ShareMe vs GiftKey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShareMe
Transfer files wirelessly between nearby devices quickly and securely without needing an internet connection. Supports photos, videos, documents, apps, and large files with no quality loss. Offers a web share feature for device-to-laptop transfers.
- Offline nearby file sharing
- Super-fast transfer speeds (up to 40MB/s)
- Resume interrupted transfers
- No quality loss
- Secure local transfer
- Web Share for device-to-laptop transfers
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Move photos, videos and files between your iPhone and a computer. No cable, and nothing to install on the computer. WEB SHARE: IPHONE ⇄ PC OR MAC 1. Open Web Share in ShareMe. 2. On your computer, open Safari, Chrome or any browser and type the address ShareMe shows. You can also send the link to yourself from the app. 3. Tap Accept on your iPhone. Download photos, videos and documents at full size, or drag files onto the page to send them to your iPhone. Works with Windows, Mac and Linux. No Wi-Fi? Use your iPhone's Personal Hotspot. IPHONE TO IPHONE, NO INTERNET NEEDED • Open ShareMe on both phones and they find each other automatically. • Send photos, videos, music, contacts and documents (PDF, DOC, XLS, ZIP). • No router, mobile data, QR code or sign-in. FULL QUALITY Nothing is compressed. A 4K video arrives as the same 4K video, and large files are fine. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Files go straight between your own devices over your local network. No cloud, no account, nothing stored on a server. FREE AND PREMIUM iPhone-to-iPhone transfer is free. Web Share includes 2 free sessions, then needs Premium (weekly, monthly or yearly; the price in your currency is shown in the app before you buy). ShareMe is free to download and supported by ads. GOOD TO KNOW • Keep the iPhone and the computer on the same Wi-Fi. • Keep ShareMe open while a transfer is running. • If the page does not open, type http:// before the address. • Not supported: iPhone ⇄ Android, cloud backup, USB cable. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/share-me-file-transfer/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/share-me-file-transfer/terms-of-use
GiftKey
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GiftKey turns your camera into a keyboard. Tap into any text field, switch to the GiftKey keyboard, and tap Scan. GiftKey opens to the camera, you scan the barcode, and the code is typed straight into the field you came from. It works in every app — your point of sale, Notes, Safari, spreadsheets, ticketing systems, inventory tools, anything with a text field. Built for retail staff who scan gift cards, vouchers and product codes into a POS all day and are tired of reading digits off a card and typing them by hand. HOW IT WORKS Tap Scan, scan the barcode, then tap the back arrow at the top left of the screen. The code is typed into the field you were in. Two taps. iOS does not allow any keyboard to use the camera directly — that is an Apple restriction, not a GiftKey limitation. Every camera-based scanner keyboard works this way. FREE, PROPERLY FREE No subscription. No in-app purchases. No scan limits. No ads. No account. No trial. NOTHING IS COLLECTED GiftKey contains no networking code at all. Not disabled — absent. Barcodes are decoded on your device by Apple's own frameworks and typed into your field. Nothing is stored, nothing is uploaded, and GiftKey never reads what is already in the field. THE GIFT CARD GUARD Turn on the built-in "Gift card (8-20 digits)" filter and GiftKey will refuse to type anything that is not 8 to 20 digits. Scan a product barcode by mistake and nothing happens — instead of putting the wrong number in a gift card field. EVERY COMMON BARCODE Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E, ITF-14, Interleaved 2 of 5, Codabar, QR, Data Matrix, PDF417 and Aztec. Turn off the ones you never use to make scanning faster and misreads less likely. SHAPE THE OUTPUT • Add a prefix or suffix • Strip EAN/UPC check digits • Convert between UPC-A and EAN-13 • Find and replace with a regular expression • Press Return or Tab automatically after each code • Custom validation patterns of your own BATCH MODE Scan a whole stack in one go. Separate codes with Return, Tab or a comma and fill a spreadsheet column in a single trip. ABOUT FULL ACCESS GiftKey needs it to read your settings and to open its own app to scan. That is the whole reason. There is no networking code in GiftKey — nothing can leave your device even in principle. The FAQ inside the app explains this in plain language.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GiftKey at none against ShareMe's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. ShareMe sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. GiftKey asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | ShareMe | GiftKey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nandini Patel | Matthew Groves |
In-app purchases
ShareMe
- Weekly IAP$2.997 Days
- Monthly IAP$6.991 Month
- Yearly IAP7 Days trial$14.991 Year
GiftKey
No in-app purchases









