WalletWallet
Wallet pass app in Productivity & writing
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.
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.
29 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 21
- criticize it
- 8
- approval share
- 72%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 21 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Useful for gym, library and loyalty cards
“Pretty useful, just used it to make a "Business Card" that links to my LinkedIn profile.”
Comment from 22 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything” “All I wanna do is stop carrying this rec center card around.”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything” “It worked just fine for my gym pass”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything” - Comment from 22 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything”
Genuinely useful, quick way to make passes
“This is such a quick and neat way to get a pass for all the random codes in your wallet.”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything” “That's very useful, thanks!”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything” “This is genuinely useful.”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything” Keeps cards together in one place
“The utility is that whatever you created now lives with the rest of the passes in one place.”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything” “All I wanna do is stop carrying this rec center card around.”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Charges a recurring or yearly fee
“It makes no sense to charge me a yearly fee to make one pass file for my library card.”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything” “tried to charge me a recurring subscription to use once”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything” Does not generate barcode passes
“I immediately tried this with my Seattle Orca card, but the barcode is different”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything” “It does not seem to generate barcode passes, although the option is there.”
Comment from 22 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything” “Doesn't seem to be supported by this tool, though.”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WalletWalletThis page | 21 | 8 | 72% | 3 | — | — |
| Pass2U Wallet | 5 | 1 | 83% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
24 of the 31 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“now it does enough mrr that i dont have to go back to work”
“Nothing about this app is unique or cool, just one peek at the source code reveals OP or the Bot literally wrote Jack Shit.”
“I just used it for gym stuff”
“It does not seem to generate barcode passes, although the option is there.”
“Pretty useful, just used it to make a "Business Card" that links to my LinkedIn profile.”
“I think I need source to review before I'm willing to use this one, though.”
“I immediately tried this with my Seattle Orca card, but the barcode is different”
“you can very easily add cards manually”
“tried to charge me a recurring subscription to use once”
“It worked just fine for my gym pass”
“Works with Google Wallet too!”
“This is very cool thanks. It would be awesome as a PWA so I can have it installed on my home screen”
“It makes no sense to charge me a yearly fee to make one pass file for my library card.”
“Doesn't seem to be supported by this tool, though.”
“This is great am I weird for wanting an app?”
“That's very useful, thanks!”
“All I wanna do is stop carrying this rec center card around.”
“The utility is that whatever you created now lives with the rest of the passes in one place.”
“This is genuinely useful.”
“This is such a quick and neat way to get a pass for all the random codes in your wallet.”
“Barcodes exist as a fast, machine readable data transfer format meant to avoid data entry errors by avoiding manual data entry”
“But apparently the site (sorry for the harsh word, but I can't interpret it any other way) lies.”
“Love the idea, thanks for sharing!”
“This looks like a very cool project!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.