Ente Auth vs OSS CardWallet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ente Auth
This app generates and securely stores two-step verification (2FA) tokens. It offers end-to-end encrypted cloud backups and seamless multi-device synchronization, ensuring your tokens are accessible across all your devices. Access your tokens via a web interface or generate them offline.
- End-to-end encrypted cloud backups
- Multi-device synchronization
- Web access to tokens
- Offline token generation
- QR code scanning for import
- Manual secret entry
- Bulk import/export of tokens
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Ente's Authenticator app helps you generate and store 2 step verification (2FA) tokens on your mobile devices. FEATURES SECURE BACKUPS Auth provides end-to-end encrypted cloud backups so that you don't have to worry about losing your tokens. We use the same protocols Ente Photos uses to encrypt and preserve your data. MULTI DEVICE SYNC Auth will automatically sync the 2FA tokens you add to your account, across all your devices on mobile & desktop. Every new device you sign into will have access to these tokens. WEB ACCESS You can access your 2FA tokens on any device by using https://auth.ente.io. OFFLINE MODE Auth generates 2FA tokens offline, so your network connectivity will not get in the way of your workflow. IMPORT AND EXPORT You can add tokens to ente by one of the following methods: - Scanning a QR code - Manually entering (copy-pasting) a 2FA secret - Bulk importing from a file that contains a list of codes in the following format: otpauth://totp/provider.com:you@email.com?secret=YOUR_SECRET The codes maybe separated by new lines or commas. You can also export the codes you have added to ente, to an unencrypted text file, that adheres to the above format. TERMS https://ente.io/terms
OSS CardWallet
Transform your phone into a powerful card scanner and wallet. Effortlessly scan IDs, business cards, and loyalty cards with automatic edge detection. Organize, enhance, and export your cards as PDFs or images, with optional password protection for added security.
- Fast camera scanning with automatic edge detection
- Bulk scanning and import from images/PDFs
- Barcode and QR code detection
- Passbook support with import/export
- PDF enhancement filters and editing tools
- Folder creation for organization
- Offline OCR for searchable PDFs
- Password protection for exported PDFs
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OSS Card Wallet is a free and Open Source app to transform your mobile device into a powerful card scanner and wallet SCAN * Scan your IDs, business cards, loyalty cards with a fast camera scan. * Enjoy the automatic edge detection feature allowing you to quickly scan many documents * Bulk scan to quickly add recto/verso * Import cards from images or even existing PDFBARCODE* automatic detection of barcodes, qrcodes...* manually create a card with a barcode* add as many barcodes as you want to a simple cardPASSBOOK* Full Passbook support* import from .pkpass* view your Passbooks as you would in the official Apple Passbook App* Export and share your passbooks as .pkpass or PDF ENHANCE * Improve PDFs quality by applying enhancing filters for color or black & white cards. * Edit crop * Reorder pages, merge cards * Rotate pages * Change brightness and contrast to create beautiful cards ORGANIZE * Create folders with colors for easy access * Sort cards * Name cards EXPORT * create PDF directly from your mobile device by converting photos, images, other documents, into beautiful and configurable PDFs. * export and share your cards to PDF or JPEG or PNG with your friends, family, colleagues SEARCH * OCR your cards using offline (to be downloaded first) and open source models in many languages. * Generate searchable PDFs by converting images to text using the powerful OCR models from the Tesseract project. SECURITY * Improve the security of your generated PDF by adding a password. SYNC * Synchronize your cards, PDFs, Images with your computers, other devices using WebDav or local folder sync. PRIVACY * Use a free and Open Source card wallet to protect your privacy COMMUNITY * Provide feedback or even help translate the app. You are part of this project and you make help it grow so that everyone can enjoy the best free and open source card wallet
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ente Auth at 4.7 against OSS CardWallet's 4.0. Ente Auth also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (289 vs 2). OSS CardWallet's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. OSS CardWallet sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Ente Auth asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ente Auth holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ente Auth has 289 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ente Auth ships an update monthly, OSS CardWallet every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ente Auth | OSS CardWallet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (289 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 289 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ente Technologies, Inc. | Akylas |
Customer experience
Ente Auth
OSS CardWallet
Bugs and requests
Ente Auth
Reported bugs
4 issues- Camera issues causing black screen
- Codes not working or showing as invalid
- Vault disappearing unexpectedly
- Login screen issues and freezes
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to choose custom icons for accounts
- Option to change font size
- Support for FIDO/Yubikey authentication
- In-app tip jar for donating to developers
OSS CardWallet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ente Auth
No in-app purchases
OSS CardWallet
- a coffee$0.99
- a big coffee$1.99
- a beer$3.99
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- a pint$8.99
- a very nice donation$17.99
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