MSR Easy Connect vs MSR Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MSR Easy Connect
Interact with your MSR device via Bluetooth LE. Read, write, and edit track data directly on your iPhone or iPad. Save your information to Files or iCloud.
- Read and write MSR device data
- Edit track data
- Enable/disable tracks
- Save data to Files/iCloud
- Supports ISO and raw format
- Bluetooth low energy connectivity
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*** Requires external hardware *** MSR Easy Connect allows you to read and write to your MSR device using Bluetooth low energy technology. With this app, you can conveniently interact with your MSR device with your iPhone or iPad. Simply open the app, select your MSR from the list of devices, and tap to connect. Once connected, you can read, write, and erase using your MSR device. You can edit the track data directly in the app, and enable and disable each track. You can also save your data to the Files app or to your iCloud account. This app supports reading and writing in ISO and raw format. Please note that an MSR device is required and must be purchased separately.
MSR Control
Easily control magnetic stripe card reader/writers with your device. Read, write, erase, and copy data from magnetic stripe cards. Supports various models and brands, with data import/export capabilities.
- Read magnetic stripe card data
- Write data to magnetic stripe cards
- Copy card data
- Erase tracks on cards
- Import/export data files
- Support for various card reader models
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MSR Control: X6 Bluetooth is a companion app for compatible Bluetooth MSR card reader/writer and magnetic-stripe encoder hardware. Use your iPhone or iPad to read, write, encode, erase, copy, import, and export magnetic stripe card data with X6, MSRX6BT, BTMSR, and related devices. Compatible models include X6, MSR X6, MSRX6, MSRX6BT, and BTMSR. Compatible brands include Deftun, Misiri, Tnaive, PosTech, and PosUniTech. Key features: • Connect to compatible Bluetooth MSR hardware. • Read data from magnetic stripe cards. • Write and encode data to magnetic stripe cards. • Copy one card’s data to multiple cards. • Erase selected tracks on magnetic stripe cards. • Read multiple cards into a data file. • Write multiple cards from a data file. • Import and export data files through iCloud or local folders. • Support ISO data format, 210 BPI, 75 BPI, Hi-Co/Lo-Co workflows, and leading-zero settings. The app is designed for use with compatible external Bluetooth MSR hardware. Please use it only with cards and data you are authorized to manage. This app uses Apple’s standard Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MSR Control at Free against MSR Easy Connect's $17.99. MSR Control also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks). MSR Easy Connect's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#172 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, 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
MSR Control is free to download; MSR Easy Connect costs $17.99 up front. MSR Control sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. MSR Easy Connect asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for MSR Easy Connect against 3.5 for MSR Control. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 183 and 54 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 10% of MSR Easy Connect's written reviews are positive against 11% of MSR Control's.
MSR Easy Connect ships an update every 5 weeks, MSR Control every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MSR Easy Connect | MSR Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $17.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (183 ratings) | 3.5 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 11.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 183 — better | 54 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Best chart rank | #172 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Backes | TCOOL LTD |
Customer experience
MSR Easy Connect
MSR Control
Bugs and requests
MSR Easy Connect
Reported bugs
24 issues- Stopped writing but would still read
- Doesn't write
- Doesn't erase
- Reads track 2 on track 3
- App is unusable
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- Only reading not writing or erasing
- App doesn't let me Write Track 1 or 2 or Erase
- Doesn't write
- It will read any card already made, but won’t write to track 2 at all
- Doesn’t work majority of time
- Reads but doesn’t erase or write
- Shows up in track 3 which is weird
- App doesn’t work at all
- It's doesn't connect to the device
- Not letting me write on track 3 keep popping up as T3
- Cut me off sometimes
- Nth happens when swipe card
- Not compatible for iPhone for direct connect
- Deftun BT MSR is not working it close app when I try to write
- Swiping the card on my Bluetooth MSR x6 and nothing is happening
- App isn’t working closes out anytime I try to write
- App completely shut down on me
- Trying to write on track 2 and doesn’t let me closes app when it says it writes reads and erase
- Doesn’t erase or write
Requested features
5 requests- How to grab dumps from Telegram and put them on the right tracks
- Fix app unusable issues
- Fix writing/erasing problems
- Provide email or phone number for help
- Easy MSR functionality
MSR Control
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MSR Easy Connect
No in-app purchases
MSR Control
- Monthly EasyMSR Membership3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- EasyMSR - 1-year Membership7 Days trial$19.991 Year
Questions
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