Comparison

Gear Code vs Passmaker

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

Head to head
About

Gear Code

This app helps lighting, sound, and video professionals quickly troubleshoot and manage event equipment. It streamlines workflows to minimize downtime and maximize performance for smoother events. Designed with over 25 years of industry experience, it offers tools for efficient equipment management.

Highlights
  • Streamline troubleshooting
  • Minimize downtime
  • Maximize performance
  • Mobile-accessible platform
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited events
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Gear Code revolutionizes the way lighting, sound, video professionals troubleshoot and manage equipment. Our mobile-accessible platform ensures your technicians can resolve issues quickly, keeping your events running smoothly. With over 25 years of industry experience behind us, Gear Code offers tools that simplify your workflows, reduce downtime, and enhance efficiency. Streamline Troubleshooting. Minimize Downtime. Maximize Performance. Flexible Pricing plans Unlimited # Users Unlimited # of Events

About

Passmaker

Digitize loyalty cards, event tickets, and other important documents into Apple Wallet passes. Easily create custom passes with barcodes, logos, and personalized designs. Your passes can even appear automatically on your lock screen when needed.

Highlights
  • Digitize loyalty cards and PDFs
  • Create custom passes with styles
  • Scan and import barcodes
  • Design passes with custom colors and images
  • Automatic lock screen display
  • Organize information with multiple fields
Features
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Requires iOS 27: Poster Generic passes, featured actions, SF Symbol logos, and the Code 39, Codabar, EAN-13, and ITF barcode formats. Everything else works on iOS 26 and later. Turn anything into an Apple Wallet pass. That loyalty card taking up space in your physical wallet? Digitize it. A membership that only exists as a paper card or PDF? Put it in Wallet. Event tickets, discount codes, personal IDs, travel documents, or anything else you want quick access to? Passmaker handles it all. Creating a pass takes just a few minutes. Pick a style that fits your needs, whether that's a generic pass for everyday cards, a store card for loyalty programs, a coupon for discounts, an event ticket, a boarding pass for travel, or a poster generic pass that puts your own artwork across the whole pass. Add your information, customize the colors and images to match your taste, and tap to add it directly to Apple Wallet. No account needed and no subscription required. Got a barcode you need to keep handy? Scan it with your camera or import it from a photo, and Passmaker builds a pass around it automatically. The app recognizes QR codes, Aztec codes, Code 128, and PDF417, plus Code 39, Codabar, EAN-13, and ITF on iOS 27, so most cards and tickets you encounter will work. Need something more custom? Create your own barcode from scratch by entering the data yourself. Design your passes to look exactly how you want. Choose your own colors for the background, text, and labels. Add a logo image, or pick an SF Symbol instead. Include a strip image that spans across the pass, a thumbnail that sits alongside your information, or artwork that fills a poster pass edge to edge. Every pass you create can have its own unique look. Give your pass something to do. Featured actions add up to two buttons underneath it in Wallet: directions to the venue, a call to the shop, a link to your membership benefits, or wherever else you need to go next. They sit right there whenever the pass is open. Your passes can even appear on your lock screen automatically when you need them. Heading to the gym? Set your gym's location, and your membership pass appears as you arrive. Got concert tickets? Add the date and time, and they show up right before the event starts. It works just like passes from major companies, because it uses the exact same technology. Organize your information across multiple fields. Put the essentials front and center, add supporting details below, and include extra information on the back of the pass for when you need it. Poster passes go further with a footer field and an additional info section that holds longer details just beneath the pass. You control what goes where and how it all looks. Passmaker gives you the power to create real Apple Wallet passes, the same format used by airlines, retailers, and event organizers, without any of the complexity. No developer account, no technical knowledge, no jumping through hoops. Just a simple app that does exactly what you need.

Screenshots

Gear Code4 screens
Passmaker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gear Code at Free against Passmaker's $4.99. Gear Code also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Gear Code is free to download; Passmaker costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gear Code against 5.0 for Passmaker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gear Code ships an update every 2 months, Passmaker monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Gear Code versus Passmaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGear CodePassmaker
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings38 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGear Code, LLCSolo Dev Software LLC

Customer experience

Gear Code

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Passmaker

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Gear Code

No in-app purchases

None

Passmaker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gear Code free?
Gear Code is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Passmaker free?
Passmaker costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gear Code or Passmaker?
Gear Code and Passmaker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do Gear Code or Passmaker have ads?
Neither Gear Code nor Passmaker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gear Code or Passmaker?
Gear Code ships an update every 2 months, and Passmaker monthly. Most recently, Gear Code was updated on October 30, 2026 and Passmaker on November 14, 2026.

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