Barcode Reader vs Smart Case
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barcode Reader
Scan barcodes using your iPhone camera to quickly find product prices from online retailers. It also helps you easily reorder household or business items by scanning existing products.
- Scan barcodes with iPhone camera
- Compare product prices online
- Easily reorder items
- Scan from camera roll
- Save scan history
- Export scan data to CSV
- Bulk scanning mode
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Barcode Reader is just what it says it is. Utilizing the iPhone’s camera, it allows you to scan barcodes, and checks for product prices online. It reads barcodes well and provides fast results. Barcode Scanner is useful for two major tasks: 1. Price Shopping: Just scan the product you are thinking of purchasing, and in seconds you get links and pricing from thousands of online retailers. 2. Replacing household or business items and/or consumables: When you run out of a product just scan it and in two or three clicks the least expensive replacement product is in route to you. -- Scan BarCodes,QR Codes Faster -- Scan from Camera Roll -- Automate Scanner -- Share Scan results -- Save history + csv data exports -- Bulk Mode ( Like in Shop) -- French, Spanish and English
Smart Case
Personalize your phone case with a dynamic e-ink display. Sync photos, text, QR codes, to-do lists, and weather directly to your case for easy access and improved efficiency.
- Sync photos and text
- Display QR codes
- Integrate to-do lists and calendars
- DIY dynamic views with custom fonts and colors
- E-ink screen image enhancement
- Import business cards
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Through the Smart Case "Smart Phone Case" app, you can sync your favorite photos, text, QR codes, to-do lists, calendars, and weather to the e-ink screen on your phone case and display them. It comes with many interesting and practical theme wallpapers: popular memes, touching copy, motivational quotes, work lists, cartoons, national style graphics and texts, and anime, everything you need is here. DIY Dynamic View: You can add your favorite images and text, and freely set the font, color, direction, and size to create a unique dynamic view for yourself. Using an e-ink screen image quality enhancement algorithm, four-color display, clearer details and edges, more natural gradients, presenting illustrations and portraits closer to the real effect. Convenient Code Display: It's very tedious to open various QR codes every day. You can transfer your frequently used QR codes to the e-ink screen on the phone case for display, and scan the code by showing the e-ink screen. WeChat QR code, payment code, service code can all be scanned. Improve Work and Life Efficiency: You can import to-do items, schedules, business cards, and other information to the e-ink screen to improve work and life efficiency.
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Verdict
Barcode Reader and Smart Case both sit at 3.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Barcode Reader's written reviews are positive against 50% of Smart Case's. Barcode Reader also leads on iOS requirement (7.1 vs 14.0). Smart Case's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for Barcode Reader against 3.0 for Smart Case. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Barcode Reader's written reviews are positive against 50% of Smart Case's.
| Parameter | Barcode Reader | Smart Case |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Aishvarya Sadasivam | 波 宁 |
Customer experience
Barcode Reader
Smart Case
In-app purchases
Barcode Reader
No in-app purchases
Smart Case
No in-app purchases









