# WalletWallet

21 Hacker News commenters recommended WalletWallet and 8 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for turning loyalty, library and gym cards into Apple Wallet passes quickly. Critics say it charges a recurring fee and does not always produce barcode passes.

## Why people recommend it

- Useful for gym, library and loyalty cards (4 comments): "Pretty useful, just used it to make a "Business Card" that links to my LinkedIn profile." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46351764)) "All I wanna do is stop carrying this rec center card around." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46347014)) "It worked just fine for my gym pass" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46348398))
- Genuinely useful, quick way to make passes (3 comments): "This is such a quick and neat way to get a pass for all the random codes in your wallet." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46346513)) "That's very useful, thanks!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46347077)) "This is genuinely useful." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46346677))
- Keeps cards together in one place (2 comments): "The utility is that whatever you created now lives with the rest of the passes in one place." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46346765)) "All I wanna do is stop carrying this rec center card around." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46347014))

## What people warn about

- Charges a recurring or yearly fee (2 comments): "It makes no sense to charge me a yearly fee to make one pass file for my library card." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46348299)) "tried to charge me a recurring subscription to use once" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46348464))
- Does not generate barcode passes (3 comments): "I immediately tried this with my Seattle Orca card, but the barcode is different" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46349218)) "It does not seem to generate barcode passes, although the option is there." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46353386)) "Doesn't seem to be supported by this tool, though." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46347667))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Pass2U Wallet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pass2u-wallet.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "WalletWallet", https://hackerapproved.com/p/walletwallet/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).