Comparison

NFC Studio vs Tmux Bridge

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

Head to head
About

NFC Studio

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NFC Studio is an iPhone app for reading, writing, and managing NFC tags in one place. Use Quick Scan to inspect a tag instantly and view parsed records, UID, technology, writable status, memory, and chip details. Create and write tag records with support for: - Text - URL - Email - Phone - SMS - Contact card - Location - Wi-Fi - Bluetooth - Custom raw data Need to program many tags? Use Batch Write for a sequential workflow with optional verification. Use Tools for practical NFC actions and diagnostics, including compatibility checks, memory checks, erase, lock, and format actions (when supported by the tag). Save snapshots to your library to keep a history of scanned and written tags for later reference. NFC Studio is built for fast, practical NFC work on iPhone.

About

Tmux Bridge

Features
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Tmux Bridge is a phone-native window into the tmux sessions running on your own Mac. Sign in with an email code, pair your laptop with a six-character code, and your iPhone becomes a real terminal โ€” not a web shell, not a relay, not a hosted IDE. Your sessions never leave your tailnet. tmuxbridge talks directly to a small daemon running on your laptop over Tailscale, terminated with a real Let's Encrypt certificate. There is no middleman tmux server and no cloud terminal to compromise. FEATURES - Real xterm.js terminal embedded in the app - Multiple Macs, fan-out from one phone - Email-OTP sign-in with self-issued, short-lived tokens - Six-character pair codes; revoke a machine anytime from Settings - Mobile keyboard accessory: Esc, Tab, arrows, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-B - Auto-reconnecting WebSocket; survives bad cell signal REQUIREMENTS - A Mac you can install the tmux-bridge daemon on (one-line installer) - Tailscale installed and signed in on the phone AND the Mac - tmux installed on the Mac tmuxbridge is open source under the MIT license. The full source for the iOS app, the Mac daemon, and the backend is available on GitHub.

Screenshots

NFC Studio4 screens
Tmux Bridge3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Tmux Bridge at 3 against NFC Studio's 1. Tmux Bridge also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 3 level
NFC Studio versus Tmux Bridge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNFC StudioTmux Bridge
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB28 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDidac Sabates DuranSaad Omar Osman

In-app purchases

None

NFC Studio

No in-app purchases

None

Tmux Bridge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NFC Studio free?
NFC Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tmux Bridge free?
Tmux Bridge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NFC Studio or Tmux Bridge have ads?
Neither NFC Studio nor Tmux Bridge shows ads.

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