Asset Scanner vs Sensors Toolbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Asset Scanner
Scan and store barcodes efficiently. This utility app allows you to quickly capture barcode information and maintain a list of scanned items. It's designed for straightforward barcode management.
- Barcode scanning
- Store scanned items
- List management
- Simple interface
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Application designed to scan 2 barcodes and store in a list
Sensors Toolbox
Access and visualize data from all your smartphone's sensors in real time. Collect information from accelerometers, gyroscopes, GPS, barometers, and more, then convert it into easy-to-read graphs. This app offers a clean, intuitive interface for comprehensive sensor analysis.
- Real-time sensor data collection
- Accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS
- Barometer, decibel meter, metal detector
- Compass functionality
- Intuitive graph visualization
- User-friendly interface
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Sensor toolbox makes the most of all the sensors in your smartphone. With a user-friendly interface and easy to read layout, Sensor Multitool - Toolbox allows you to collect data in real time for any and all sensors on your phone. Convert the data into easy to read graphs with a detailed readout from each sensor. This app contains everything you need: an accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS Data, barometer, decibel meter, metal detector, compass, and much more. This app follows all material design guidelines, meaning the app is clean and simple to use This app uses intuitive graphs to create clean, orderly graphs of all data collected.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Asset Scanner at 100% against Sensors Toolbox's 53%. Asset Scanner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and ads (none vs shown). Sensors Toolbox's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 54 months) and ratings volume (134 vs 1). 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.
Asset Scanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sensors Toolbox has 134 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Asset Scanner's written reviews are positive against 53% of Sensors Toolbox's.
Asset Scanner ships an update every 54 months, Sensors Toolbox every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Asset Scanner | Sensors Toolbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.2 (134 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 52.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 134 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 54 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Hickmott | Andrew Neal |
Customer experience
Asset Scanner
Sensors Toolbox
In-app purchases
Asset Scanner
No in-app purchases
Sensors Toolbox
No in-app purchases
