Comparison

CraftPassAI vs Sphere

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

Head to head
About

CraftPassAI

Digitize any physical card with a barcode into your Apple Wallet. Use AI to automatically fill card details, eliminating manual typing. Supports a wide range of cards, including those not recognized by mainstream apps.

Highlights
  • Scan any barcode type
  • Generate native Apple Wallet passes
  • AI photo-scan for automatic data entry
  • Works with diverse card types
  • Fast pass generation
  • No account required
Features
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Scan any barcode. It's in your Apple Wallet in seconds. Tired of digging through your bag for the right plastic card? CraftPassAI turns any physical card — loyalty cards, gym passes, library cards, event tickets, luggage tags, parking passes, and more — into a native Apple Wallet pass. One tap on your lock screen and the barcode is ready to scan. **FEATURES** • Scan any barcode — UPC, EAN, QR, Code 128, Aztec, PDF417, and more • Generates a native Apple Wallet pass (.pkpass) your phone keeps forever • AI photo-scan: photograph a card and the title, name, and member number fill automatically via GPT-4 vision — no typing • Works at any cashier, library desk, gym turnstile, gate, or parking terminal that reads barcodes • Supports cards no mainstream wallet app recognizes — small gyms, indie retailers, local libraries, custom luggage tags • Faster pass generation in v1.1, with improved support for QR codes and PDF417 boarding-style codes **WHY CRAFTPASSAI** — Native Wallet, not a separate app. Your passes live in Apple Wallet alongside your boarding passes and payment cards. — No typing required. The AI photo-scan reads the card for you and fills the form in 2–3 seconds. — Works with anything. If it has a barcode, CraftPassAI can digitize it. — No account needed. Launch the app, scan a card, done. No email, no password, no profile. — Built for iOS 18. Designed from the ground up for the latest iPhone and iPad. **PRIVACY-FIRST** CraftPassAI was built with privacy as a requirement, not an afterthought. There are no user accounts and no signup — a random anonymous device ID is generated on first launch and never linked to you. When you use the AI photo-scan feature, your photo is relayed to our vision API and discarded immediately — it is never written to disk and never stored in any database. There are no ads, no third-party analytics SDKs, and no tracking of any kind. Full privacy policy: https://craftpassai.com/privacy **PRICING** Download CraftPassAI for $0.99. Regular barcode scanning is free and there is no limit on how many passes you create. The AI photo-scan feature uses scan credits. Your $0.99 download includes 25 free AI scans — enough to digitize a full wallet of cards on day one. When you want more: • 50 AI Scans — $0.99 (one-time) • 250 AI Scans — $2.99 (one-time) • CraftPassAI Pro Monthly — $2.99/month, AI scans included each month • CraftPassAI Pro Yearly — $19.99/year, AI scans included each year (best value) All purchases are optional. Regular barcode scanning costs nothing and never will. Scan once. Ditch the plastic. Your wallet will thank you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://craftpassai.com/privacy

About

Sphere

Visualize your schedule and weather in a unique sky-themed interface. Events appear as colored capsules on an arc, with weather phenomena like clouds and storms integrated. Enjoy a visually atmospheric experience for managing your day.

Highlights
  • Sky-themed schedule visualization
  • Integrated weather display
  • Event capsules with calendar colors
  • Altitude-based cloud stacking
  • Day/night cycle with celestial bodies
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Native calendar integration
Features
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Sphere shows your schedule and weather in the sky. It's designed to have atmosphere. Each of your events is a capsule on the arc, running from start to end in the color of the calendar it came from. Clouds stack by altitude (modeled after cirrus and cumulus clouds), and you'll see rain, storms, lightning, and more. For clear hours, you'll see birds in the day and twinkling stars at night. The arc: - Drag it to move through the day. - Pinch to zoom. - Tap to make an event, open one, or pick a different date. - Tap the left or right edge to go to the previous or next event. - Press and hold to open the menu, or the gesture guide. - Scrub away from the present and the bottom left corner shows how far, like "+4 hours". Tap it to come back to now. - The menu mark in the bottom right corner opens the menu, or the gesture guide. - Events open in Apple's native calendar, so editing, deleting and replying to an invitation work exactly the way you're used to. - All-day events are under the date, where they can be read without taking room on the arc. The menu: - Today's arc with sunrise, midday and sunset. - Tonight's moon and the temperature right now. - Appearance; Natural Sky means the app is light by day and dark at night, and dark makes it dark all the time. - Calendar toggles. Outside the app: - Home Screen: the sky curve with your events on it, in small and medium. - Lock Screen: where the sun is and your next calendar event. Sphere is free. No account, no subscription, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Privacy: https://smidgecraft.com/sphere/privacy Support: https://smidgecraft.com/sphere/support Questions, ideas, or feedback? mason@smidgecraft.com

Screenshots

CraftPassAI4 screens
Sphere4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sphere at Free against CraftPassAI's $0.99. Sphere also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). CraftPassAI's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Sphere is free to download; CraftPassAI costs $0.99 up front. CraftPassAI sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Sphere asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CraftPassAI against 5.0 for Sphere. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
CraftPassAI versus Sphere: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCraftPassAISphere
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTYLER,OLIVER SHVARTSERMason Garcera

In-app purchases

4 purchases

CraftPassAI

Subscriptions2
  • CraftPassAI Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • CraftPassAI Pro (Yearly)$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • 50 AI Scans$0.99
  • 250 AI Scans$2.99
None

Sphere

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CraftPassAI free?
CraftPassAI costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Sphere free?
Sphere is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CraftPassAI or Sphere?
CraftPassAI and Sphere are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do CraftPassAI or Sphere have ads?
Neither CraftPassAI nor Sphere shows ads.

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