Open Badge Passport review
A free Open Badge wallet for collecting, presenting, and applying for digital achievements.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Open Badge Passport is a free digital badge wallet for individuals and organisations. It is designed for learners, employees, volunteers, students, and other recipients who need to receive, store, organise, verify, and present Open Badges. Users can build a personal collection, apply for badges from a gallery, share badges through public links and social networks, and create micro-portfolios or CVs around their achievements. The service is available on the web, iOS, and Android, with credential verification included in its feature set.
The product’s strongest fit is personal badge management rather than broad credential administration. Users can add evidence, request endorsements, create self-claimed badges, and arrange achievements into a collection or portfolio. Those features support recipients who want to explain the evidence behind a badge and present related achievements together. Public sharing also gives users a direct way to publish selected credentials. Organisations can use branded Spaces, extending the product beyond an individual wallet, although organisation-specific branded instances are tied to Open Badge Factory Pro or Enterprise accounts.
Open Badge Passport is free for personal use, which makes it suitable for recipients who need a straightforward place to manage Open Badges without a subscription. Its scope is narrower for teams that need certificate issuance, an API, or a broader credential-creation system. The product can issue self-claimed badges, but it does not issue certificates. Choose it when the priority is collecting, organising, verifying, and presenting Open Badges across web and mobile. Organisations seeking branded Spaces can consider the Open Badge Factory account options, while buyers requiring certificate issuance or API access should choose a different platform.
Open Badge Passport pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Free personal use across web, iOS, and Android
- Supports badge collections, evidence, endorsements, and micro-portfolios
- Public sharing, badge applications, and self-claimed badges in one service
- Where it doesn't
- Does not issue certificates
- No API access
- Branded organisation instances require Open Badge Factory Pro or Enterprise
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