NFC Commander vs Card Checker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NFC Commander
This utility app allows you to read and write data to NFC cards. It supports multiple data reads and writes, various data types, and specific formats for auto-recognition on newer iPhones. An advanced version offers additional features.
- Read NFC card data
- Write data to NFC cards
- Multiple data reads/writes
- Support for multiple data types
- Specific format writing for auto-recognition
- Dark mode support
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NFCommander identifies NFC tags on iPhone, then reads and writes NDEF when the tag has it. Hold a sticker or card to see UID, technology, and capacity. Write a link, text, or vCard, clone a scan onto another sticker, or permanently lock the next tag you hold. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no account. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Identify MIFARE, ISO 15693, FeliCa, and ISO 7816 tags (iPhone 7 and later) • See UID, maker, capacity, and whether a tag is writable or locked • Read NDEF records: links, text, vCard, Smart Poster, and more • Write templates: link, text, email, phone, message, maps, vCard, or a custom NDEF record • Copy a scanned tag and write it to another writable sticker • Permanently lock a physical tag with the system writeLock API • Keep scan history on your iPhone, including UID COMPATIBILITY • Bank cards, secure ID documents, and dynamic-ID transit cards are handled by Apple Pay and cannot be read here • iOS restricts third-party apps from using MIFARE Classic or reading tags in the background • NFC is available on supported iPhones only • Locking a tag cannot be undone PRIVACY FIRST • Identify, read, write, and lock happen on your iPhone • No cloud, no analytics, no tracking, no sign-in • UID and records never leave your iPhone unless you copy or share them FREE AND PREMIUM • Identifying a tag and viewing UID, technology, and capacity is free • Premium unlocks writing, cloning, locking, and every NDEF record on a multi-record tag
Card Checker
Instantly validate and look up credit and debit card details. Get country, bank name, and card type with just the first 8 digits, or perform a full validation with all numbers. Includes a convenient paste feature from your clipboard.
- Validate credit and debit cards
- Lookup card details (country, bank, type)
- Full card validation
- Paste from clipboard functionality
- Removes spaces from card numbers
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Check, Query & Validate Credit and Debit Cards. Querying with the first 8 number of the card is sufficient to get Country, Bank Name and Code, Card Type. For a full validation of the card, it is necessary to type in all the numbers of the card. Application also has pasting feature, you may copy the card number and tap the Paste from Clipboard button. Which will parse any existing card number and remove all spaces. Application is free to use for the first time. Afterwards it requires a small purchase to use it limitless for lifetime.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NFC Commander at 4.8 against Card Checker's 1.0. NFC Commander also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). Card Checker's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). 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. NFC Commander sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Card Checker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NFC Commander holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NFC Commander has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | NFC Commander | Card Checker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 34 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 袁杰 张 | Zeliha Barutcu |
Customer experience
NFC Commander
Card Checker
In-app purchases
NFC Commander
- Premium Edition$0.99
Card Checker
- Lifetime Limitless Usage$0.99









