Comparison

MOMENTO® vs NFC Reader Scanner Tool

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

Head to head
About

MOMENTO®

This app allows users to write to NFC tags using their iPhone, enabling personalized messages, videos, and promotions. It transforms ordinary interactions with products and environments into memorable experiences for businesses and consumers alike.

Highlights
  • Write to NFC tags
  • Personalize messages
  • Create custom promotions
  • Interactive product experiences
  • Business and consumer use
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Momento NFC is the first company has the patent that gives you the ability to activate the iPhone NFC chip, so it is writable with iOS 11. Previously, iOS NFC has been read-only, which limited a user’s ability to create a custom experience. Now you can personalize your messages, your videos and your promotions to customers using the Momento NFC app. We believe today’s technology should empower people to have greater, more personal, experiences with the products and environments they interact with every day. Whether it is jewelry and clothing, branded materials, physical environments, interactive labels, or a child’s favorite stuffed animal, the NFC United products and solutions can turn ordinary interaction into memorable experiences. Momento NFC platform and App allows businesses, manufacturers, brands and consumers to create their own NFC experiences. The options are limitless, and we look forward to helping you create your own innovations.

About

NFC Reader Scanner Tool

Instantly read and inspect NFC tags, contactless cards, and smart chips. View, save, and export tag data privately and offline. Ideal for troubleshooting, cataloging, or exploring NFC technology.

Highlights
  • Instant NFC Scanning
  • Full Data View (URLs, text, UID)
  • Tag Metadata Inspection
  • Export & Save Tag Data
  • Offline & Private Operation
  • No Ads or Tracking
Features
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Tap, read, write — every NFC tag your iPhone can touch. If you have ever picked up a mystery sticker from a hotel desk, a museum exhibit or the back of a flyer and wondered what it actually said, an honest NFC scanner is the answer. NFC Reader Scanner Tool decodes the tags around you and writes new ones, with no account, no cloud upload, and nothing leaving your device. It is built for smart home tinkerers, restaurant owners running NFC business menus, makers shipping product packaging with tap-to-open labels, and the plain curious who want to know what is on a chip before they trust it. The app behaves as an honest nfc utility rather than a marketing surface — it tells you exactly what a tag contains, then lets you decide what to do next. Every feature described below is unlocked only with an auto-renewable subscription purchased inside the app. New users receive a 3 day free trial; you may cancel anytime during the trial to avoid being charged. Open the app and tap a tag to read NDEF, NTAG, MIFARE and FeliCa formats with the decoded data laid out in plain text. The nfc decoder shows record types, payload bytes and human-readable content side by side, so a URL tag is obviously a URL and a contact tag is obviously a vCard. Write your own tags with URLs, WiFi credentials, contact cards, plain text or Siri Shortcut launchers, and keep a tag history so you can find the chip you encoded last month. Multi-record tags are supported, password protection locks tags where the hardware allows, and a Home Screen widget puts your most-used write actions one tap from the lock screen. For repeat work, the nfc encoder supports custom tag templates so you can pre-load a WiFi credential block, a menu URL, a Siri Shortcut or a contact record and write hundreds of identical chips in a single sitting. Batch write moves through a roll of stickers without you tapping a different button each time, the nfc reader confirms each write with a sound and a vibration so your eyes can stay on the chips, and CSV export turns a session's worth of nfc record activity into a log you can hand a colleague or attach to an invoice. The nfc writer also detects locked or read-only tags up front and flags incompatible chips before you waste them. This nfc tool works fully offline on every NFC-capable iPhone, including the latest models with background tag reading. There are no ads, no trackers and no account requirement, so a tag you write at 3am in a workshop is your business and nobody else's. The interface ships in 39 languages with full VoiceOver support, so the same nfc tags scanner serves a sysadmin labelling cables, a cafe encoding menu chips, an event team writing badge tags before the doors open, and a parent labelling laundry bins for the kids. Unlock with Pro: • Unlimited tag history (free: 50) • All write formats including Siri Shortcut and contact records • Password protection and batch writing of multiple tags • Custom tag templates for repeated jobs • CSV history export and ad-free interface Subscription Pricing & Terms Features require a subscription. Pricing and terms available in-app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription and free-trial conversion in Settings > Apple ID after purchase. Any unused portion of the free-trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.

Screenshots

MOMENTO®4 screens
NFC Reader Scanner Tool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MOMENTO® at none against NFC Reader Scanner Tool's 3. MOMENTO® also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1). NFC Reader Scanner Tool's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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 Reader Scanner Tool sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. MOMENTO® asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NFC Reader Scanner Tool holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MOMENTO® has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MOMENTO® ships an update every 4 weeks, NFC Reader Scanner Tool every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MOMENTO® versus NFC Reader Scanner Tool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMOMENTO®NFC Reader Scanner Tool
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGalatea USABahattin Duran

Customer experience

MOMENTO®

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

NFC Reader Scanner Tool

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MOMENTO®

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

NFC Reader Scanner Tool

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is MOMENTO® free?
MOMENTO® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NFC Reader Scanner Tool free?
NFC Reader Scanner Tool is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MOMENTO® or NFC Reader Scanner Tool?
NFC Reader Scanner Tool is rated higher. MOMENTO® averages 4.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while NFC Reader Scanner Tool averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do MOMENTO® or NFC Reader Scanner Tool have ads?
Neither MOMENTO® nor NFC Reader Scanner Tool shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MOMENTO® or NFC Reader Scanner Tool?
MOMENTO® ships an update every 4 weeks, and NFC Reader Scanner Tool every 3 weeks. Most recently, MOMENTO® was updated on October 24, 2026 and NFC Reader Scanner Tool on October 24, 2026.

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