Comparison

Walletsmith vs Passbook

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

Head to head
About

Walletsmith

Easily add, personalize, and create new digital passes for your mobile wallet. Transform physical cards, tickets, and boarding passes into custom designs with a visual editor and AI tools. Share your creations and set location-based lock screen notifications.

Highlights
  • Visual pass editor
  • AI pass creation from PDF/images
  • Import and personalize existing passes
  • Share passes with anyone
  • Lock screen notifications
  • Magic QR codes for WiFi and data sharing
Features
Currently charting
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Turn any ticket, boarding pass or loyalty card into a real Apple Wallet pass. Point Walletsmith at a PDF or a photo and it builds the pass for you — barcode, dates, colors and all. Or design one yourself in a visual editor that shows exactly what you will get before you add it. AI PASS CREATOR Got a ticket or a boarding pass as a PDF or a photo? Walletsmith reads it and builds the pass for you — images, times and places included. Powered by Apple Intelligence. LOYALTY AND STORE CARDS Scan the barcode on any plastic loyalty card and carry it in Wallet instead. Supermarket cards, gym memberships, library cards, coffee shop stamps — if it has a barcode, it works. CREATE DOZENS AT ONCE Build a pass once, save it as a template, and create a whole batch of named copies in one go. Guest passes for an event, member cards for a club, badges for a team — each with its own name. A REAL EDITOR, WITH UNDO Pass type, colors, images and text, with a live preview — and full undo and redo, so you can experiment freely. Your pass looks exactly the way you designed it the moment it lands in Wallet. POSTER PASSES The new full-screen pass style in iOS 27. Pick a background photo, add your details and send it straight to Wallet. IMPORT AND PERSONALIZE Bring passes you already have into Walletsmith straight from the share sheet and make them your own. A plain black-and-white boarding pass from the airline? Give it your colors and images. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN AT THE RIGHT MOMENT Choose exactly when and where a pass appears on your lock screen, and what the message says. Your gym card when you arrive at the gym, your ticket an hour before the show. SIRI, SHORTCUTS AND CONTROL CENTER Find, show, share or add passes with Siri and the Shortcuts app, search them from Spotlight, and scan or create straight from Control Center. Works with Visual Intelligence too. Siri and Visual Intelligence need iOS 27. MAGIC QR CODES Friends over? Make a WiFi pass — they point a camera at it and connect, no password shared. The same trick works for contact details, locations, email addresses and more. STAY ORGANIZED Group related passes so they stack together in Wallet, and move them between groups whenever you like. Share any pass as an image, a file, or a real Wallet pass. ———————— PRIVACY FIRST Your passes live on your device, and what you put in them is never shared by Walletsmith with anyone. Adding a pass to Wallet sends a small amount of encrypted, non-personal data to my servers. The AI pass creator reads your documents on Apple's Private Cloud Compute — the same privacy-protected infrastructure behind Apple Intelligence. Your data stays yours. NO ADS 'cause they ugly. Terms https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Passbook

Easily create custom Wallet passes for your Apple Wallet. Add membership cards, event tickets, or gift cards by uploading QR codes and editing templates. Advanced features and premium templates are available via subscription.

Highlights
  • Create custom Wallet passes
  • Add membership cards
  • Add event tickets
  • Add gift cards
  • Upload QR codes
  • Edit custom cards
Features
Currently charting
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Easy to way to create Wallet Passes add them to Apple Wallet. Whether you're adding a membership card, customer card or a ticket from your favourite local band, we enable you to add and edit your custom Apple Wallet cards easily, anytime. How it Works? Apply Template ▸ Edit ▸ Upload QR Code ▸ Generate While you can create passes for free, advanced features and premium templates require a subscription. https://andremartingo.github.io/mobilepass/termsofservice.html https://andremartingo.github.io/mobilepass/privacypolicy.html

Screenshots

Walletsmith4 screens
Passbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Walletsmith at every 6 days against Passbook's monthly. Walletsmith also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 42%). Passbook's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 68). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Walletsmith sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Passbook sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Passbook holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Passbook has 1.7K ratings behind it against 68, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Walletsmith's written reviews are positive against 42% of Passbook's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Walletsmith ships an update every 6 days, Passbook monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Walletsmith versus Passbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWalletsmithPassbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (68 ratings)4.5 (1.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews — better42.4% of reviews
Number of ratings681.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#76#54 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.118.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size183 MB142 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuan RodriguezHAPPYPIXEL

Customer experience

Walletsmith

All ratings68 ratings
Positive77.9%
Neutral1.5%
Negative20.6%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral2.5%
Negative42.0%

Passbook

All ratings1,676 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative11.0%
Written reviews271 reviews
Positive42.4%
Neutral7.7%
Negative49.8%

Bugs and requests

Walletsmith

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Passbook

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when trying to create passes
  • Unable to add or manually create passes
  • Incorrect QR codes displayed on passes
  • Passes not syncing properly with Apple Wallet

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to edit existing passes
  • Support more barcode/QR code types
  • Offer a one-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Improve customization options and flexibility

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Walletsmith

Subscriptions3
  • Pro7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Single$0.49
  • Bundle$1.99
  • Lifetime$89.99
9 purchases

Passbook

Subscriptions7
  • Annual Pro$4.991 Year
  • Monthly Pro$4.991 Month
  • Annual Pro3 Days trial$4.991 Year
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  • Annual Pro$8.991 Year
  • Annual Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Annual Pro$9.991 Year
  • Annual Pro$12.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Pro$14.99
  • Lifetime Pro$19.99

Questions

Is Walletsmith free?
Walletsmith is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Passbook free?
Passbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Walletsmith or Passbook?
Passbook is rated higher. Walletsmith averages 4.2 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while Passbook averages 4.5 from 1.7K ratings.
Do Walletsmith or Passbook have ads?
Neither Walletsmith nor Passbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Walletsmith or Passbook?
Walletsmith ships an update every 6 days, and Passbook monthly. Most recently, Walletsmith was updated on September 23, 2026 and Passbook on September 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, Walletsmith or Passbook?
Walletsmith currently peaks at #76 in the App Store charts, and Passbook at #54. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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