Mastercard Travel Pass vs Mannetho
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mastercard Travel Pass
Enhance your airport experience by discovering and accessing lounges and restaurants before your flight. Make travel more relaxing and enjoyable with this dedicated travel companion.
- Airport lounge access
- Restaurant discounts
- Pre-flight relaxation
- Travel enhancement
- Mastercard holder benefits
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By downloading the Mastercard Travel Pass app you can enhance your airport experience and relax in your choice of lounge or restaurant before your flight. Unwind and make travelling something to look forward to with your new favourite travel app. This program is only eligible to Mastercard holders as stated in the terms and conditions of your issuing bank. Before installing the app, please check your eligibility with your issuing bank
Mannetho
Instantly translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs using your mobile camera. This app is the first of its kind to detect and translate multiple symbols simultaneously, making historical language accessible to all.
- Instant hieroglyph translation
- Mobile camera detection
- Multi-symbol detection
- Ancient Egyptian culture bridging
- Accessible language learning
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At Manetho, we're passionate about bridging the gap between ancient Egyptian culture and today's world. Our mission is to make hieroglyphic translation accessible to everyone. Manetho is the very first application to instantly detect more than one hieroglyphic symbol per time. Manetho Is The Very First Application In The World To Translate Hieroglyphic Instantly Using Mobile Camera.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mastercard Travel Pass at 4.8 against Mannetho's 1.0. Mastercard Travel Pass also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Mastercard Travel Pass holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mastercard Travel Pass has 10K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Mastercard Travel Pass's written reviews are positive against 0% of Mannetho's.
Mastercard Travel Pass ships an update fortnightly, Mannetho every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mastercard Travel Pass | Mannetho |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (10K ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Dragon Pass Company Limited | Mahmoud Ismail |
Customer experience
Mastercard Travel Pass
Mannetho
Bugs and requests
Mastercard Travel Pass
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent timeouts and connectivity issues
- Country of issuance dropdown not working
- Inconsistent behavior between app and website
Requested features
3 requests- Add Apple Wallet support
- Improve password management integration
- Display lounge meal times
Mannetho
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mastercard Travel Pass
No in-app purchases
Mannetho
No in-app purchases
Questions
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