NFC.cool Tools Tag Reader7.2.0 - App Store

Read and write NFC tags, scan and create QR codes, digitize documents, and capture 3D models - all in one app trusted by over 9 million users.

NFC READING & WRITING
Read any NFC tag to see web links, Wi-Fi, contacts, locations, payment links, and more. Write your own tags with 25+ message types (text, contacts, Wi-Fi, locations, calendar events, iOS Shortcuts, FaceTime, SMS, email, social media, payments, and Google Review links) that open apps, trigger shortcuts, or connect to services like WhatsApp, Instagram, and Spotify.

NFC Tools:
. Format, lock, password protect, analyze, and copy tags
. NTAG 424 DNA: read secure tags, verify SUN tamper-proof messages, configure keys and SDM
. NFC Tap Counter: teach NFC tags how to count
. Batch Operations: write multiple tags sequentially, import from CSV/Excel
. Custom Commands: send raw hex commands for advanced tag manipulation

NFC Apps:
. Passport & ID: read your passport or ID chip to view the stored personal data and photo
. Sonicare Reset: read your Philips Sonicare brush head usage stats and reset its timer
. Amiibo: scan to reveal the character with official artwork, build your collection, and back it up
. OpenPrintTag: store 3D printing filament info on spools for automatic material detection
. NFC Safe: store encrypted secrets on tags with 256-bit AES encryption

QR CODE & BARCODE SCANNER
. Scan any QR code or barcode with batch mode, plus a share extension to detect codes in your photos.
. Create custom QR codes for all the same message types as NFC.
. Design them with your own colors, logos, and Genmoji, and add them to home screen widgets.

Supported formats: QR, Aztec, Code128, PDF417, DataMatrix, EAN, and 15+ other barcode types.

DOCUMENT SCANNER
. Capture documents with automatic edge detection and on-device OCR.
. Import images from your photo library or files.
. Save as searchable PDFs with full-text search.
. Export to iCloud or share directly.

3D OBJECT & ROOM SCANNER
. Scan objects into 3D models using photogrammetry.
. Scan rooms with LiDAR to generate floor plans, detecting doors, windows, and furniture.
. Measure dimensions and calculate floor area.
. Export for 3D printing and CAD applications.

Requires: iPhone with LiDAR sensor (iPhone 12 Pro and newer)

AUTOMATION & INTEGRATION
. Webhooks: send scan data to your server for inventory or custom integrations
. iOS Shortcuts: launch scans via Siri, access scan history, write tags through automation
. Widgets: quick-launch scanning from home screen, lock screen, or Control Center
. Auto-Actions: open links, run shortcuts, play audio, or trigger text-to-speech when scanning tags

CUSTOMIZATION
Choose from multiple themes and icons, text-to-speech voices in 40+ languages, and Game Center achievements.

Note: NFC functionality requires iPhone 7 or newer. iPhones read NFC but not all RFID frequencies.

NFC.cool is in no way affiliated with Nintendo or Philips. Amiibo is a registered trademark by Nintendo and Sonicare is a registered trademark by Philips. These functions in NFC.cool are for educational purposes only.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Version History - NEW: E-ink Phone Case - put a photo, a QR code, today's agenda or your next event on a battery-free NFC e-ink phone case with one tap of your iPhone
- Discover NFC.cool - every task in the checklist now opens its own screen and shows how it works in 3D
- Faster start on slow or restricted networks
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch through social media or in the app. 7.2.0 2d ago - NEW: Search - find everything you've saved in one place, even the words inside your scanned documents, or just ask Siri to search NFC.cool for you
- NEW: More Siri and Shortcuts - open, search and import documents from a shortcut, and point Visual Intelligence at a QR code to open or save it in NFC.cool
- NEW: NXP ICODE tags - read and manage ICODE 3, ICODE DNA and NTAG 5 tags and protect them with a password, on iPhone or with an external NFC reader
- Suggest a name - let Apple Intelligence name your saved tags and codes
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch through social media or in the app. 7.1.0 Oct 7 Welcome to NFC.cool 7.0.0: your NFC tags now work with Siri, Shortcuts and even your alarm clock.

- NEW: Siri AI and Shortcuts - just ask Siri to read or write an NFC tag, scan a code or open a saved item, and pass the result on to other apps and actions
- NEW: NFC Alarm - an alarm clock that only goes quiet once you scan the NFC tags you picked (iOS 26 and later)
- Find your saved tags, codes, documents and 3D models by name in iPhone Search
- Save a passport or ID card reading as a PDF report
- Google Review links: see each business's address, preview it on Google Maps, and paste or share a business from Google Maps instead of searching
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch through social media or in the app. 7.0.1 Sep 28 Welcome to NFC.cool 7.0.0: your NFC tags now work with Siri, Shortcuts and even your alarm clock.

- NEW: Siri AI and Shortcuts - just ask Siri to read or write an NFC tag, scan a code or open a saved item, and pass the result on to other apps and actions
- NEW: NFC Alarm - an alarm clock that only goes quiet once you scan the NFC tags you picked (iOS 26 and later)
- Find your saved tags, codes, documents and 3D models by name in iPhone Search
- Save a passport or ID card reading as a PDF report
- Google Review links: see each business's address, preview it on Google Maps, and paste or share a business from Google Maps instead of searching
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch through social media or in the app. 7.0.0 Sep 25 - NEW: Digital Product Passport - read a product's materials, environmental impact, compliance and recycling details from an NFC tag, or create your own and write it to a tag
- NEW: NTAG 424 DNA - store a secret in the tag's vault, check tamper status, set per-file access rights, and configure Random UID
- Smaller download size
- Fixed QR code widgets appearing blank on iPad
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch through social media or in the app. 6.18.0 Aug 28 - NEW: Passport & ID - scan the NFC chip in your passport or ID card to securely read and view the stored personal data and photo
- NEW: NTAG 424 DNA - read these secure tags, verify SUN tamper-proof messages, and configure keys and SDM settings
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch through social media or in the app. 6.17.0 Jul 31 - NEW: Amiibo - scan any Amiibo to reveal the character with official artwork and details, and build your own collection
- NEW: Clone Amiibo - copy your Amiibo onto blank NTAG215 tags
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch through social media or in the app. 6.16.0 Jul 2 - NEW: NFC on iPad and Mac with an external reader - check https://nfc.cool/blog/ for more info
- NEW: NFC command scripts - multiple commands can now be chained and saved as scripts
- NEW: QR GiroCode - create and read a SEPA transfer QR code
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch through social media or in the app. 6.15.0 Jun 22 - NEW: NFC Tap Counter - this is a very cool one! You can now append the tag ID and the tap count to an URL, E-Mail, SMS or Shortcut. Check https://nfc.cool/blog for more information.
- FIX: QR code widgets are now working again
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch through social media or in the app. 6.14.1 May 20 - NEW: NFC Tap Counter - this is a very cool one! You can now append the tag ID and the tap count to an URL, E-Mail, SMS or Shortcut. Check the help section inside the feature for more information.
- Note: I’m aware of a crash happening on iOS 16/17 lately and I am trying to figure out what it is. Hopefully this build fixes it. If not, please reach out to me.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch through social media or in the app. 6.14.0 May 14 - NEW: NFC Password Protection now supports auto locking the tag after a series of wrong attempts
- FIX: The QR code share extension works again. Share any QR code with NFC.cool and store it in your database
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch through social media or in the app.

Want to know more? Check out our blog at https://blog.nfc.cool 6.13.0 May 11 - NEW: Mac support: Use NFC.cool Tools on your Mac and sync your scans from your iPhone or iPad through iCloud
- IMPROVED: iPad layout with a sidebar (also on Mac)
- NEW: OpenPrintTag Webhook: You can now scan setup your Webhook and OpenPrintTag will be posted to your endpoint with all details in JSON (thanks Marcel)

- Many other bug fixes and stability improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch through social media or in the app.

Want to know more? Check out our blog at https://blog.nfc.cool 6.12.0 May 1 - NEW: Cleaned up, simplified and redesigned user interface. The NFC Expert section is now split up into NFC Tools and NFC Apps.
- NEW: Read usage data and reset your NFC toothbrush head (well because you can)

- Many other bug fixes and stability improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch through social media or in the app. 6.11.0 Apr 26 - NEW: Reset your NFC toothbrush head (well because you can)
- NEW: Copy NFC tag, take a source tag and copy to a destination tag
- NEW: Create Bluetooth NFC messages
- Updated NFC OpenPrintTag to latest specification
- Improved 3D scanning flow: You can now delay the reconstruction process for later and delete the reconstruction images more automated if you wish to
- Improved Widget scanning speed
- Added way to write QR code content to NFC tag
- A bug that might have made the Webhook function dysfunctional has been resolved
- Many other bug fixes and stability improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch through social media or in the app. 6.10.0 Apr 20 We've been busy making things better!

- NEW: Improved NFC Password Protection with password manager and advanced options
- NEW: Use Apple Intelligence to recommend file names for your scanned documents
- NEW: Import documents from Files app - scan from iCloud Drive, Dropbox, and more

- Improved iCloud syncing - we've made data migration much more reliable
- Fixed: iCloud links now write correctly to NFC tags
- Document Scanner is now even more powerful with multiple import options
- App visually improved for Liquid Glass design
- Portuguese (Portugal) translation enhanced
- 3D Scanning and QR code improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch on social media. 6.9.1 Mar 2 We've been busy making things better!

- NEW: Improved NFC Password Protection with password manager and advanced options
- NEW: Use Apple Intelligence to recommend file names for your scanned documents
- NEW: Import documents from Files app - scan from iCloud Drive, Dropbox, and more

- Improved iCloud syncing - we've made data migration much more reliable
- Fixed: iCloud links now write correctly to NFC tags
- Document Scanner is now even more powerful with multiple import options
- App visually improved for Liquid Glass design
- Portuguese (Portugal) translation enhanced
- 3D Scanning and QR code improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch on social media. 6.9.0 Feb 23 We've been busy making things better!

- NEW: Import documents from Files app - scan from iCloud Drive, Dropbox, and more!
- Improved iCloud syncing - we've made data migration much more reliable
- Fixed: iCloud links now write correctly to NFC tags
- Document Scanner is now even more powerful with multiple import options
- App visually improved for Liquid Glass design
- Portuguese (Portugal) translation enhanced
- 3D Scanning and QR code improvements

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch on social media. 6.8.0 Feb 13 Think different!

- Added Discover NFC.cool feature that helps with discovering all the cool features inside the app
- Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch on social media. 6.7.0 Jan 27 Happy New Year!

The new year is already starting strong:
- iCloud sync: All data now seamlessly syncs between your devices. Users that had a version installed before this one will be promted to migrate the database. Please give the iCloud sync some time, it will sync it just needs some time.
- iCloud Drive: PDFs and 3D models can now be exported into iCloud Drive.
- Auto export PDFs to iCloud Drive: Turn this on in Document settings to automatically export your scanned document after the scan finished.
- Improved Document OCR and search: OCR is now immediately run after a scan and your documents are immediately indexed for search.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch on social media.

Did you know? NFC.cool is made by an independent developer in Europe. 6.6.1 Jan 21 Happy New Year!

The new year is already starting strong:
- iCloud sync: All data now seamlessly syncs between your devices. Users that had a version installed before this one will be promted to migrate the database. Please give the iCloud sync some time, it will sync it just needs some time.
- iCloud Drive: PDFs and 3D models can now be exported into iCloud Drive.
- Auto export PDFs to iCloud Drive: Turn this on in Document settings to automatically export your scanned document after the scan finished.
- Improved Document OCR and search: OCR is now immediately run after a scan and your documents are immediately indexed for search.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch on social media.

Did you know? NFC.cool is made by an independent developer in Europe. 6.6.0 Jan 7 Merry Christmas everyone!

Here is a Christmas present for you:
- The Room Scanner has been improved. The scanned models have now width, length and height measurements as well as area calculation. Believe me you can’t measure a room faster!
- The Room 3D models now show colored furniture.
- Exporting a Room 3D model is now also possoible with the measurements, area and colors.
- Fixed Ultralight EV1 tag formatting (Thanks Aaron!)
- Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch on social media.

Did you know? NFC.cool is made by an independent developer in Europe. 6.5.0 12/20/2025 - We prepared some Christmas magic for you.
- Added two more Shortcuts to get the latest read NFC tag and QR code.
- Improved NFC reading and fixes for OpenPrintTag.
- NFC.cool now proudly supports OpenPrintTag, a new NFC standard for 3D printing filament spools. You can read and write these in the NFC Expert section.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch on social media.

Did you know? NFC.cool is made by an independent developer in Europe. 6.4.1 12/09/2025 - We prepared some Christmas magic for you.
- Added two more Shortcuts to get the latest read NFC tag and QR code.
- Improved NFC reading and fixes for OpenPrintTag.
- NFC.cool now proudly supports OpenPrintTag, a new NFC standard for 3D printing filament spools. You can read and write these in the NFC Expert section.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch on social media.

Did you know? NFC.cool is made by an independent developer in Europe. 6.4.0 11/26/2025 - NFC.cool now proudly supports OpenPrintTag, a new NFC standard for 3D printing filament spools. You can read and write these in the NFC Expert section.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch on social media.

Did you know? NFC.cool is made by an independent developer in Europe. 6.3.0 11/20/2025 - The app startup time has been decreased.
- 3D models can now have a title and can be favorited for better organization.
- Colored themes have been updated to better fit with light and dark mode.
- A lot has changed under the hood of the app, which makes the app even more future-proof.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Having trouble with the app? We're here to help! Get in touch on social media.

Did you know? NFC.cool is made by an independent developer in Europe. 6.2.1 11/10/2025