Check ID Scanner vs Verigate

Check ID is the fastest, most private, reliable way to scan and verify driver's licenses and IDs for events, venues, and guest management. It reads the barcode on a driver’s license or state ID, checks the birth date and expiry date against your rules, and gives your staff a clear answer. What it keeps is a record that the check happened, never the details of who was checked. WHAT A SCAN NEVER KEEPS No name. No date of birth. No address. No ID number. No picture of the ID. Not in a scan record, on any plan. Guest lists are the one place names live, and only the names your staff add on purpose. NO AD TRACKERS No third-party analytics or advertising SDKs, no advertising identifier, and no ads. The app links two open-source libraries, both for reading passport chips. Our own product analytics tell us which features get used and what broke. They include coarse scan statistics, such as the result, the state and an age range, and never a name, birth date, address, ID number or photo. A RECORD THAT THE CHECK HAPPENED With Check ID for Teams, every scan is timestamped and signed by our server when it’s saved. Export a scan log (CSV) or a summary report (PDF), or share a report link. Reports never name your employees or the people who were checked. CHECK ID FOR TEAMS By default, staff check in with a PIN on shared iPhones and iPads at the door, so each scan records who ran it. Pair a door device from your own phone. Owners and managers review scans in the app or at app.checkidapp.com. One venue per plan; running several locations? Get in touch. Repeat-entry alerts tell staff when the same ID is scanned again within your window, on any of your venue’s connected devices. It’s a prompt, not a block. They use a one-way code, re-keyed on our servers with a secret unique to your organization and deleted when the window closes. They start off by default for venues in New Hampshire, the EU and EEA, and countries we haven’t reviewed, and owners can change that per venue. Guest lists and name search work from a copy on each device, so the door keeps going when the Wi-Fi doesn’t. Scans queue on the device and upload when the signal comes back. WHAT IT READS - The barcode on US and Canadian driver’s licenses and ID cards (the AAMVA PDF417 standard) - The REAL ID indicator, when the barcode encodes one - Many ePassports and chip ID cards, by reading the chip over NFC and checking its data against the issuing country’s certificates on our list (iPhone) - Driver’s licenses and state IDs in Apple Wallet, through Apple’s own ID Verifier sheet (iPhone) HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT ISN’T Check ID is a tool that helps your staff check IDs. It isn’t legal advice, insurance, or a guarantee of compliance. It reads what a document encodes and checks it against your rules, but it can’t tell whether a card is genuine: a well-made fake can carry a valid barcode. Your staff make the final call. Running several locations, or want terms we don't sell in the App Store? Get in touch. Terms of Use: https://checkidapp.com/terms/

Verigate is the fast, honest ID scanner and admission log for bars, clubs, events, and shops. Point your phone at the PDF417 barcode on the back of a US or Canadian driver's license and get an instant result — valid, underage, expired, possible fake, or couldn't read. Built for a busy line and private by design. — FAST, FOCUSED SCANNING — A purpose-built camera pipeline with the torch and auto-macro focus reads the PDF417 barcode the moment it's in frame. No clunky hardware, no "hold still and wait." — NEW: TEAM EVENTS — Run every door as one event. Up to 10 Staff phones join free by scanning your code — no account or subscription on their phones — and you set each phone's name and door. Every door sees the same guests, Ban list, and VIP list, decisions reach every phone, and you end the night with one report for every door. Guest records are end-to-end encrypted: Verigate's server can't read them, and the event is deleted from it once every phone has sent its last records. — PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE — The barcode scanner takes no still photo. Optional front-ID OCR in Manual Entry suggests name, date of birth, and expiry from one frame held in memory only during on-device recognition; you confirm every suggestion against the physical ID. No ID image or raw license number is stored — repeat, VIP, and banned guests are recognised by an irreversible issuer-scoped digest of the license number. Records stay on your iPhone by default. Only team events sync, end-to-end encrypted, and a report or list leaves the phone only when you share it. No account. No analytics. No tracking. — TWO WORKFLOWS — Quick Scan for fast age and expiry checks, or Admit/Deny with an event, venue or one-off location, door, and staff member. The ID result, Ban/VIP status, and operator decision stay separate facts, and earlier records keep their original context. — FREE CORE — Scan, get age, expiry, and possible-fake results, set your age threshold (21+, 19+, 18+, or custom), receive the default passback warning, record Admit/Deny decisions, keep an on-device History log, and join a team event as Staff — free. Worn barcode? Enter the guest manually or fill the form with on-device OCR. — PREMIUM: RUN THE WHOLE DOOR — • Team events — run up to 10 Staff phones as one event, with one report at the end. Staff join free. • Detailed fake-ID report — see which AAMVA consistency checks passed or failed behind a possible-fake warning. • VIP & ban list management — add people manually or import a CSV with a built-in template and review step. Saved entries and warnings remain visible if Premium ends. • Safe matching — possible name-and-date-of-birth matches wait for your review; Verigate never merges people automatically. • Insights — checks, decisions, busiest times, and breakdowns by event, door, and staff. • Export — 21-column CSV log and formatted PDF report with decision corrections (never the license number or hash). • Transfer lists — move Ban/VIP lists between phones as a file you share yourself. • Extended passback windows. — HONEST PRICING — One clear Monthly or Yearly plan with a free trial for eligible users, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Cancel any time in one tap — no in-app-purchase maze, no per-device fees. Verigate Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged within 24 hours before renewal. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Lifetime is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. — NOTE — Verigate is an assist tool, not a legal guarantee of identity or age — the final decision is always yours. Works with US & Canadian licenses that carry an AAMVA PDF417 barcode. Team events need internet and a device that supports Apple App Attest. Terms of Use: https://verigateid.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://verigateid.app/privacy