Comparison

NFC Tag Manager vs Hexy Watcher

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

Head to head
About

NFC Tag Manager

Easily read and write NFC tags with support for plain text and URL content. Features include tag creation, cleaning, and viewing recently accessed tags.

Highlights
  • Read NFC tags
  • Create NFC tags
  • Clean NFC tags
  • View recent tags
  • Supports plain text
  • Supports URL content
Features
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Read, write and manage NDEF tags. Tap a tag to see exactly what it holds — every record, the chip it uses, its size and how much room is left. Write what you actually need: - Links, text and notes - Wi-Fi networks, so guests join by tapping a sticker - Numbers to call, emails and text messages - A place on a map - A chat in WhatsApp or Telegram - Home Assistant tags, actions, events and dashboards - Several records on one tag, in the order you choose Everything you read or write is kept in a library you can name, annotate and search. Erase a tag to start over, or lock it for good when it is final. Ideas and requests are welcome.

About

Hexy Watcher

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Hexy is the ideal app for anyone working in the BEAM ecosystem who wants to check their packages directly from iPhone. With Hexy you can: enter your Hex.pm username and automatically import packages published from your profile manually add libraries or packages to monitor view total downloads, daily downloads and recent updates clearly follow performance with sparkline charts and trends in package cards hide packages you don’t want to see and keep the interface clean sync settings and tracked packages via iCloud across all your Apple devices Hexy is designed to be: fast and lightweight, with a modern iOS design immediate and easy to use privacy-friendly: it does not collect analytics or telemetry No need to open the browser every time: you have the most important Hex.pm metrics always at hand, with smart updates and a compact overview of the packages that matter to you. If you want to keep track of the pace of your Gleam, Erlang or Elixir projects, Hexy is the perfect mobile tool to turn Hex.pm into a personal feed.

Screenshots

NFC Tag Manager4 screens
Hexy Watcher3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hexy Watcher at none against NFC Tag Manager's 1. NFC Tag Manager's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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. NFC Tag Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hexy Watcher asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NFC Tag Manager ships an update every 9 days, Hexy Watcher monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
NFC Tag Manager versus Hexy Watcher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNFC Tag ManagerHexy Watcher
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (164 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings164 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBruno GoncalvesDaniele Scaratti

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NFC Tag Manager

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Hexy Watcher

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NFC Tag Manager free?
NFC Tag Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hexy Watcher free?
Hexy Watcher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NFC Tag Manager or Hexy Watcher have ads?
Neither NFC Tag Manager nor Hexy Watcher shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NFC Tag Manager or Hexy Watcher?
NFC Tag Manager ships an update every 9 days, and Hexy Watcher monthly. Most recently, NFC Tag Manager was updated on October 26, 2026 and Hexy Watcher on October 2, 2026.

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