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24 alternatives to Square for Chip Cards

EMV & chip-compatible dongle from Square, pre-launch

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Square for Chip Cards launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Fuze▲116
Smart card with EMV chip
2017 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
2
Square Contactless Reader▲255
Accept Apple Pay + Chip cards, anywhere
2015 · squareup.com · its alternatives →
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I made a discrete logic network card▲541
Building a 10BASE-T Ethernet transceiver (receiver and transmitter) with discrete logic chips
2024 · qdiv.dev · its alternatives →
4
Dongle Daddy▲88
An app that helps you find the right cables.
2017 · dongledaddy.com · its alternatives →
5
Square Gift Cards▲84
Design gift cards for your business
2014 · squareup.com · its alternatives →
6
Square + Apple Pay▲256
Accept Apple Pay and chip cards everywhere.
2015 · squareup.com · its alternatives →
7
Chipsetter ONE▲73
A desktop pick-and-place machine
2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
8
eGranary Pocket Library▲60
A library on a chip: knowledge for those w/o internet access
2015 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
9
Square Order▲95
Order from your phone
2014 · squareup.com · its alternatives →
10
CHIP▲250
The world's first nine dollar computer (pre-launch)
2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
11
Where's Wallet▲103
The smart wallet you'll never lose (pre-launch)
2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
12
E-coin card▲116
Spend Bitcoin anywhere
2015 · e-coin.io · its alternatives →
13
Square Pickup▲77
Accept pickup orders with Square
2014 · squareup.com · its alternatives →
14
Square Cash Launches Physical Prepaid Card▲14
Here to fill the hole Google Wallet left in our hearts.
2017 · recode.net · its alternatives →
15
Scratchboard▲146
Create, simulate, and collaborate on digital circuits
2025 · scratchboard.io · its alternatives →
16
LittleBits - the bitLab▲84
The Marketplace For User-Generated Hardware
2014 · edu.sphero.com · its alternatives →
17
Verge Wallets▲56
Handcrafted wallets made with premium leather [kickstarter]
2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
18
Credit Chip▲92
Decentralized Automated Payment Processor (DAPP) with AI
2023 · mobilecredits.app · its alternatives →
19
DonglePi, a USB Stick Giving You the Raspberry Pi IOs on a PC▲92
Transform your PC into a Raspberry Pi. Contribute to gbin/DonglePi development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
20
Solidoodle▲65
Affordable 3D Printers
2014 · solidoodle.com · its alternatives →
21
iZettle: Card Reader Lite▲97
World's first free chip + pin card reader
2015 · zettle.com · its alternatives →
22
Uncourage▲138
Carry the new iPhone 7 dongle with you on your keychain
2016 · uncourage.com · its alternatives →
23
I built a handheld CHIP-8 game console to teach myself embedded systems▲128
A while back I wrote a CHIP-8 emulator (which is considered the Hello, World! of emulators and is more accurately a virtual machine since historically CHIP-8 was an interpreted language running on top of the COSMAC VIP to make game programming easier). But a few months ago I got really interested in embedded software, so decided it would be neat to port my emulator to a STM32 MCU and design a console around it as a learning experience, since CHIP-8 never existed as a physical system. I didn't know much about embedded software when I began, and even less about electronics, but I managed to…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
24
Coin▲106
The one card to replace every other card
2013 · onlycoin.com · its alternatives →

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