ReadID Me vs DL scanner.

With the ReadID NFC app you can read the NFC chip that is in your passport or identity card, using the NFC capability of your iPhone (iPhone 7 or later). This app is based on ReadID, a mobile identity document verification technology. It can read and verify the authenticity of identity documents that have a chip, which includes most passports and many identity cards. Before being able to read the chip, the app first needs to scan the so-called Machine Readable Zone of the identity document since this contains the password needed to get access to the chip. This app works client-only, meaning that the personal data from your identity document does not leave your phone.

Extract information from the PDF417 barcodes on driver’s licenses.  DL scanner reads driver’s licenses with PDF417 codes to access a variety of useful information. Use DL scanner to to speed up and improve processes that require identification, age verification, and other checks. Driver’s licenses are widely used as proof of identity in the United States and Canada. The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) has standardized the design of these documents and the information they must contain. This data is encoded in a PDF417 barcode on the back, which can be read using the DL scanner. The DL scanner can prepare the information encoded by a PDF417 barcode to be easily readable by a human. This makes it easy to quickly find relevant fields such as a customer’s date of birth.