How much money does the Apple Store charge to fix a cracked screen v Dr. Cellphone? The wife’s 5s has a cracked screen but still works. I don’t believe it has touch ID so maybe that’s not an issue?
5s has touch. It was the first model with it.
The iPhone 5S DOES have a TouchID so you either need to make sure they KEEP your original home button while replacing the broken screen. If they don't, and merely replace it with the generic that comes with the new 3rd party screen then the fingerprint reader will not work to open the iPhone and ApplePay will not work, and you will have to pay Apple to replace it again to make them work. The reason is that the home button with the TouchID are mated/synched to the Secure Enclave co-processor built in to the A7 processor of the iPhone. Only Apple, or an authorized Apple repair center, has the software tools to re-synch a new home button/TouchID to the Secure Enclave. Third party repair shops don't have that.
You can replace the screen yourself with do-it-yourself kits, and you can carefully take off the original home button/TouchID and swap them. If you do that, there will be no problem. It takes longer, but swapping screens is not hard. Most screens come with the tools you'll need.