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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Read-a-Card alternatives page was last updated Feb 2, 2025

NFC Tools
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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
Proprietary
Origin
France
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Android
iPhone
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GoToTags
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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
Origin
United States
Platforms
Windows
iPhone
iPad
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NFC TagInfo by NXP
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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
Origin
Netherlands
EU
Platforms
Android
iPhone
iPad
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Smart NFC
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NFC Reader and Writer for iOS.
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Platforms
iPhone
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NFC TagWriter by NXP
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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
Origin
Netherlands
EU
Platforms
Android
iPhone
iPad
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Mifare Classic Tool
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Tool to work with contactless Mifare Classic cards.
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Platforms
Windows
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IDTransfer - ISLOG
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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.
13 IDTransfer - ISLOG alternatives
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Origin
France
EU
Platforms
Windows
Linux
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Tx Systems Contactless ID Reader
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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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MIFARE DESFire EV1 NFC Tool
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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
Origin
Norway
Platforms
Android
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NFC Tag Cloner
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Clone NFC tags! And do it in an effective way which lightens up your day! Supported clone modes:
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
Android
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TagXplorer
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NFC Tag reader-writer tool.
13 TagXplorer alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Origin
Netherlands
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
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MIFARE Classic Tool (MCT)
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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...
13 MIFARE Classic Tool (MCT) alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Android
Android Tablet
F-Droid
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