Bark vs QR Code Manager·
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bark
Send custom push notifications to your iPhone via an HTTP API. Supports advanced features like custom icons, grouping, and critical alerts. Offers privacy-protected, end-to-end encrypted pushes with self-deployable server options.
- HTTP API for push notifications
- Custom icons and grouping
- Continuous and critical alerts
- End-to-end push encryption
- Self-deployable server options
- Privacy-protected notifications
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You can send push notifications to your iPhone by simply calling an HTTP API. Bark supports many advanced iOS push features, such as custom icons, notification grouping, custom ringtones, continuous alerts, critical alerts, and encrypted pushes. Bark does not consume device battery, as its core functionality relies on system push services and push extensions, and the app itself does not need to be running. Bark ensures your privacy and security with high reliability. Bark supports self-deploying the server, which can be deployed via Docker, Serverless, or Cloudflare Worker. The bark-server supports most operating systems, and you can also run it manually. The app is compiled and uploaded through Github Action, ensuring that the version you’re using is compiled from open-source code, without any modifications by anyone (including the author). Bark supports end-to-end push encryption with a custom key, ensuring that the push content is not accessed or leaked by the Bark server or Apple’s APNs server during transmission. The notification message history saved locally by Bark is also very secure. Using the NotificationServiceExtension, the push message is only stored on the device when the push is received. Feedback email: to@day.app Privacy Policy: https://api.day.app/privacy User Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
QR Code Manager·
This tool allows you to scan and generate QR codes and barcodes from images or directly. It also offers additional utilities like a BMI calculator and interest rate records. Save, share, or open scanned codes easily.
- Scan QR codes and barcodes
- Recognize codes from images
- Generate and save QR codes
- Copy, share, or open codes
- View scan history
- BMI calculator
- U.S. dollar interest rates
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The QR Code Manager is a simple and easy-to-use tool that offers the following features: ◦ Scan QR codes and barcodes; ◦ Recognize QR codes and barcodes from photos or images; ◦ Copy, share, or open scanned/recognized QR codes and barcodes in a browser; ◦ Generate QR codes and save them to the photo album; ◦ View the history of scanned, recognized, and generated QR codes. Additionally, the app provides useful tools such as a random number generator, BMI calculator, and records of U.S. dollar interest rates and rate hikes/cuts. More features will be added in the future. It does not contain unnecessary or redundant functions, focusing solely on offering the most practical tools. Give it a try!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Bark at 111 against QR Code Manager·'s 2. QR Code Manager·'s advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Bark sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.69 per year and QR Code Manager· sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Bark against 5.0 for QR Code Manager·. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bark has 111 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Bark's written reviews are positive against 100% of QR Code Manager·'s.
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, QR Code Manager· every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bark | QR Code Manager· |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (111 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 98.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 111 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 丰 黄 | Biss |
Customer experience
Bark
QR Code Manager·
In-app purchases
Bark
- Continuous support$2.691 Year
- One-time donation$2.69
QR Code Manager·
- Ad-Free Experience (1 Month)$0.991 Month
- Ad-Free Experience (3 Months)$1.993 Months
- Ad-Free Experience (6 Months)$2.996 Months
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- Ad-Free Experience (1 Year)$3.991 Year
- Ad-Free for Life$9.99









