NFC Plus vs Catchly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NFC Plus
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NFC Plus 是一款面向 NFC 标签读取、写入与管理的实用工具,适合日常记录、智能标签制作、设备调试与 NFC 学习使用。 你可以快速读取 NFC 标签内容,查看 UID、NDEF 记录、协议类型等信息;也可以创建常用 NFC 内容模板,例如网址、文本、Wi‑Fi、联系人、电话、短信、邮箱、地理位置等,并写入支持的 NFC 标签中。 NFC Plus 还提供面向进阶用户的高级工具,包括标签格式化、只读锁定、扫描历史导出、协议类型识别、MIFARE Ultralight / NTAG 页面内存读取与写入,以及 MIFARE Plus 信息查询与原生命令调试能力。 主要功能 • 读取 NFC 标签内容与 Tag UID • 解析 NDEF 记录并展示详细信息 • 创建和管理 NFC 卡片模板 • 写入文本、网址、Wi‑Fi、联系人等常用内容 • 保存扫描历史,支持本地查看与导出 • 查询卡片协议类型与基础能力 • 支持高级 NFC 调试与内存操作 • 支持 NFC 守护与自动响应场景 • 本地存储数据,不上传扫描记录 特色功能 • NFC 快速读取:识别标签 UID、NDEF 内容、协议类型与基础能力 • 多类型写入:支持文本、网址、Wi‑Fi、联系人、电话、短信、邮箱、地理位置等常用模板 • 卡片库管理:保存常用 NFC 内容,随时编辑、复用和写入 • 扫描历史:自动保存读取记录,支持查看详情与导出 • NFC 守护:结合 Screen Time 与生物识别,用 NFC 触发专注、限制和自动响应场景 • 高级工具:支持格式化标签、锁定只读、协议查询、APDU 调试和数据流日志 • 内存操作:支持 MIFARE Ultralight / NTAG 页面内存读取与写入 • MIFARE Plus 工具:识别 Plus 卡片信息,并支持原生命令调试 • 本地隐私:扫描记录、卡片库和守护配置默认保存在本机,不上传服务器 适用场景 制作智能标签、分享 Wi‑Fi、保存联系方式、管理常用 NFC 内容、学习 NFC 协议、调试标签数据,或用 NFC 触发你的专注与自动化流程。 • 制作自己的 NFC 快捷标签 • 管理常用 NFC 内容模板 • 查看 NFC 标签基础信息 • 学习和调试 NDEF、MIFARE、ISO 等 NFC 协议 • 进行安全、可控的标签写入和格式化操作 隐私说明 NFC Plus 重视你的隐私。扫描历史、卡片库和配置数据默认保存在本机,不会上传到服务器。
Catchly
Quickly capture fleeting thoughts, ideas, and potential actions without the pressure of immediate organization. This lightweight tool provides a safe space for inspiration, allowing you to refine and act on them later. It prioritizes speed and privacy, keeping your ideas on your devices.
- Fast idea capture
- Chronological timeline
- Search and filters
- Open, completed, archived states
- Importance and urgency markers
- Apple Reminders integration
- Home Screen widgets
- iCloud sync
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Catchly is a fast, lightweight place to capture ideas, thoughts, and possible next actions. Ideas can appear and disappear in seconds: a sentence that suddenly comes to mind, an unfinished plan, something to handle later, or an insight from work or reading. Catchly gives each one a safe place to land. Catchly does not force every thought to become a heavy task. Capture it first, organize it later, and decide when—or whether—it deserves action. WHY CATCHLY WORKS - Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them. Catchly reduces the friction between a thought appearing and storing it somewhere you trust. - An idea does not need to be complete. Save the first trace now and refine it when you are ready. - Unfinished thoughts occupy attention. Writing them down helps clear mental space without creating a complicated to-do system. - Important and urgent are not the same. Lightweight importance and urgency markers help you decide what deserves attention. - Low-friction capture builds a lasting habit. Input, reminders, filters, widgets, and shortcuts are designed to stay out of your way. - Your ideas remain yours. Catchly requires no account, uses no advertising trackers, and keeps your content on your devices and in iCloud rather than on developer-operated servers. HOW TO USE IT - Tap the capture button and write down your idea. - Add a date when timing matters, with the option to create an Apple Reminder. - Mark an idea as important or urgent to make it easier to find later. - Complete ideas you have acted on, or archive those you no longer need in view. - Search and filter by status, importance, or urgency. - Add Catchly widgets to your Home Screen so earlier ideas can resurface. - Use shortcuts and system integrations to capture ideas with minimal interruption. MADE FOR REAL LIFE - Work: follow-up actions, product ideas, copy, and investigation notes. - Learning: reading notes, course insights, questions, and concepts to revisit. - Life: shopping ideas, travel plans, temporary tasks, gifts, and loose ends. - Creativity: titles, paragraphs, scenes, story concepts, and fragments of inspiration. - Reflection: review your timeline and rediscover directions worth pursuing. FEATURES - Fast capture without forcing ideas into a complex task structure - A chronological timeline for browsing and reflection - Search and filters for keywords, status, importance, and urgency - Open, completed, and archived states - Lightweight importance and urgency matrix - Apple Reminders integration - Home Screen widgets that resurface captured ideas - iCloud and CloudKit sync across your Apple devices - No Catchly account required - Privacy-friendly design with no advertising tracking or sale of personal data CATCHLY MAY BE FOR YOU IF - You collect scattered thoughts but do not want to turn them into projects immediately. - You want something more focused than a general notes app and lighter than a task manager. - You want ideas, possible actions, reminders, and review in one simple flow. - You have ADHD—or simply a busy, fast-moving mind—and want an external inbox for your thoughts. - You often lose ideas while switching tasks and want a lower-friction way to preserve them. - You prefer to capture first and decide what matters later. CONTACT Questions, feedback, or suggestions for new capture methods are always welcome. Support: freemind.dev.workshop@gmail.com EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://glib-march-c73.notion.site/375a6a5d5d23806393f5dece27445693
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Catchly at weekly against NFC Plus's every 3 weeks. Catchly also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. NFC Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Catchly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NFC Plus ships an update every 3 weeks, Catchly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NFC Plus | Catchly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 40.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 合肥章玉智能科技有限公司 | 晓江 苏 |
In-app purchases
NFC Plus
- NFC Pro$3.99
Catchly
- Premium Lifetime$3.00









