# Barcode Scanners — user reviews > 185 indexed App Store user reviews of Barcode Scanners by Cognex Corporation, rated 4.65/5 from 810 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/barcode-scanners/id504201315/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/barcode-scanners/id504201315.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 670 · 4★ 66 · 3★ 29 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 33 ## What do users think of Barcode Scanners? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and accurate scanning - 👍 Reliable and easy to use - 🔒 No data collection - 💡 Supports wide range of barcode types - 👍 Excellent parsing and decoding capabilities **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezing issues - 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions - 🐛 Duplicate delay feature not working as expected - 🐛 Export to CSV not functioning properly **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashing after iOS 12.3.1 update - Unable to scan certain barcode types (e.g. GS1 DataMatrix) - Frozen camera view after initial scan **Most requested features** - Option to disable tips/tooltips on startup - Batch export/logging of scan history - Ability to display non-readable characters - Deeper Shortcuts integration ## Newest reviews (16 of 185) ### 4/5 — Good *2026-04-23, version 5.0.14* Comfortable ### 4/5 — Almost Perfect *2025-09-23, version 5.0.13* I use this for reading barcodes in a small grocery store I help manage. The app is easy and quick for what I need. The only flaw I’ve found - and this might depend on a setting that I haven’t found yet - is that it will pad an 8-digit SKU up to 12 digits. Unfortunately, our point-of-sale system needs the original 8-digit SKU. Fortunately, the vast majority of our products have 12-digit SKUs, and this app works great for those. ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2025-02-21, version 5.0.12* I’ve been using this app for near 10 years now. Genuinely the best barcode scanner available. The parsing is the best feature, I use GS1 mostly. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2025-02-04, version 5.0.11* I’ve used Cognex products in my line of work but not the app. It works quite well and I’ve been able to show customers immediate results using the app before prototyping the project. Thanks! ### 3/5 — Seemed great to start *2025-01-23, version 5.0.11* Image is frozen all the time can’t scan anything anymore it worked once for me. Seems like a solid app just doesn’t work for me on iPhone 16 pro ### 5/5 — Best of them all *2025-01-22, version 5.0.11* Effective Can check your history Nothing behind paywalls No ads ### 5/5 — Great scanner for small 2d codes *2025-01-11, version 5.0.11* Excellent scanner app… love the ability to zoom in on small 2d matrix codes ### 5/5 — Fantastic! *2024-12-04, version 5.0.11* Absolutely terrific app. Free, no ads, works instantly, with some great features. Great work. ### 5/5 — Best barcode scanner *2024-11-07, version 5.0.11* No ads, no nag screens, recognises bar and QR codes, works fast. Just perfect. ### 5/5 — Bar code complete! *2024-10-25, version 5.0.11* It Reads any types bar codes ### 5/5 — Love it. *2024-10-16, version 5.0.11* Very simple and a must have for anyone who ships electronics. ### 5/5 — Easy Effective Free *2024-09-03, version 5.0.10* 5 stars great app. Tells you the content and type of code instantly. ### 5/5 — Brilliant Barcode Scanner + a bug *2024-08-20, version 5.0.10* Fantastic barcode scanner with tons of decoding, configurations, and features. Bug: duplicate delay does not work on iPhone. ### 5/5 — Earned their place in my phone. *2024-08-09, version 5.0.10* I use their products in a large scale manufacturing operation and I have come to realize that they are the best in what they truly specialize in which is vision and barcode reading applications.. on another side and completely opposite statement/note I cannot knock Keyence because I use their products as well but in my experience I will always go to cognex first for vision applications.. even a “simple”IPhone phone BC reader.. ### 5/5 — Accurate and Reliable *2024-07-20, version 5.0.10* Easy to use and quite good! ### 5/5 — Wish we had this… *2024-07-17, version 5.0.10* Use it regularly ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Used to work great *2025-02-20, version 5.0.11* iPhone 16, the app just shows an out of focus image and won’t scan. ### 1/5 — Used to work perfect *2025-02-19, version 5.0.11* Stops working after first scan. iOS 18.3.1 ### 1/5 — Good for 1 scan per reboot *2025-02-05, version 5.0.11* IPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 18.3 (current as of this writing). App scans fine and very fast the first time you open it. It won’t scan again until your phone is rebooted. The last image is frozen on screen out of focus with a dull red crosshair even if you force close and reopen the app a few minutes later. I’m not sure if this is useful information for the dev, but after that initial scan it stops accessing the camera (the little green indicator light turns off). If it worked I’d pay a few bucks for it (even if it was through an App Store “tip jar”), though not a subscription like most apps want. It doesn’t collect any data, which is a huge plus in my book. ### 1/5 — It works well, but showing “tips” every time you open the app is very annoying. *2024-09-22, version 5.0.10* Desperately needs an update to remove the spammy tips they show whenever you open the app. ### 1/5 — Cannot get it to scan *2023-02-12, version 5.0.6* There doesn't appear to be any way to get this to actually scan something . A short how to would probably be useful ### 1/5 — Piece of crap *2023-01-10, version 5.0.6* Useless!! ### 1/5 — App showing in Chinese *2021-08-25, version 5.0.1* Why is app showing in Chinese? ### 1/5 — Died not scan Hychlor test results *2020-03-30, version 4.4.5* Nothing pisses me off more than applications without an action button like this one. Just a waste of your time in my view if you try to use this. ### 1/5 — Not working *2020-02-28, version 4.4.5* I am try to read a GS1 2D Data Matrix and the app is not reading it. The app is trying to look up on internet browser. Can the developers please help ### 1/5 — Last update disabled... *2018-08-30, version 4.4.0* When I first downloaded this app, I thought it was the best. Now, after updating it, the app now longer scans the barcodes. Before, it was faster than I could blink my eyes. As soon as I opened the app, it would scan a UPC. It is not the same anymore. Something was disabled from the original default settings. Scanning...scanning...Deleted... ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Works on just about every format *2026-04-28, version 5.0.14* Excellent product. Very reliable scanner app for many years on a wide variety of 1D and 2D symbologies. Great demonstration of the Cognex’s capabilities. ### 5/5 — Great app ! *2026-04-28, version 5.0.14* I downloaded this app years ago and it just works well, in fact, I used this app at the grocery store to help the cashier read the stacked barcodes that the store scanner would not read. Good job guys ! ### 5/5 — Still one of the best apps *2025-12-04, version 5.0.14* Reads everything and apparently does not collect data! Recommend!! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2025-10-11, version 5.0.14* Thank you very much for not collecting any information. ### 5/5 — Best no-fuss scanner. Great features. *2025-09-05, version 5.0.13* I normally don’t leave reviews, but this app is perfect. It does exactly what it’s supposed to. No ads in your face. Features I like: - continuous scanner mode - auto google search - targeting mode - scan history - duplicate delay My current setup is “continuous scanning” + “duplicate delay = 5 seconds”. I can scan a bunch of tightly packed codes without locking onto the same one over and over again. Results appear in the UI overlay without notifying me each time. It’s great! It also seems to support a ton of types (like DataMatrix) as well as parsers. I haven’t tried these out yet, but I’ll try them out later when I’m feeling bored. The UPS parser looks interesting. I’m a software developer and I understand this is a demo for their SDK. If I ever need a scanner library, I’m definitely going to look into these guys. ### 5/5 — Great App *2025-08-14, version 5.0.13* Fast barcode recognition, no adds yet, even says what format of barcode it is ### 5/5 — Scanner *2025-08-07, version 5.0.13* Works really well ### 5/5 — Fast, scans anything, amazingly helpful! *2025-06-13, version 5.0.12* This might seem like an unassuming barcode scanner, but it has super powers. It’ll decode just about anything you throw at it - and it’s super fast. Sure, it’ll scan your UPC codes and library card and, of course, QR codes galore. But try your driver’s license, or the 2D barcode on your package. Once you start looking for them, barcodes are everywhere - and this app will help you decode them. ### 5/5 — Great App *2025-06-12, version 5.0.12* Simple and to the point. Tells me what kind of barcode it is. Fails at byte based QR codes... But that's to be expected. ### 5/5 — Rate *2025-04-22, version 5.0.12* I like this app very well. It seems to work as I wanted to do. Thanks! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-15.*