Comparison

Plastik vs Periphery

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

Head to head
About

Plastik

Digitally store all your loyalty cards, gift cards, library cards, and boarding passes. Access them instantly via your phone or smartwatch, with location-based reminders and Lock Screen shortcuts for ultimate convenience.

Highlights
  • Scan and import barcodes
  • Supports 7 barcode formats
  • Location-based auto-show
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen
  • Organize with folders
  • Per-pass Face ID lock
  • Apple Watch app
Features
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Plastik puts every loyalty card, gift card, library card, and boarding pass in one place — so the next time you're at the checkout, the gate, or the gym, you're not digging through your wallet for a plastic card you barely use. THE WHOLE WALLET, LIGHTER - Scan any barcode with the camera, import from your Photos, or type one in - Supports 7 formats: QR, Code 128, PDF417, Aztec, EAN-13, EAN-8, Data Matrix - Customize every card with colors and icons - Find any pass instantly from Spotlight without opening the app THERE WHEN YOU ARRIVE Tag a pass with a location and let Apple Wallet do the rest. Your gym tag surfaces on the Lock Screen when you walk in the door. Your grocery loyalty card appears when you pull into the parking lot. Your boarding pass slides onto your Apple Watch at the gate. No tapping, no searching — just there. SCANNING AGAIN? IT'S RIGHT THERE For passes you scan more than once — boarding, event re-entry, multi-day events — start a Live Activity and keep the barcode pinned to your Lock Screen for up to 8 hours. One tap, no app launch. ORGANIZED YOUR WAY - Folders for travel, the gym, the grocery run — whatever makes sense to you - Custom colors and icons per pass - Sort by alphabetical, recently added, or recently edited - Long-press any card to edit, move, or delete PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Per-pass Face ID lock for the cards you'd rather keep to yourself - Optional app-wide lock on launch - Your passes stay on your device — no account required, no email, nothing to track ON EVERY SCREEN - Apple Watch app for quick access on your wrist - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets - Live Activities for active passes - Share Sheet support so you can save a barcode from anywhere PLASTIK PRO Unlock the full app with a monthly, yearly, or one-time lifetime purchase: - Unlimited passes (free version includes 3) - Unlimited folders - Per-pass and app-wide Face ID lock - Live Activities - Custom pass background images - Location-based Apple Wallet auto-show No sign-up, no email, no tracking. Restore Pro on a new device with the same Apple ID. https://parra.io/terms-of-service.html https://parra.io/privacy-policy.html

About

Periphery

Features
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Professional Bluetooth LE scanner and debugger for iOS. Periphery gives developers, engineers, and power users a complete toolkit for inspecting Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Scan nearby devices, read GATT services and characteristics, write values, and subscribe to notifications — all in one elegant app. FEATURES - Scan and discover nearby BLE devices in real time - Full GATT inspector: browse services, characteristics, and descriptors - Read, write, and subscribe to BLE characteristics - Automatic UUID identification for known devices - Device fingerprinting: identify chips from Nordic, ESP32, Xiaomi, Shelly - Offline UUID database — no internet required - Dark interface optimized for hardware labs - Find lost Bluetooth devices, tags, and trackers by signal strength (RSSI) with a live proximity meter, a signal graph and an optional beep that speeds up as you get closer - Give devices your own names: they keep them next time and are listed first - Filter the list by minimum signal or hide devices that advertise no name PRO FEATURES Unlock with Periphery Pro: - Unlimited scanning, with no session limit - Session logging: every read, write and notification saved - Unlimited saved sessions, exportable as plain text - No ads, ever FREE VERSION Free to download. The first 3 scan sessions are free, with ads. Unlimited scanning, session logs and no ads need Periphery Pro (subscription or lifetime purchase). BUILT FOR - iOS and embedded developers - IoT engineers and hobbyists - Hardware prototypers - QA engineers testing BLE products - Anyone debugging Bluetooth connectivity - Anyone hunting a lost Bluetooth tag, tracker, or pair of earbuds COMMON QUESTIONS Does it work without an account or internet? Yes to both. Everything happens over Bluetooth on the device. What can it actually see? Any Bluetooth Low Energy device advertising nearby: name, address, RSSI, advertisement data, then the full GATT tree — services, characteristics, descriptors — with read, write and notify. Can it find my lost earbuds or a tracker? It can tell you whether they are advertising and how strong the signal is, which gets you warmer or colder as you walk. It cannot show a map or a direction: BLE gives signal strength, not bearing. Does it work with classic Bluetooth devices? No. iOS only exposes Bluetooth Low Energy to apps. Car kits and older audio devices that use classic Bluetooth are invisible to any app on the App Store. Why does the address change every few minutes? That is iOS, not the app. Apple rotates the identifier it shows you for privacy, so the same device can appear under different addresses. Does it work on iPad? Yes. Terms of Use: https://masaapps360.com/periphery/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://masaapps360.com/periphery/privacy/

Screenshots

Plastik4 screens
Periphery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Plastik at none against Periphery's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Plastik sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Periphery sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plastik ships an update weekly, Periphery every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Plastik versus Periphery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlastikPeriphery
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperParra LLCGrima Hdez

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Plastik

Subscriptions2
  • Plastik Pro$1.991 Month
  • Plastik Pro$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Plastik Pro Lifetime$39.99
4 purchases

Periphery

Subscriptions3
  • Periphery Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Periphery Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Periphery Pro Yearly$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Periphery Pro Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is Plastik free?
Plastik is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Periphery free?
Periphery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Plastik or Periphery have ads?
Periphery shows ads; Plastik does not.
Which is updated more often, Plastik or Periphery?
Plastik ships an update weekly, and Periphery every 10 days. Most recently, Plastik was updated on October 28, 2026 and Periphery on October 31, 2026.

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