Is there a good app for verify someone's identity?
Prime Gap: 7 apps already serve this, and 133 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
Data refreshed September 7, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to verify someone's identity, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| ID/age verification required | ux | 15 | Requiring a photo of my LEGAL ID?? That's crazy. |
| intrusive ID verification | ux | 4 | Made me go through 30 security checks and made start again because I didn't want to upload my ID |
| government-id-verification-requirement | ux | 4 | why would you need to insert something personal such as an id to an ai chatting app? |
| id verification requirement | other | 3 | have a id like what?what's the point of this is app |
| government ID verification required | other | 3 | Why do I have to verify my age with a government id with a company that has had various data breaches |
| mandatory identity verification | missing-feature | 2 | you need to verify everyone’s identity. Too many fake profiles. |
| no identity verification | missing-feature | 2 | this app honestly doesn’t do any type of verification to prove that you are who you said you are |
| forced biometric verification | ux | 2 | Be forced to verify... always required your phone number and facial recognition |
| age verification system | ux | 2 | bruv the 18+ feature |
| repeated ID verification requests | other | 2 | I’m having to verify my id at least 3/4 times a day! This is ridiculous |
| account/identity verification | missing-feature | 1 | if it made people verify their account and verified who they actually are and then there wouldn't be so many people using it for fraudulent purposes |
| identity verification requirement | ux | 1 | Should not ask for proof of identity |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Check ID: Scanner | 0.0 | 0 | $0.99 |
| 21 Age ID Scan Verify | 5.0 | 2 | $5.99 |
| Who - ID Face Search | 0.0 | 0 | Free |
| Okta Verify | 4.8 | 37,229 | Free |
| RealID Check | 0.0 | 0 | $0.99 |
| Oz Verify | 0.0 | 0 | $4.99 |
| Muha Members | 4.5 | 371 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 91 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| companieshouse/acsp-confirm-client-id-verification-web | active | 2 | TypeScript |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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