Comparison

ePassRead vs Passriva

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

Head to head
About

ePassRead

Features
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ePassRead is an NFC passport reader designed for electronic passport inspection and secure integration with your own business systems. Hold your iPhone near an electronic passport to read identity details, the chip portrait, and available data groups. ePassRead presents Passive Authentication, certificate trust, Chip Authentication, and Active Authentication results when supported, helping you assess the integrity and trust status of the chip data. ePassRead also supports driver license records. Select the issuing country or region, scan supported AAMVA PDF417 barcodes or issuer QR codes, and capture the front, back, and a holder selfie. Driver license records can be reviewed locally and securely submitted to your configured business endpoint in the same way as passport records. Key features: • Read ICAO-compliant electronic passports through NFC • View the holder name, passport number, nationality, date of birth, expiry date, issuing details, and chip portrait • Review chip data groups, SOD hash checks, and available anti-cloning authentication results • Select the driver license issuing country or region • Scan supported AAMVA PDF417 barcodes or issuer QR codes • Capture the front and back of a driver license and a holder selfie • Store read records locally, with large images saved as files to reduce memory usage • Capture the passport information page and perform local holder similarity comparison • Scan a QR code to configure a business endpoint, binding ID, and AES encryption key • Submit selected passport or driver license records only after a second confirmation • Encrypt report payloads locally before sending them to your configured server • Support multiple endpoints, runtime logs, and manual iCloud backup with Pro • Available in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Arabic Privacy and security: Passport and driver license records are stored on the device by default. ePassRead does not automatically upload a record after reading or capture. Every submission requires user confirmation, and the report payload is encrypted locally with AES-GCM. App Attest helps your server determine whether a request came from an attested app instance. Important: Chip reading and authentication results help assess the integrity and trust status of passport chip data. They are not an official passport authenticity decision issued by a government, border authority, or immigration system. Driver license barcode and QR parsing only extract the presented data. Codes and images may be copied or altered, and the results are not an official driver license authenticity decision.

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Passriva

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Passriva reads the NFC chip inside your electronic passport — the same chip border e-gates read — entirely on your iPhone. How it works 1. Scan the two machine-readable lines on the photo page with the camera, or type the passport number and the two dates. 2. Hold the top of your iPhone on the passport cover and keep still. 3. See the chip's data and portrait, with three separate results: was the chip read completely, is the data structure valid, and does the issuing country's digital signature check out (when supported). Privacy by design • No account, no server, no analytics. • Passport data is shown only while the result is on screen; nothing is saved and nothing is uploaded automatically. • An optional technical report (no passport fields, no portrait, no chip messages) can be shared by you, only when you choose. • Optional app lock with Face ID, Touch ID or your device's passcode. Scope Passports only (not ID cards or residence permits). Requires an iPhone with NFC and iOS 17 or later. Reading and signature checks do not establish the holder's identity, travel eligibility or lost/stolen status. Available in 12 languages: Arabic, English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Italian, Korean, Turkish, Russian and Hebrew.

Screenshots

ePassRead4 screens
Passriva4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Passriva at none against ePassRead's 1. Passriva also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). ePassRead's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. ePassRead sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Passriva asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ePassRead ships an update monthly, Passriva every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
ePassRead versus Passriva: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterePassReadPassriva
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHatch Co., LtdBahden Abu hamad

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ePassRead

One-time1
  • ePassRead Pro$0.99
None

Passriva

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ePassRead free?
ePassRead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Passriva free?
Passriva is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ePassRead or Passriva have ads?
Neither ePassRead nor Passriva shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ePassRead or Passriva?
ePassRead ships an update monthly, and Passriva every 2 days. Most recently, ePassRead was updated on November 10, 2026 and Passriva on October 31, 2026.

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