Comparison

8BitQR vs Pips!

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

Head to head
About

8BitQR

Design and create your own custom QR codes with a pixel-art editor. Choose from different canvas types, use drawing tools and colors, and generate shareable QR codes for URLs or email addresses.

Highlights
  • Custom QR code design
  • Pixel art editor
  • Multiple canvas types (rectangle, circular)
  • Drawing tools and color selection
  • Undo/Redo functionality
  • QR code generation and sharing
Features
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From now on, you can draw QR Code by yourself! We use a lot of complex technology to make this impossible thing possible. How to use: 1.Create a new project. Please touch the "+" button in the upper right corner of the main screen, then a dialog box will pop up to let you choose a canvas type. There are 3 types of canvas for you, horizontal rectangle, vertical rectangle and Circular. 2.After choosing the canvas, we will enter the painting screen, we call it "Pixel Factory". First, you can enter URL or Email address which you want to include in the QR Code. 3.Start to design your QR Code. You can draw anything in the gray area of the canvas. The right of the drawing tool is the color box, there are black, white and transparent color for you. The right of the color box is the expanding tool. You can use them to extend black or white edge. The lower left of the canvas is the undo and redo buttons,You can return 10 steps. The lower right of the canvas is a zoom button. 4.Generate your QR Code。Please touch the "Generate" button which is on the right of the text input field to generate your QR Code. This step will take some time. 5.Share your QR Code。After the QR Code is generated, it will show on the bottom of the canvas. If you touch it, the sharing sheet will pop up. QR Code List: Back to the main screen you can see the QR Code just created. If you touch it, a action sheet will pop up. You can share, edit, duplicate or delete the QR Code. Attention: Max 32 characters

About

Pips!

Generate custom tone sequences for time synchronization, inspired by global broadcast signals. Control frequency, duration, and volume to create unique 'pips' for personal or professional use. Includes presets from international broadcasters.

Highlights
  • Build custom pip sequences
  • Control frequency, duration, and volume
  • Use built-in presets
  • Recreate historical time signals
  • Generate new tone combinations
Features
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Pips is a tone sequence generator inspired by the alluring & mysterious Greenwich Time Signal and its countless friends broadcast around the world. Both amateur and professional pip connoisseurs have the power to recreate time signals of yore or innovate new combinations of boops that will delight the world's radio lovers and keep things in sync. Become time by becoming boop. This is your goal. Features! - Build a sequence of one or more custom pips and play them through your device. - Control the frequency, duration, and volume of your pips so people of all ages can keep their clocks on time. - Use our built in presets to kickstart your new pip-filled existence. Includes time signals used by international broadcasters like the BBC & CBC as well as time stations like NIST's WWV. Pips will give you the power to tame time by delineating it in your own personal style. Synchronize yourself, your family, your life. You control time now. Congratulations.

Screenshots

8BitQR2 screens
Pips!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pips! at 5.0 against 8BitQR's 3.0. 8BitQR's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 25 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 8BitQR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pips! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pips! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

8BitQR ships an update every 10 days, Pips! every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
8BitQR versus Pips!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter8BitQRPips!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 25 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkitamura hiraJason Thompson

Customer experience

8BitQR

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

Pips!

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

8BitQR

One-time1
  • Full Version$0.99
1 purchases

Pips!

One-time1
  • Tip Jar$4.99

Questions

Is 8BitQR free?
8BitQR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pips! free?
Pips! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 8BitQR or Pips!?
Pips! is rated higher. 8BitQR averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Pips! averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do 8BitQR or Pips! have ads?
Neither 8BitQR nor Pips! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 8BitQR or Pips!?
8BitQR ships an update every 10 days, and Pips! every 25 months. Most recently, 8BitQR was updated on October 3, 2026 and Pips! on September 30, 2026.

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