ReadID Me vs Scan + Match
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReadID Me
This app reads the NFC chip in your passport or identity card using your iPhone's NFC capability. It verifies the authenticity of chipped identity documents by scanning the Machine Readable Zone for access to the chip. Personal data remains on your device.
- Read NFC chip in passports/ID cards
- Verify document authenticity
- Scan Machine Readable Zone
- Client-only processing
- Data stays on device
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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.
Scan + Match
This app scans special biometric barcodes containing personal data from documents like driver's licenses and passports. It matches encoded faces, provides a match level, and verifies digital signatures to ensure data integrity.
- Scan UR Codes
- Match encoded face data
- Provide Face Match Level
- Validate Digital Signatures
- Verify personal info immutability
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Scanner for UR Codes (Special biometric barcodes) that can contain data from Driver Licenses, Passports, Credit Cards, and many other documents. This App allows you to Match the encoded face data in the UR Code to another face and provides a Face Match Level and validates the Digital Signature that proves the immutability of the personal info stored in the barcode. For more information on UR Codes, their capabilities and for the ability to encode them visit: http://URCodes.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: ReadID Me at 4.9K against Scan + Match's 7. Scan + Match's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Scan + Match holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ReadID Me has 4.9K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ReadID Me ships an update monthly, Scan + Match every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and August 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ReadID Me | Scan + Match |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.9K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.9K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Inverid B.V. | FaceTec, Inc. |
Customer experience
ReadID Me
Scan + Match
Bugs and requests
ReadID Me
Reported bugs
4 issues- Fails to read NFC chip
- Camera issues on certain devices
- Resets after scanning
- Authenticity validation not working for some passports
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for more ID types
- Ability to save/export scanned data
- Improve scanning reliability
- Add more language options
Scan + Match
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ReadID Me
No in-app purchases
Scan + Match
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ReadID Me free?
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