If you want to find stores nearby that accept Apple Pay, here’s a quick way to search for nearby Apple Pay stores right on your iPhone.
It’s been a little over a year since Apple Pay first launched, so it’s still fairly new technology, but its availability is increasing as more stores fly in each month. However, not every store under the sun accepts Apple Pay, which can make it a little difficult to know which locations accept Apple’s new payment platform.
Apple Pay allows iPhone users to purchase items in-store using their iPhone at the checkout lane. All you have to do is hover your iPhone over the payment terminal and Apple Pay will appear automatically. From there, simply place your finger on the Touch ID home button to confirm the payment. If you have an Apple Watch, it’s even easier. Double click the side button and hold the watch close to the payment terminal – no need to take out your iPhone.
However, before you can use Apple Pay, you must be in a store that accepts Apple Pay. You can probably think of a few places in your mind that accept Apple Pay, especially if you’ve been there before or seen ads about it, but want to know if this new store down the street accepts Apple. Pay, here’s an easy way to learn.
Finding Nearby Apple Pay Stores
If you’re out and about and want to see which stores around you accept Apple Pay as a payment method, there’s a new iPhone app that makes that easy.
The application is called Payment Finderand presents you with a list or map of nearby stores that accept Apple Pay.
The app takes your current location and gives you a list of stores that accept Apple Pay within a certain mile radius and can be changed at the bottom. Tapping a store gives you the address, and from there you can get directions or tap the eye to evaluate your Apple Pay experience at that store.
Pay Finders is a crowdsourced app; this means users can submit a store that accepts Apple Pay if it is not listed. The app even claims you can send a store you want to have Apple Pay and the app will contact the business to convince them to support Apple Pay.
You can set favorites within the app so if there are some stores you visit frequently or places you want to save for later, you can bookmark them and they will appear in a favorites list that you can access within. lower right corner of the application.
You can also search for a specific store using the search box at the top, so if you know which store you want to go to, you can search for it and see if they accept Apple Pay.
Pay Finder is a free app to download and use, and there are no in-app purchases to deal with. There aren’t even ads plastered all over the place, so it’s a truly unique app.
The only downside is that Pay Finder probably won’t list every place that accepts Apple Pay, especially local parent stores. However, as noted above, you can submit a store that accepts Apple Pay to be added to the app.
If you want to see a quick list of all the stores that accept Apple Pay, we have a handy list for you to browse, and that list also includes a list of iPhone apps that also accept Apple Pay.
