A no-nonsense Tool
Having decided to embrace the IoT world of smart home devices recently I was looking for a good way to keep track of all the QR codes I’d rapidly acquired.
Barcodes Matter is an excellent little app for that purpose. Its clean, easy to use and intuitive interface makes it a cinch to add new devices to the database as well as accessing the barcode or matter ID when necessary. The dev has added some really nice functionality with auto-adding tags and auto-complete where appropriate.
You may think “I don’t need an app for that, every device has its barcode on it already”. Manufacturers love to put these on the back of devices, or inside a battery cover, or as a patch of un-inked plastic that’s practically invisible so the device looks nice. Now tell yourself that again when you’re stuck up a ladder trying to get your phone to focus on the barely visible barcode on the bulb that needs re-pairing at 11 O’clock at night. Or when trying to pair the bulb that’s in a fancy light fitting that takes you 20 minutes to take apart because the barcode is partly obscured.
If you have IoT smart home devices, just do yourself a favour and grab this app already. You’ll be really happy you did.
Barcodes Matter is an excellent little app for that purpose. Its clean, easy to use and intuitive interface makes it a cinch to add new devices to the database as well as accessing the barcode or matter ID when necessary. The dev has added some really nice functionality with auto-adding tags and auto-complete where appropriate.
You may think “I don’t need an app for that, every device has its barcode on it already”. Manufacturers love to put these on the back of devices, or inside a battery cover, or as a patch of un-inked plastic that’s practically invisible so the device looks nice. Now tell yourself that again when you’re stuck up a ladder trying to get your phone to focus on the barely visible barcode on the bulb that needs re-pairing at 11 O’clock at night. Or when trying to pair the bulb that’s in a fancy light fitting that takes you 20 minutes to take apart because the barcode is partly obscured.
If you have IoT smart home devices, just do yourself a favour and grab this app already. You’ll be really happy you did.
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Great app
So refreshing to see a great app without subscriptions
Smart Wings Blinds
This app is really great! I’m a first time “Matter Over Thread” user and this has been so helpful in documenting my new Smart Wings Blinds in Apple HomeKit. You can tell this developer is passionate about this app and you can follow his updates and comments on Reddit which are very helpful. Highly recommend!
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Fantastic App
This is a great app! Well laid out and just works! Much better than those overpriced alternatives! And no subscription! What I nice change! Only suggestion I’d have is the export/print located under help. Didn’t discover it until I went to help to find print! Otherwise fantastic well done.
Response from developer
Glad you found it, you can also long press on the barcode of a device to get an individual Print Menu.
Stable and fast
While this will not automatically show your devices from HomeKit (so you start with names and rooms already organized), it is stable and fast which is more than I can say of alternative apps. So I did the painstaking work of migrating 32 Matter and HomeKit devices in complete with model names and serial numbers (which again could be pulled from HomeKit) and other than being annoying, it’s a good app with solid backup. Now just to see if I can add another 32 Philips Hue devices…
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Response from developer
Thank you for the kind words, appreciate the review.
