Comparison

Barcode scan vs Branah Keyboard

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Barcode scan

Features
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Barcode Scan-Easy: The ultimate fast, reliable, and automatic barcode and QR code reader for your iPhone. Just point and scan. Whether you're tracking inventory, price-checking in a store, or just need a QR code opened instantly, this app provides results with unmatched speed and simplicity. Powerful Features for Power Users: Lightning-Fast Scanning: Instantly scan Barcodes and QR Codes with speed and accuracy. Bulk Mode (Shop Ready): Ideal for retail or inventory, scan multiple items back-to-back without manual resetting. Scan from Camera Roll: Don't rescan! Import existing images from your photos to read codes. Automated Scanner: Open the app and the scanner is ready to goβ€”no extra taps required. Complete History: All your scan results are saved automatically for easy review and reference. Effortless Sharing: Quickly share scan results, links, and text with a single tap. Barcode Scan-Easy is the indispensable tool that makes frustrating scanning a thing of the past. Download now and experience the difference!

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Branah Keyboard

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Branah Keyboard types in 101 languages, in one app. One keyboard you set up once and move between with a long press on the space bar. Add it in Settings, and it works in every app. WHAT YOU GET - 101 languages, 155 keyboards. Switch on the ones you want; the rest stay out of your way. - Several layouts for many languages: QWERTY, Extended and three Dvoraks for English; InScript and phonetic for the Indian scripts; Kedmanee and Pattachote for Thai; two scripts for Mongolian, Sindhi and Uzbek. - Word suggestions and spelling correction in English (US and UK), Amharic, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Korean, Tamil and Burmese. Type "recieve" and it offers "receive". - Chinese, Japanese and Cantonese conversion: type pinyin, jyutping, Cangjie, Sucheng, romaji or kana and choose the characters from the bar. Whole words, not one character at a time -- zhongguo gives δΈ­ε›½; nihon gives ζ—₯本. - Korean Hanja conversion on the AltGr key. - The full emoji picker. - A dictionary that learns the words you choose -- names, slang, jargon -- and offers them next time. What it learns stays on your iPhone. - Light and dark, following your phone. SCRIPTS THAT NEED MORE THAN A KEYMAP Some writing systems need real work rather than a table of keys, and they have it. Devanagari, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia, Sinhala, Gujarati, Kannada, Punjabi, Khudawadi and Sundanese join their consonants with a virama. Thai, Lao, Khmer and Burmese put the marks of a syllable in the order the standard stores them, whichever order you type them in. Vietnamese fuses its tones onto the vowel. Amharic composes its fidel. Korean builds its syllables from jamo. PRIVACY Branah does not collect what you type. It does not ask for Full Access -- the permission iOS requires before a keyboard can send anything off your device -- so nothing you type ever leaves your iPhone. The words the keyboard learns stay on your device too. FREE Free. No ads, and nothing to buy. LANGUAGES Akan, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Bambara, Bashkir, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Buginese, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese, Cherokee, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Coptic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dutch, Dzongkha, English (UK), English (US), Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, Fula, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Khowar, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lisu, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malayalam, Maltese, Marathi, Mongolian, Mossi, Nepali, Norwegian, Odia, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Santali, Sindhi (India), Sindhi (Pakistan), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Sora, Spanish, Sundanese, Swedish, Syriac, Tagalog, Tajik, Tamazight, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof, Yoruba. Visit https://www.branah.com to learn more.

Screenshots

Barcode scan4 screens
Branah Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Branah Keyboard at none against Barcode scan's shown. Branah Keyboard also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 114 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Barcode scan ships an update every 114 months, Branah Keyboard every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Barcode scan versus Branah Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarcode scanBranah Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 114 monthsEvery 10 days β€” better
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRamalingam SivaramakrishnanAbraham Kifle

In-app purchases

None

Barcode scan

No in-app purchases

None

Branah Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Barcode scan free?
Barcode scan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Branah Keyboard free?
Branah Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Barcode scan or Branah Keyboard have ads?
Barcode scan shows ads; Branah Keyboard does not.
Which is updated more often, Barcode scan or Branah Keyboard?
Barcode scan ships an update every 114 months, and Branah Keyboard every 10 days. Most recently, Barcode scan was updated on October 27, 2026 and Branah Keyboard on October 29, 2026.

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