Bar vs Plant Factory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bar
Instantly scan QR codes and barcodes using your device's camera. Open links, save your scan history, and share results quickly. This utility works offline and features a simple, user-friendly design for quick access to information.
- Fast QR and barcode scanning
- Scan QR codes from photos
- Save scan history
- Share and open links
- Offline scanning capability
- Lightweight and easy to use
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Bar-code Scanner – Quick QR and Barcode Reader Scan QR codes and barcodes instantly with your iPhone’s camera! Open links, save scans, and share results in seconds. Features: * Fast QR and Barcode Scanning – Quick scans for websites, coupons, and more * Scan from Photos – Decode QR codes from your gallery * Save Scan History – Keep track of past scans * Share and Open Links – Easily share results or open web pages * Works Offline – No internet needed for scanning * Lightweight and Easy to Use – Simple, no-fuss design Perfect for: Opening URLs, checking promo codes, sharing contact info, and more! Get Bar-code Scanner – Scan QR codes in a flash
Plant Factory
This app provides a smart indoor vertical farming solution for growing leafy greens, herbs, and flowers year-round. It offers remote control of lighting, temperature, and water systems, along with nutrient monitoring and seed ordering capabilities.
- Remote control of lighting and temperature
- Monitor pump speed and water quality
- Order seeds and consumables
- Pesticide-free growing
- Modular hydroponic growth platform
- Year-round produce supply
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Plant Factory is a revolutionary indoor vertical farming solution that can produce a sustainable supply of living leafy greens, herbs, and flowers in any season. We create urban growing solutions delivering high quality produce ready for supply or consumption when it’s freshest and most nutritious. Our modular hydroponic growth platform’s unique design is so versatile it can be used at home, in food service industries or retail applications. Sleek, compact, and packed with innovative and practical features, plants can be grown pesticide-free under optimal conditions, producing a steady, predictable supply in any season. Whether you’re growing fresh greens for your family, micro herbs for your restaurant, or selling many kilograms of living vegetables a day, Plant Factory has the perfect solution. Whether you have one Plant Factory or ten, the Plant Factory app gives you total control of lighting, temperature, pump speed and other variables across all your systems from the convenience of your smartphone or tablet via WiFi and Bluetooth. You can also monitor nutrients and water quality and order seeds and consumables from right in the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Plant Factory at none against Bar's shown. Plant Factory also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 20 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Bar ships an update every 20 months, Plant Factory every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bar | Plant Factory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aishvarya Sadasivam | Plant Factory Group Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Bar
Plant Factory
In-app purchases
Bar
No in-app purchases
Plant Factory
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Bar or Plant Factory have ads?
Which is updated more often, Bar or Plant Factory?
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