Spoofbox vs Barcode & QR Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spoofbox
This app provides tools to protect your privacy by offering virtual phone numbers for calls and SMS, temporary email addresses, and call forwarding. It helps you avoid sharing your real contact information for online services and communications.
- Virtual phone numbers for calls and SMS
- Receive SMS for online verifications
- Create SMS conversations
- Call forwarding
- Temporary email addresses
- Check phone number availability
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Protect your text messages, calls and phone numbers. Spoofbox is your central place to use apps for sending text messages, make phone calls, send emails or get a phone number to protect your privacy. Currently we have a bunch of apps and tools to protect your privacy. :: Receive SMS for verifications needed for any online service. Never enter your real cell phone number again! Secure your real mobile and get protected from third parties with our trash phone. :: Create SMS conversations and write and receive text messages. Get a virtual phone number and start sending and receiving SMS messages to respond to texts. :: Create your personal phone. :: Call Forwarding Setup a virtual number to receive calls without giving out your real phone number. Call Forwarding to answer calls and protect yourself. :: Check if a phone number is available or busy. Just enter the recipient's number and get the status of the phone call in seconds. :: Create temp email addresses to verify any service, which is requesting your email address. Use a trash mail to hide your real email address and protect yourself against spammers. :: Check the wireless network of a cell phone number or get the caller name
Barcode & QR Scanner
Quickly scan QR codes and barcodes to reveal their contents. This utility app provides a simple interface to understand the data encoded in various codes. It also keeps a history of scanned codes for easy reference.
- Scan QR codes
- Scan barcodes
- View code contents
- Scan history
- Simple interface
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A fast and simple to use app that lets you see what the codes around you actually mean. Easily scan QR codes and barcodes around you to easily see the data they contain. RawCode can also recall the QR code you scanned so you always have a copy of it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Barcode & QR Scanner at 100% against Spoofbox's 22%. Barcode & QR Scanner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). Spoofbox's advantage is ratings volume (74 vs 6). On price, ads, 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. Spoofbox sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Barcode & QR Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Barcode & QR Scanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spoofbox has 74 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Spoofbox's written reviews are positive against 100% of Barcode & QR Scanner's.
Spoofbox ships an update every 8 months, Barcode & QR Scanner every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spoofbox | Barcode & QR Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (74 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 74 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blacktelio OÜ | Glitchbuster Labs, LLC |
Customer experience
Spoofbox
Barcode & QR Scanner
In-app purchases
Spoofbox
- 300 Credits$4.99
- 500 Credits$7.99
- 1000 Credits$15.99
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- 2500 Credits$38.99
- 5000 Credits$79.99
- 10000 Credits$149.99
Barcode & QR Scanner
No in-app purchases






