PassIt vs picaroa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PassIt
Easily digitize loyalty cards, membership IDs, and event tickets into Apple Wallet passes. Customize your passes with personal colors and images, and use the built-in scanner for quick creation. Your data is securely deleted after processing.
- Digitize loyalty cards
- Create custom passes
- Personalized colors and images
- Barcode scanner
- Fast and secure data handling
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With PassIt, easily convert loyalty cards, membership IDs, event tickets, and more into Apple Wallet passes. DIGITIZE LOYALTY CARDS No more cluttered wallets—store all your cards digitally. CREATE CUSTOM PASSES Design passes to your liking with personalized colors and upload your own images to the pass. BARCODE SCANNER Capture codes directly with the camera for quicker pass creation. PRIVACY Passes and drafts are stored locally. Creating a Wallet pass requires server processing of its content. See the privacy policy for retention and purchase management details. Download PassIt now and organize your wallet! ---------- EULA - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
picaroa
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Share files from your own server. No cloud required. picaroa is the native iOS client for PicoShare, the self-hosted file sharing service. Upload a file, pick an expiry date, and have the link in your clipboard in seconds – no cloud account, no subscription, no tracking. UPLOAD IN THREE STEPS Pick a file from your photo library or the Files app, set an expiry, tap upload. The share link lands in your clipboard automatically. YOUR FILES. YOUR SERVER. picaroa connects exclusively to your own PicoShare instance. No data is sent to third parties. Your shared secret is stored securely in the iOS Keychain – never in plain text. ALL YOUR FILES AT A GLANCE Every uploaded file in a clean list. Tap any entry to copy the link, open it in Safari, or delete the file. Swipe left to delete directly from the list. MULTIPLE SERVERS, MULTIPLE THEMES Manage several PicoShare instances in one app. Each server gets its own colour theme – Picaroa, Ocean, Slate, or Dusk. EXPIRY OPTIONS 1 day · 7 days · 30 days · 1 year · Never REQUIREMENTS A reachable PicoShare instance (home network, VPN, or public). PicoShare is free, open source, and runs with Docker in minutes. picaroa is free and contains no advertising.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: picaroa at every 4 days against PassIt's every 3 weeks. PassIt's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). 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
Both are free to download. PassIt sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and picaroa sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PassIt ships an update every 3 weeks, picaroa every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PassIt | picaroa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Max Turban | Sven Uwe Hanold |
In-app purchases
PassIt
- PassIt Pro Student$2.991 Month
- PassIt Pro7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- PassIt Pro Student$3.191 Month
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- PassIt Pro$3.991 Month
- PassIt Pro3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- PassIt Pro$5.291 Month
- PassIt Pro Student$15.901 Year
- PassIt Pro1 Month trial$15.951 Year
- PassIt Pro$17.991 Year
- PassIt Pro Student$19.001 Year
- PassIt Pro14 Days trial$21.001 Year
- PassIt Pro$26.491 Year
- PassIt Pro1 Month trial$37.491 Year
- PassIt Pro$17.99
- PassIt Pro$22.99
- PassIt Pro$24.99
picaroa
- File$1.99
- Folder$3.99
- Drive$12.99









