Mifare Classic Tool vs MTools

Mifare Classic Tool and MTools are the most welcome apps on Play Store which have well support for Mifare Classic cards. Mifare Classic Tools is an open-source app while MTools has paid features that need to be unlocked with an in-app purchase or the MTools activation code.

Rank on Play Store

Mifare Classic Tools is in the first position on Play Store while MTools is on the second one while searching Mifare Classic as the keywords.

Support Card Types

MTools and Mifare Classic Tool both support the Mifare Classic 1K Card and Mifare Classic 4K Card. Additionally, MTools supports NTAG, the Mifare Ultralight, and Mifare Magic Cards.

	Mifare Classic Tool	MTools
Mifare Classic 1K	Read / Write	Read / Write / Change-UID
Mifare Classic 4K	Read / Write	Read / Write / Change-UID
1st gen Magic Card	Read / Write	Read / Write / Change-UID
2nd gen Magic Card	Read / Write / Change-UID	Read / Write / Change-UID
UFUID Card	Read / Write	Read / Write / Change-UID
NTAG	×	Read / Write
Mifare Ultralight	×	Read / Write
Yangchengtong	×	Read

Support External Devices

MTools has the built-in driver for ACR122U and PN532, so it can easily communicate with the hardware easily just plug and play.

	Mifare Classic Tool	MTools
ACR122U	Compatible • Rooted required • External NFC app installed.	USB Connection Built-in SDK
PN532	×	USB Connection
PN532 Bluetooth	×	Bluetooth Connection
PCR532	×	USB & Bluetooth

Magic Card Clone(UID Changeable)

	Mifare Classic Tool	MTools
UID	×	Support (External Reader Required)
CUID	Support	Support
UFUID	×	Support (External Reader Required)

Key Features

	MCT	MTools
Reading	All Sectors	All Sectors Single Sector
Writing	Dump to sector	Dump to sector Sector to sector
Cloning	Only CUID Card	All magic cards
Analyzing	Between 2 dumps	Between 24 blocks
Colored	1 standard structure	5 built-in structures Users can add more
Calculating	×	Read / Write
Charging	×	Read / Write

Support Dump Type

	MCT	MTools
mct	Support	Support
mfd	Support	Support
bin	Support	Support

Import/Export Type

	MCT	MTools
Import	Dump File Keys	Dump File Keys Card Rule
Export	Dump File Keys	Card Rule Card List Dump File Keys Charging Record

BCC Calculation

	MCT	MTools
BCC	Support	Support
Automatic Calculation	×	Support