Trip Reader (NFC) vs City Sky
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trip Reader (NFC)
Access your Chinese public transit card's balance and transaction history using your iPhone's NFC reader. View station names, monthly discounts, and bus routes without needing internet or Bluetooth. Save your travel history and sync it across devices.
- Read balance and history
- Show station names
- Track monthly discounts
- Display bus route numbers
- Save travel history
- Sync to iCloud
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Trip Reader uses iPhone's internal NFC reader to get balance and history from public transit cards issued across China. No Internet or Bluetooth is needed. Main features: • Balance and history • Show station names • Monthly discount policy and progress • Bus route number • Save history and comments • Sync to iCloud ************************************** Beijing Yikatong is not supported due to technical reason. ************************************** Cards supported: • Beijing Hutong Card (京津冀互联互通卡, with T-Union mark) • Tianjin City Card (with T-Union mark) • Nanjing City Card (with T-Union mark) • Suzhou Citizen Card • Shanghai Public Transportation Card (Purple card and T-Union card) • Kunshan Citizen Card • Guangzhou Yang Cheng Tong (CPU card only) • Lingnan Pass • Shenzhen Tong (FeliCa type not supported) • Chengdu Tianfu Tong (CPU card only) • Other T-Union or City Union cards issued across China (some dual-module cards may show T-Union history only) Note: Student cards, senior cards etc. are not supported. This app does not have access to official database. Please use with caution and do not rely on the result.
City Sky
This app provides a convenient payment solution for users in Myanmar, facilitating both online and offline transactions. It aims to simplify daily life by offering services for payments, online shopping, and other humanized support.
- Online and offline payments
- Online shopping
- Money management
- Humanized services
- Simplified daily life
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它是缅甸的一种支付工具。总结国情Put People First，为您提供线上线下支付，用钱，线上买东西，人性化服务等服务。让缅甸人民的生活和饮食更轻松。 It is a payment tool in Myanmar. Summarize the national situation and put people first to provide you with online and offline payment, money, online shopping, humanized services and other services. Make the lives and diets of the people of Myanmar easier.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trip Reader (NFC) at 93% against City Sky's 0%. Trip Reader (NFC) also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.5) and ads (none vs shown). City Sky's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs paid). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Trip Reader (NFC) holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trip Reader (NFC) has 522 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Trip Reader (NFC)'s written reviews are positive against 0% of City Sky's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trip Reader (NFC) | City Sky |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (522 ratings) — better | 1.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 522 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Domosekai Limited | CITY SKY CO.,LTD |
Customer experience
Trip Reader (NFC)
City Sky
In-app purchases
Trip Reader (NFC)
No in-app purchases
City Sky
No in-app purchases
