Read-a-Card Alternatives

Read-a-Card is described as 'Reads ID data from most contactless RFID cards, proximity tokens and tags. Has many features to enable quick and easy integration of desktop card reading functionality into door access systems and other software solutions' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Read-a-Card for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad and Mac apps. The best Read-a-Card alternative is NFC Tools, which is free. Other great apps like Read-a-Card are GoToTags, NFC TagInfo by NXP, Smart NFC and NFC TagWriter by NXP.

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  1. NFC Tools icon
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    NFC Tools is an app which allows you to read, write and program tasks on your NFC tags and other RFID compatible chips.

    16 NFC Tools alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
    • NFC Tools is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Read-a-Card.

    • NFC Tools is the most popular free alternative to Read-a-Card.

    • NFC Tools is Freemium and ProprietaryRead-a-Card is Paid and Proprietary
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    The GoToTags reads these data elements from the NFC chip while the NFC tag is on the NFC reader. When the NFC tag is removed from the NFC reader, the NFC chip information is removed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • GoToTags is the most popular iPad alternative to Read-a-Card.

    • GoToTags is Free and ProprietaryRead-a-Card is Paid and Proprietary
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    Did you ever wonder what value remains on your contactless public transport card? Are you interested to see which technology is driving the contactless cards in your hand?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  4. Smart NFC icon
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    NFC Reader and Writer for iOS.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
    • Smart NFC is the most popular commercial alternative to Read-a-Card.

    • Smart NFC is Paid and ProprietaryRead-a-Card is also Paid and Proprietary
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    The NFC TagWriter by NXP stores Contacts, Bookmarks, Geo location, Bluetooth, Handover, SMS, Mail, text messages and many more to any NFC enabled tags as well as to items like posters, business cards and many more containing NFC-enabled electronics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    IDTransfer reads and transfers the RFID card encoded number to multiple transports like keyboard emulation, COM port, networks protocols TCP and UDP and other outputs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • IDTransfer - ISLOG is the most popular Linux alternative to Read-a-Card.

    • IDTransfer - ISLOG is Freemium and ProprietaryRead-a-Card is Paid and Proprietary
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    The Tx Systems Contactless ID Reader is an easy to use Windows application that reads pertinent data from the world's most popular contactless RFID cards/tags and outputs that data to the Windows cursor using keyboard emulation technology.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Access content of MIFARE® DESFire® EV1 cards. Define your own keys to access encrypted content. Supports AES, (3)DES and 3K3DES encryption schemes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
     
    • MIFARE DESFire EV1 NFC Tool is the most popular Open Source alternative to Read-a-Card.

    • MIFARE DESFire EV1 NFC Tool is Free and Open SourceRead-a-Card is Paid and Proprietary
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    NFC Tag reader-writer tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    This is a low-level tool for reading, writing and analyzing MIFARE® Classic RFID tags. It is designed for users who have at least basic familiarity with the MIFARE® Classic technology. It provides several features to interact with (and only with) MIFARE® Classic...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
    • MIFARE Classic Tool (MCT) is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Read-a-Card.

    • MIFARE Classic Tool (MCT) is Free and Open SourceRead-a-Card is Paid and Proprietary
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