Sep 25, 2019 06:00:00

'IC card reader by money forward' use review that allows you to check the balance and usage history of transportation IC cards in one shot just by holding it over the iPhone

Various functions have newly appeared in iOS 13.0, but the NFC tag reading function Core NFC, which is a kind of short-range wireless communication standard, has been updated, so that the usage history of traffic IC cards can be read even on the iPhone became. ' IC Card Reader by Money Forward ' is an application that supports such new features of iOS 13, and you can read the balance and usage history just by holding the traffic IC card over the iPhone at last. Saw.

“IC Card Reader by Money Forward” iOS version app launched | Money Forward Inc.
https://corp.moneyforward.com/news/release/20190920-mf-press/

“IC Card Reader by Money Forward” is an app exclusively for iOS 13.0 and later.

“IC Card Reader by Money Forward” on the App Store
https://apps.apple.com/app/true/id1478688231

Tap “Get” on the “IC Card Reader by Money Forward” page of the App Store.

Tap “Install” in the pop-up to start installation automatically.

After installation, tap “Open” to launch the app.

The startup screen looks something like this, and the button is a simple design that only “scans the IC card”. Tap 'Scan IC card' to start reading the IC card.

The screen will say “Ready to scan. Hold your device over the card.” ……

Hold the IC card over the top of the iPhone screen. IC Card Reader by Money Forward reads 14 types of transportation IC cards: Suica, PASMO, ICOCA, TOICA, nimoca, SUGOCA, manaca, PiTaPa, Kitaca, Hayakaken, SAPICA, icsca, PASPY, IruCa Corresponding to. This time I used Suica.

Hold the IC card and the reading of the IC card is completed in about 1 second. On the application side, it looks like this, the balance of the card is displayed at the top of the screen, and the lower side shows the ride history such as trains and buses, charge history, payment history at vending machines and convenience stores, etc. it was done. The ride history is counted as one entry / exit, and a total of 19 use histories can be confirmed.

You can also see details by tapping each usage history. Payments made at vending machines and convenience stores are displayed as “product sales”.

Tap the paper airplane icon at the bottom right of the screen ...

It is also possible to link with apps provided by Money Forward such as “Money Forward ME” and “Money Forward Cloud Expenses”. In addition, since the usage history of the loaded IC card can be saved in CSV format, it is also possible to import the usage history of a transportation IC card if the service supports CSV files.