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The Hour-A-Thon Quicktext app is designed for users of Hour-A-Thon fundraising campaigns to quickly text notifications to specified contacts in their phone and track responses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mobile Badge at 3.7 against Hour's 3.1. Hour's advantage is ratings volume (143 vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads 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.
Mobile Badge holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hour has 143 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Mobile Badge's written reviews are positive against 48% of Hour's.
Mobile Badge ships an update every 6 weeks, Hour every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mobile Badge | Hour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.1 (143 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 48.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 143 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elatec GmbH | Buynow AF, LLC |
Customer experience
Mobile Badge
Hour
In-app purchases
Mobile Badge
No in-app purchases
Hour
No in-app purchases
