UniPay vs Wedget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UniPay
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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
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)
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | UniPay | Wedget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | International Technologies & Systems Corporation | MagTek, Inc. |
In-app purchases
UniPay
No in-app purchases
Wedget
No in-app purchases








