Pax Validation vs ICAO Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pax Validation
This app streamlines passenger processing at airports, enhancing safety and security. It offers automated, touchless validation at various checkpoints throughout the passenger journey.
- Automated passenger validation
- Touchless processing
- Enhanced safety and security
- Improved passenger experience
- End-to-end journey coverage
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SITA Passenger Intelligent has been designed to enable the airport to improve the passenger's experience, safety, and security. Also provides the airport and its operational teams with intuitive, automated, and touchless passenger validations at passenger processing points across the end-to-end passenger journey in and around the airport.
ICAO Reader
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Scytales ICAO Reader can read ePassports and ID cards.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pax Validation at every 2 months against ICAO Reader's every 5 months. Pax Validation also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.6 vs 17.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Pax Validation ships an update every 2 months, ICAO Reader every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pax Validation | ICAO Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SITA Information Networking Computing USA Inc | Scytales AB |
In-app purchases
Pax Validation
No in-app purchases
ICAO Reader
No in-app purchases
Questions
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