Seritag NFC Encoder vs NFC Reader Scanner Tool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Seritag NFC Encoder
This utility app allows users to read, write, and lock various NFC tags. It can scan tags to retrieve encoded data like URLs or text, identify unique chip IDs, and determine if a chip is locked or writable.
- Read NFC tag data (URL, text)
- Get NFC chip Unique ID
- Check if NFC chip is locked
- Check if NFC chip is writable
- Write data to NFC tags
- Lock NFC tags
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The Seritag Encoder is an NFC app capable of reading, writing and locking a range of NFC tags. Read: - Scan an NFC tag to get the URL, text or other encoded data. - Get the Unique ID of an NFC chip. - Tell whether an NFC chip is locked or writable.
NFC Reader Scanner Tool
Instantly read and inspect NFC tags, contactless cards, and smart chips. View, save, and export tag data privately and offline. Ideal for troubleshooting, cataloging, or exploring NFC technology.
- Instant NFC Scanning
- Full Data View (URLs, text, UID)
- Tag Metadata Inspection
- Export & Save Tag Data
- Offline & Private Operation
- No Ads or Tracking
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Tap, read, write — every NFC tag your iPhone can touch. If you have ever picked up a mystery sticker from a hotel desk, a museum exhibit or the back of a flyer and wondered what it actually said, an honest NFC scanner is the answer. NFC Reader Scanner Tool decodes the tags around you and writes new ones, with no account, no cloud upload, and nothing leaving your device. It is built for smart home tinkerers, restaurant owners running NFC business menus, makers shipping product packaging with tap-to-open labels, and the plain curious who want to know what is on a chip before they trust it. The app behaves as an honest nfc utility rather than a marketing surface — it tells you exactly what a tag contains, then lets you decide what to do next. Every feature described below is unlocked only with an auto-renewable subscription purchased inside the app. New users receive a 3 day free trial; you may cancel anytime during the trial to avoid being charged. Open the app and tap a tag to read NDEF, NTAG, MIFARE and FeliCa formats with the decoded data laid out in plain text. The nfc decoder shows record types, payload bytes and human-readable content side by side, so a URL tag is obviously a URL and a contact tag is obviously a vCard. Write your own tags with URLs, WiFi credentials, contact cards, plain text or Siri Shortcut launchers, and keep a tag history so you can find the chip you encoded last month. Multi-record tags are supported, password protection locks tags where the hardware allows, and a Home Screen widget puts your most-used write actions one tap from the lock screen. For repeat work, the nfc encoder supports custom tag templates so you can pre-load a WiFi credential block, a menu URL, a Siri Shortcut or a contact record and write hundreds of identical chips in a single sitting. Batch write moves through a roll of stickers without you tapping a different button each time, the nfc reader confirms each write with a sound and a vibration so your eyes can stay on the chips, and CSV export turns a session's worth of nfc record activity into a log you can hand a colleague or attach to an invoice. The nfc writer also detects locked or read-only tags up front and flags incompatible chips before you waste them. This nfc tool works fully offline on every NFC-capable iPhone, including the latest models with background tag reading. There are no ads, no trackers and no account requirement, so a tag you write at 3am in a workshop is your business and nobody else's. The interface ships in 39 languages with full VoiceOver support, so the same nfc tags scanner serves a sysadmin labelling cables, a cafe encoding menu chips, an event team writing badge tags before the doors open, and a parent labelling laundry bins for the kids. Unlock with Pro: • Unlimited tag history (free: 50) • All write formats including Siri Shortcut and contact records • Password protection and batch writing of multiple tags • Custom tag templates for repeated jobs • CSV history export and ad-free interface Subscription Pricing & Terms Features require a subscription. Pricing and terms available in-app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription and free-trial conversion in Settings > Apple ID after purchase. Any unused portion of the free-trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Seritag NFC Encoder at free with in-app purchases against NFC Reader Scanner Tool's subscription. Seritag NFC Encoder also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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. Seritag NFC Encoder sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and NFC Reader Scanner Tool sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Seritag NFC Encoder ships an update every 11 days, NFC Reader Scanner Tool every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Seritag NFC Encoder | NFC Reader Scanner Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TabDesk Ltd | Bahattin Duran |
Customer experience
Seritag NFC Encoder
NFC Reader Scanner Tool
In-app purchases
Seritag NFC Encoder
- Password Features: 5 Tags$1.99
- Password Features: 25 Tags$4.99
- Password Features: 100 Tags$14.99
NFC Reader Scanner Tool
- Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Pro Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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