Echo AR Scanner vs QRZing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Echo AR Scanner
Experience printed materials and objects in augmented reality. Scan QR codes or point your device at enhanced items to access critical client information. New experiences are added weekly, so enable notifications.
- Augmented reality experiences
- QR code scanning
- Object recognition AR
- Access client information
- Regular content updates
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Echo clients can now experience printed materials, direct mail pieces, tradeshow displays and other items using Augmented Reality features. By scanning a QR code found in these items, or by pointing the device camera to an Echo AR enhanced object using this app, the user will be able to experience critical information about some of our clients. We will add more experiences every week so be sure to turn on push notifications!
QRZing
This app helps amateur radio operators by providing access to QRZ.com callsign information, logging QSOs, calculating distances, and displaying propagation data. It also features a compass for rotator control and SDR listening capabilities.
- QRZ.com callsign lookup
- API-based QSO logging
- Grid square distance calculation
- Rotator compass and degree display
- SDR listening
- Solar and HF propagation data
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- search QRZ.com for callsign and display full information - add QSO to your QRZ logbook using only API - find distance between two grid squares - show you a compass and what degree to set your rotator to other stations - listen to sdr - display solar and HF propagation data
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: QRZing at every 2 days against Echo AR Scanner's every 2 months. Echo AR Scanner's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Echo AR Scanner against 5.0 for QRZing. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.
Echo AR Scanner ships an update every 2 months, QRZing every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Echo AR Scanner | QRZing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ECHO Interaction Group Inc. | Saleh Almulla |
Customer experience
Echo AR Scanner
QRZing
In-app purchases
Echo AR Scanner
No in-app purchases
QRZing
No in-app purchases
Questions
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