Comparison

NFC Plus vs Catchly

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

Head to head
About

NFC Plus

Features
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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。

About

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.

Highlights
  • Fast idea capture
  • Chronological timeline
  • Search and filters
  • Open, completed, archived states
  • Importance and urgency markers
  • Apple Reminders integration
  • Home Screen widgets
  • iCloud sync
Features
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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

Screenshots

NFC Plus4 screens
Catchly4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NFC Plus ships an update every 3 weeks, Catchly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
NFC Plus versus Catchly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNFC PlusCatchly
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—40.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer合肥章玉智能科技有限公司晓江 苏

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NFC Plus

One-time1
  • NFC Pro$3.99
1 purchases

Catchly

One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$3.00

Questions

Is NFC Plus free?
NFC Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Catchly free?
Catchly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NFC Plus or Catchly have ads?
Neither NFC Plus nor Catchly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NFC Plus or Catchly?
NFC Plus ships an update every 3 weeks, and Catchly weekly. Most recently, NFC Plus was updated on October 24, 2026 and Catchly on October 28, 2026.

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