Datang Reader vs Passport USM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Datang Reader
This app allows users to scan attendance for participants by logging in with their reader credentials. Access your reader account on the provided website to begin managing attendance.
- Login with reader credentials
- Scan participant attendance
- Access reader account online
- Participant management
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You need to login using Reader credentials, which you can get on https://datang.my. Login using your Datang reader account to start scanning attendance for your participant.
Passport USM
This app serves as a digital identity card for university staff and students, displaying academic and personal information. It includes features like QR code generation for attendance tracking and location sharing.
- Digital staff and student identification
- Academic information display
- QR code for attendance tracking
- Hostel and clinic information
- Location sharing via GPS
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USM Passport is an application that portrays the identity of USM staff and student for internal dan external use. It is developed for active USM students and staff. The interface of the application consists of Profile, Academic Information (Student), QR Code, 9 APEX Pillars, Pledged and Vision. Features: Enables the identification of USM staff and students. 1. Displays student's Hostel Information 2. Displays Panel Clinic Information staff 3. QRCode as a future medium to track and record the student's attendance to the class, tutorial, laboratory etc. It also serves as an added-ICT-feature for USM staff and students. 4. The new version requires user enable GPS for app's get location to shared current location
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Datang Reader at fortnightly against Passport USM's every 4 months. Datang Reader also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Datang Reader ships an update fortnightly, Passport USM every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Datang Reader | Passport USM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BAYAM (M) SDN. BHD. | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
Customer experience
Datang Reader
Passport USM
In-app purchases
Datang Reader
No in-app purchases
Passport USM
No in-app purchases
