ID TECH uniMag Reader vs Genius Display for Restaurants
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ID TECH uniMag Reader
This application demonstrates the capabilities of ID TECH's uniMag family of mobile card readers. It allows smartphones and tablets to read various cards, including credit cards and IDs, without processing payments or sending data online. The readers offer secure encryption and reliable performance for diverse card reading needs.
- Demonstrates uniMag card reader functionality
- Reads credit cards, gift cards, IDs, and more
- DUKPT encryption scheme
- Bi-directional, 2 to 3 tracks reading
- Superior reading performance
- No payment processing or internet transmission
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This app is provided by ID TECH for demonstrating functionality of the ID TECH uniMag family of mobile mag stripe card readers, whose members include uniMag (original), uniMag Pro, uniMag II, and Shuttle. This app does not process payment or send any information over the internet. ID TECH uniMag family of readers allow smartphones or tablets to read credit cards, signature debit cards, gift cards, loyalty cards, driver's licenses, ID badges and more. uniMag readers provide DUKPT encryption scheme, bi-directional, 2 to 3 tracks reading capability, and superior reading performance. For more information, please visit www.idtechproducts.com
Genius Display for Restaurants
This app serves as a customer-facing companion for restaurant orders. Guests can view their order details, track its progress, and handle payment actions like tipping and signing. It also offers receipt selection options for a streamlined post-transaction experience.
- Displays order details to guests
- Guest order tracking
- Tip selection
- Transaction signing
- Receipt option selection
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Customer Display is a companion to our Genius for Restaurants app. Customer display connects to our Genius for Restaurants app to display order details to restaurant guests. Restaurant guests are greeted by the guest display and can then watch their order being built. After payment, guests can select a tip amount, sign for transactions, and even select receipt options from the guest display.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Genius Display for Restaurants at monthly against ID TECH uniMag Reader's every 8 months. Genius Display for Restaurants also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 1). ID TECH uniMag Reader's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 10.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ID TECH uniMag Reader against 5.0 for Genius Display for Restaurants. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Genius Display for Restaurants has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ID TECH uniMag Reader ships an update every 8 months, Genius Display for Restaurants monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ID TECH uniMag Reader | Genius Display for Restaurants |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ID TECH | Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
ID TECH uniMag Reader
Genius Display for Restaurants
In-app purchases
ID TECH uniMag Reader
No in-app purchases
Genius Display for Restaurants
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ID TECH uniMag Reader free?
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