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Best Banknote Identification Apps for iPhone (2026)
Quick answer
Banknote Identifier - NoteScan is the top-ranked of the 6 tiered banknote identification apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.5/5 from 2,438 ratings.
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★ 4.4 · 210 ratings · Free + IAP - 4
Dollar Bill ScannerF tier★ 4.5 · 1.2K ratings · Free + IAP - 5
Key takeaways
- Banknote Identifier ranks #1 of the 6 tiered banknote identification apps, S tier with a score of 90 out of 100.
- The highest-ranked free app with no in-app purchases is NoteLens (#6).
- NoteSnap has the most App Store ratings here: 22,037, averaging 4.6/5.
- 2 of the 6 tiered apps reach S or A tier.
What belongs in this list
Identify a banknote and learn its value by scanning or looking it up.
Not here: a currency converter alone; a coin identifier alone; a stamp or antique identifier alone; a general chatbot asked about money alone; a list of currencies without scanning or valuation alone
How we pick
For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Apps whose maker has verified ownership get a small score component, because an active maker is a sign the app is kept up to date. It never decides a tier on its own. Updated daily. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. Read the full method →
Compare every app
| # | App | Tier | Score | Rating | Ratings | Price | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banknote Identifier - NoteScanBest overall | S | 89.5 | 4.5 | 2,438 | Free + IAP | |
| 2 | NoteSnap: Banknote IdentifierMost rated | A | 81.3 | 4.6 | 22,037 | Free + IAP | |
| 3 | Banknote ID: Note Identifierprovisional | F | 45.4 | 4.4 | 210 | Free + IAP | |
| 4 | Dollar Bill Scannerprovisional | F | 43.5 | 4.5 | 1,227 | Free + IAP | |
| 5 | Banknote Identification AIMost recently updatedprovisional | F | 25.0 | n/a | 0 | Free + IAP | |
| 6 |  NoteLens: Banknote IdentifierBest freeprovisional | F | 25.0 | n/a | 0 | Free download |
Questions people ask
What is the best banknote identification app for iPhone?
Banknote Identifier - NoteScan, S tier, ranked #1 of 6, rated 4.5 by 2,438 people.
Which banknote identification apps are free?
6 of 6 are free to download: Banknote Identifier - NoteScan (S), NoteSnap: Banknote Identifier (A), Banknote ID: Note Identifier (F), Dollar Bill Scanner (F) and more. 5 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which banknote identification app has the best App Store rating?
NoteSnap: Banknote Identifier at 4.6 from 22,037 ratings.
How many banknote identification apps reach S or A tier?
2 of 6.