# Asphalos — Field access, QR & barcode

> Field access, QR & barcode (iPhone/iPad app by Quentin Le Rouzic.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/asphalos/id6781998587 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Quentin Le Rouzic](https://appshunter.io/developer/1886684249)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 20 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, European Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-08-04
- Data updated: 2026-09-17
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/asphalos/id6781998587/reviews.md

## What is Asphalos?

Asphalos turns your access codes into sharp QR codes or Code128 barcodes, ready to scan — on a job site, an industrial facility, a checkpoint, or in everyday life (gym, locker, checkout).

WHY ASPHALOS
On the field, some codes are permanent — a site badge, a technician ID — while others change weekly — a temporary access code, an intervention code. Asphalos handles both: link a permanent login to its short-lived codes, give each one its own expiry rule, and let the app clean up what's no longer valid automatically.

BUILT FOR QUICK ACCESS
- Display any code full-screen, as QR or Code128, readable by any scanning terminal
- The screen stays on while a barcode is displayed — present it as long as you need
- Pin a code to the lock screen for instant access without unlocking, time-limited with a clear on-screen warning
- Quick actions from the app icon open your most-used codes in one tap
- Multi-column layout and keyboard shortcuts on iPad, for efficient management even in a mobile field setup

ORGANIZE YOUR WAY
- Logins and codes, linked: attach a permanent ID to its temporary codes, scan both in sequence
- Names, tags, and comments (with tappable links) to document each access
- Favorites, search, sort, and manual reordering

FLEXIBLE EXPIRY
Never, after a number of days, a recurring weekday, a day of the month, or a fixed date — your temporary access disappears on its own, with no risk of forgetting or leaving a stale code around.

FIELD-GRADE PRIVACY AND SECURITY
Zero network, zero cloud, zero account. Everything is stored in your device's Keychain, optionally protected by Face ID or Touch ID, and automatically hidden during screen recording or mirroring. Built for environments where access confidentiality matters.

Just as at home for everyday use — gym membership, locker, loyalty card — as it is for professional fieldwork.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.6.0 — 2026-09-05

Improved

- The search field on the Codes tab now says what it searches.
- A code shown full screen is bigger, and a long code on a card now wraps instead
  of being cut short.
- Settings, the version history and the welcome flow read more clearly.
- Rows in Settings no longer squeeze their controls in the longer languages.
- The guided tour respects "Reduce Transparency", and VoiceOver moves to a tip as
  soon as it appears.
- Asphalos has its own colour at last, a bronze taken from the app icon.
- The eye, the star and the help buttons are far easier to hit.
- The expiry badge now carries a symbol as well as a colour, white on a solid
  capsule.
- Warnings and errors are easier to read.
- Logins can be edited and deleted from buttons on the card, on every device.
- At the largest text sizes, code cards no longer crush their badge or their
  action bar.
- The pin button no longer crowds the barcode screen's title, and VoiceOver says
  why it is unavailable.

Fixed

- In dark appearance, the full-screen barcode could show a white screen with
  nothing on it.
- On a code attached to a login, the written value could disappear under the
  paging dots.

### 1.5.2 — 2026-08-12

This update teaches Asphalos to explain itself.

New

- A welcome flow on first launch. It introduces the language choice, on-device
  storage, logins and their codes, expiry rules, comments and Lock-Screen pins, then
  offers to turn on expiry reminders.
- A "How it works" screen in Settings. Every feature is illustrated with a
  screenshot of the real screen, in your language: the welcome flow, security,
  sorting, card actions and search. Available at any time.
- A guided tour on the first screens. A few tips point out the buttons that are
  not obvious: adding a login, adding a code, sorting and reordering, opening a
  card, editing or deleting by swiping, and pinning to the Lock Screen. Each one
  clears as soon as you use the button it points at, or with "Got it". "Later" sets
  the whole guide aside until the next launch. Replay it whenever you like from
  "How it works".

Improved

- The information bubbles in Settings now fit the text they hold: the same width
  from one bubble to the next, and no more scrolling for two lines.
- The "Pin a code to the Lock Screen" setting has joined the other display options,
  in Settings › Display.

Fixed

- Expiry reminders showed "$lld" in place of the number of days left.
- When Lock-Screen pinning was switched off, the pin button simply vanished, with
  nothing to explain why. It now stays visible and tells you which setting to turn
  back on.
- The privacy screen shown in the app switcher now hides everything, including a
  code displayed full screen or a form left open. Only the app's own screens were
  covered before.
- The pinned code's Lock-Screen card now has a fully opaque background: the
  wallpaper no longer shows through and shifts its colour.
- Several labels were left in French in the other languages.

### 1.4.4 — 2026-08-04

No release notes.

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