Comparison

Digital Product Passport vs CircoBuild

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

Head to head
About

Digital Product Passport

Features
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Scan the QR code of a Digital Product Passport and see in seconds whether the product is genuine. The app checks the digital signature and the copy protection of the label, then opens the passport with all information about the product. WHAT THE APP DOES • Scan a product passport: capture the QR code, check signature and copy protection • Authenticity at a glance: product recognized, signature valid, copy protection visible • Open the product passport: materials, origin, manufacturing, sustainability and service • Verify SCRIBOS ValiGate security elements (on iPhone) • App Clip: verify straight from the passport in the browser, no installation needed • For iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo, with dark mode THE DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORT IS COMING The EU introduces the Digital Product Passport in stages. The battery passport under the Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 comes first from 2027. With the Ecodesign Regulation (ESPR), product groups such as iron and steel, textiles, tires, furniture and electronics follow. MORE VALUE FOR YOUR BRAND The Digital Product Passport PLUS by KURZ DIGITAL goes beyond the EU requirement: anti-counterfeiting QR code, gray market detection, more after-sales revenue, optimized service processes and stress-free compliance. Learn more at kd-dpp.org.

About

CircoBuild

Features
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Use the app to scan the product's QR-code to access its Digital Product Passports. An upcoming EU directive will require all products to have a Digital Product Passport, providing reliable sustainability data – right down to the smallest component. With billions of products on the market, millions of manufacturers, and thousands of resellers. CircoBuild displays how third-party certifications (the Nordic Swan Ecolabel) are linked to product identities and can be displayed to various players in real-time. In a next step, any type of information can be linked to a product and show everything right from basic data on product properties to complex sustainability data on areas such as recyclability, climate impact from production, and contents of components.

Screenshots

Digital Product Passport4 screens
CircoBuild3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CircoBuild at 12.4 against Digital Product Passport's 18.0. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Digital Product Passport versus CircoBuild: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital Product PassportCircoBuild
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB8 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKURZ Digital Solutions GmbH & Co. KGGS1 Sweden AB

In-app purchases

None

Digital Product Passport

No in-app purchases

None

CircoBuild

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Digital Product Passport free?
Digital Product Passport is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CircoBuild free?
CircoBuild is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Digital Product Passport or CircoBuild have ads?
Neither Digital Product Passport nor CircoBuild shows ads.

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