ShareSpaces vs QR Barcode Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShareSpaces
Create dynamic digital whiteboards to organize documents, images, notes, and drawings. Collaborate in real-time with others across multiple devices, present your work, and share projects easily. Save and print your creations for later use.
- Pin documents, PDFs, images, and notes
- Real-time multi-device collaboration
- Presentation mode for guided sharing
- Drag and drop from other apps
- Sticky notes with Apple Pencil support
- Print and automatic saving
- Project file sharing
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Easily pin documents, PDFs, images, web pages, notes and drawings to your whiteboards. Save each whiteboard as a project. Great for collecting research, mood boards or references. Invite other people running ShareSpaces to collaborate and work on your whiteboards across multiple devices side by side. PRESENTATION MODE Present your whiteboards in a meeting with colleagues, controlling what they see on their devices, guiding them through your research, ideas or presentation of a project. COLLABORATE Collaborate and share your whiteboards with your team. ShareSpaces unique multi screen sharing makes this simple - just tap their names in the dialog. Or send them as a ShareSpaces project file that you can email or AirDrop. SEE THE BIG PICTURE Stretch your whiteboards over multiple devices in a meeting and create an interactive surface to show and share work. Great for presenting projects or allowing colleagues to view your collections and collaboratively make notes and give feedback. DRAG AND DROP Drag and drop from other apps like Safari, either as whole web pages or just images and text. Drag files from the Files app or FileBrowser which gives full access to all remote storage. STICKY NOTES Add different coloured sticky notes to your whiteboard. Write notes or use Apple Pencil to sketch or write. All notes update in real time when collaborating in ShareSpaces. PRINT AND SAVE ShareSpaces automatically saves your whiteboard so you can pick up exactly where you left off. You can print your whiteboards too. YOU CONTROL THE PRIVACY ShareSpaces whiteboards stay on your iPad and you choose when to join your screen to other iPads in the room. Keep your whiteboards private or invite friends or clients to collaborate on your projects. For multi device screen sharing and the ability to create multiple ShareSpaces projects, start a subscription with a free trial period!
QR Barcode Scanner
Effortlessly scan and generate QR codes and barcodes for various online services and personal use. Organize your codes into collections, create custom codes for Wi-Fi or VCards, and manage your scan history across devices. Includes a business scanner mode for inventory management.
- Scan QR codes and barcodes
- Generate QR codes for URLs, Wi-Fi, VCards
- Organize codes into collections
- Business scanner mode for inventory
- Unlimited scan history with iCloud sync
- Camera and photo library scanning
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Discover the world around you with Scanful, the ultimate QR code scanner and generator app. Effortlessly scan any QR code or barcode to access detailed information from popular online services like Amazon, eBay, and Google—all for free! Easily create and share QR codes for URLs, WiFi connections, events, VCards, and more. Manage complex inventory with the business scanner mode and additional features. With Scanful, you can: - Widget: Easily view your QR codes with the convenient widget feature. - Collections: Organize and manage your saved QR codes into collections. - Camera and Photo Scan: Detect and scan QR codes using your device's camera or photo library. - Visualized Code Renderer: Display and interact with your saved QR codes in a visually engaging way. - Scan, create, share, and manage your own QR codes with advanced native scanning technology for fast results. Supported formats include QR code, EAN 13, EAN 8, UPC-A, UPC-E, - - Code 128, Data Matrix, PDF417, Aztec, Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 39, Code 93, Codabar, DataBar, and more. - Obtain specific information by adding custom websites to the barcode search, such as your preferred shopping sites. - Manage unlimited scan history, synchronized via iCloud across all your devices. - Utilize Scanful for product inventory and quality assurance in your small business. - Share content directly from apps as QR codes, such as generating a QR code from Safari to share a website URL. - Display your favorite QR codes, such as your personal WiFi hotspot or VCard. And much more! For more information, visit https://indiegoodies.com/scanful Terms of use https://indiegoodies.com/authenticator/scanful Privacy policy https://indiegoodies.com/authenticator/scanful
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShareSpaces at 100% against QR Barcode Scanner's 67%. ShareSpaces also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). QR Barcode Scanner's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (30 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. ShareSpaces sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and QR Barcode Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ShareSpaces holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QR Barcode Scanner has 30 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ShareSpaces's written reviews are positive against 67% of QR Barcode Scanner's.
ShareSpaces ships an update every 5 months, QR Barcode Scanner every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShareSpaces | QR Barcode Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.7 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stratospherix Ltd | Khuong Pham |
Customer experience
ShareSpaces
QR Barcode Scanner
In-app purchases
ShareSpaces
- Monthly7 Days trial$0.491 Month
- Yearly14 Days trial$3.991 Year
- Lifetime$9.99
QR Barcode Scanner
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Yearly$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$14.99
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