Comparison

UniPay vs Wedget

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

Head to head
About

UniPay

Features
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This app is provided by ID TECH for demonstrating functionality of the ID TECH UniPay family of mobile mag stripe card and smart card readers, whose members include UniPay, UniPay II. This app does not process payment or send any information over the internet. ID TECH UniPay family of readers allow smartphones or tablets to read many mag stripe card, such as credit cards, signature debit cards, gift cards, loyalty cards, driver's licenses, ID badges and so on. In addition, any EMV smart card can be read too. UniPay readers provide DUKPT encryption scheme and superior reading performance. For more information, please visit www.idtechproducts.com

About

Wedget

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Wedget™ is a developer tool/keyboard extension to simplify card data acquisition for mobile browsers and native applications for MagneSafe® secure card reader authenticators (SCRAs). The extension eliminates the need for complicated programming with SDKs, making it simple to read and process sensitive payment and ID card data securely. For Contact EMV, Contactless EMV/NFC payments, Wedget and the configured MagneSafe device utilize MagTek’s QwickDip technology. QwickDip was developed to support Quick Chip, M/Chip Fast, AMEX Quick Chip and Discover Quick Chip. It leverages a simplified transaction process, making it twice as fast as standard chip card transactions, but still delivers all the security. Features: • Support for iOS (15.0 or newer) • Reads Magnetic stripe data • Reads Contact EMV data • Reads Contactless EMV/NFC data • Secures manually entered card/PAN data (DynaPro PED devices only)

Screenshots

UniPay3 screens
Wedget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: UniPay at 6.0 against Wedget's 11.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UniPay ships an update every 14 months, Wedget every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
UniPay versus Wedget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUniPayWedget
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 14 months — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInternational Technologies & Systems CorporationMagTek, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

UniPay

No in-app purchases

None

Wedget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UniPay free?
UniPay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wedget free?
Wedget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do UniPay or Wedget have ads?
Neither UniPay nor Wedget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UniPay or Wedget?
UniPay ships an update every 14 months, and Wedget every 16 months. Most recently, UniPay was updated on October 26, 2026 and Wedget on September 24, 2026.

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