Comparison

PathCheck QR Check vs Sphereon Wallet

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PathCheck QR Check

This utility app verifies the authenticity of digital or paper QR credentials for organizations. It's useful for confirming employee or student certifications and managing entry permissions for physical locations.

Highlights
  • Verify digital QR credentials
  • Verify paper QR credentials
  • Confirm student/employee certificates
  • Manage entry permissions
  • Supports DCCs, SmartHealth Cards, DIVOC
Features
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This app helps businesses and organizations verify the veracity of digital or paper QR credentials. Typical use cases are when 1) confirming that a student or employee has received certificates/approvals for their HR files and 2) verification of permission to enter for individuals physically entering a school, stadium, office building, etc. It currently supports PathCheck's Credentials, EU's DCCs, SmartHealth Cards, and DIVOC's Credentials.

About

Sphereon Wallet

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The Sphereon Wallet is a new breed of open, privacy-preserving applications, that gives you full and sole control over your own information. It enables you to manage your own data. Your data is stored nowhere else but on your phone. Nobody else will have access unless you decide to share it with them. Only you decide if you want to share your data with someone else. It enables you to request and receive so-called Verifiable Credentials from official sources, institutions, enterprises, or other organizations. Verifiable credentials are digital records that act as proof of a person's identity, qualifications, roles, achievements, or other attributes. Examples of credentials are for example formal identities, professional certifications or licenses, college or university degrees, academic transcripts, employment records, permits, medical records or prescriptions, credit reports, insurance policies, property deeds, bank statements, travel documents, immigration documents, background checks, drug test results, security clearances, etc. The data you receive is digitally signed by the issuer, allowing the party you share your data with to easily verify that the data is authentic and has not been tampered with. Creating trust in digital transactions. Built based on open W3C Verifiable Credentials standard it guarantees interoperability with other systems to receive and share data. Functionalities offered: - Manage your own data (Credential Management) - Receive Credentials (VCs), such as qualifications, roles, achievements, or other attributes, from trusted parties - Open-Source, W3C standard-based technology Technologies used: - W3C Decentralized Identifiers (DID) - W3C Verifiable Credentials (VC) - OpenID Connect to exchange Credentials between parties - DIF Presentation Exchange - DIF Well Known DID Configuration - DIF Credential Manifest

Screenshots

PathCheck QR Check3 screens
Sphereon Wallet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PathCheck QR Check at weekly against Sphereon Wallet's every 2 months. PathCheck QR Check also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PathCheck QR Check ships an update weekly, Sphereon Wallet every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PathCheck QR Check versus Sphereon Wallet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPathCheck QR CheckSphereon Wallet
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPath Check, IncSphereon

In-app purchases

None

PathCheck QR Check

No in-app purchases

None

Sphereon Wallet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PathCheck QR Check free?
PathCheck QR Check is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sphereon Wallet free?
Sphereon Wallet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PathCheck QR Check or Sphereon Wallet have ads?
Neither PathCheck QR Check nor Sphereon Wallet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PathCheck QR Check or Sphereon Wallet?
PathCheck QR Check ships an update weekly, and Sphereon Wallet every 2 months. Most recently, PathCheck QR Check was updated on October 17, 2026 and Sphereon Wallet on October 19, 2026.

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