PayRange vs Achagat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PayRange
Pay for services at supported machines using your phone. Simply swipe on your screen to select a machine and authorize payment, eliminating the need for cash or coins. Enjoy a quick, secure, and convenient way to pay for vending, laundry, and more.
- Pay with phone swipe
- Supports vending machines
- Supports laundry machines
- Supports arcade machines
- Supports parking meters
- Secure payment processing
- Automatic machine detection
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Pay with a simple swipe on your phone screen. Use PayRange to pay at thousands of vending, laundry, arcade, parking, coffee and other supported machines with a simple swipe of your finger. - Swipe left or right on the phone app screen to select the machine. - Swipe up on your phone screen and payment will be sent to the machine. It is that SIMPLE. QUICK AND SIMPLE: NO MORE COINS, NO MORE BILLS. PayRange takes the hassle out of your life. To guarantee the highest level of convenience, we designed our app for a quick and secure payment experience. Your experience is as simple as swiping your finger on your phone screen. You do not need to worry about having the right amount of change, small bills, or bill acceptor issues. SAFE AND SECURE: Safety and security of your payment information is our first priority. We accept a range of payment options including all major credit cards and Apple Pay. We use a secure PCI compliant processor to guarantee that your PayRange payments are protected. At any time, we do not send any personal information to the machine. EVERYWHERE AND GROWING: Look for the PayRange icon on the machine to determine if it accepts PayRange payments. As soon as you enter the range of a PayRange supported machine, the app will automatically detect the enabled machines. No pairing or configuration is required. All you need to do is swipe on your phone screen to select the machine you want to pay at. PayRange is enabled on machines in a broad range of industries such as vending, laundry, amusement, coffee etc. Get the app today! Simplify your payment experience with PayRange. ------------------------------------------ *** NOTE: The machine must be PayRange enabled *** This app will not work if the machine is not equipped with PayRange hardware. ------------------------------------------- Visit http://payrange.com for a video demonstration. If you’d like your machine at work or school to be PayRange enabled, have the operator of your machines contact us at info@payrange.com
Achagat
This keyboard app allows users to easily type in the Iñupiaq language on their iPhone. It supports Iñupiaq-specific characters through a press-and-hold mechanism, while also maintaining full English typing capability for seamless language switching.
- Type in Iñupiaq language
- Press-and-hold character input
- Full English typing capability
- Easy language switching
- Supports Iñupiaq names and messages
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Achagat enables typing in Iñupiaq, the language of the Iñupiaq people of western and northern Alaska. It’s now as easy as “a, ch, g” to type Iñupiaq on your iPhone, whether it’s inputting an Iñupiaq name in your contacts, typing an email, sending a message, or practicing with a flash card app as you wait for class to start. The keyboard uses press and hold to enable characters specific to Iñupiaq, the same way Apple’s default keyboard allows you to type characters like é and ü. This approach allows the keyboard to retain full English capability for painless switching between languages. Big shoutout to: - Alexei Baboulevitch (Archagon) for building an amazing open-source keyboard that can be found here: https://github.com/archagon/tasty-imitation-keyboard - Reid Magdanz for content and ideas. - icons8 (icons8.com) for providing the icons used on the tab bar for free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Achagat at 75% against PayRange's 13%. Achagat also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). PayRange's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (221K vs 6). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PayRange holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PayRange has 221K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of PayRange's written reviews are positive against 75% of Achagat's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PayRange ships an update every 2 months, Achagat weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PayRange | Achagat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (221K ratings) — better | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 221K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #54 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PayRange Inc. | Grant Magdanz |
Customer experience
PayRange
Achagat
Bugs and requests
PayRange
Reported bugs
4 issues- App logging users out frequently
- Machines showing as unavailable when they are not
- Payments not registering on machines
- Inability to get refunds for failed transactions
Requested features
4 requests- Option to pause/cancel wash cycle
- Ability to view machine availability
- More flexible payment options
- Improved user interface
Achagat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PayRange
No in-app purchases
Achagat
No in-app purchases









