Comparison

· QR Code Reader · vs BarChip

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

· QR Code Reader ·

Easily scan QR codes to reveal information like Wi-Fi passwords, contact details, or calendar events. Save scanned results, create your own QR codes, and access a history of your scans. Offers premium features through a subscription.

Highlights
  • Scan QR codes from camera or photos
  • Extract information like Wi-Fi passwords and contacts
  • Save and search scan history
  • Create custom QR codes
  • Add scanned data to contacts or calendar
  • Export created QR codes as images
Features
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QR Code Reader enables you to scan any QR Codes. Scanned results reveal all the information contained in a QR Code, whether it is a wi-fi password or an e-mail or GPS coordinates. You can save scanned results for later or go to a website straightway, enter data from a business card into your phone’s contacts app or add an event to your calendar app. You can read QR Codes both in real-time with camera and from screenshots and photos saved in iPhone. Saved results are shown in History in chronological order.  Each card contains information about a scanning date and it is conveniently marked depending on the type of data contained in QR Code. You can also search scanned results. You can also create your own QR-codes and export them as image files. Premium Subscription User can subscribe for unlimited access to Premium features. Subscribed users have unlimited use of History without in-app interstitial ads and banner. This app includes an optional auto-renewable subscription: 1 month with a 3-days free trial period ($6.99 weekly) and 1 year with a 3-days free trial period ($39.99 yearly). Prices are equal to the value that "Apple's App Store Matrix" determines is the equivalent of the subscription price in USD. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. For details please visit the link https://support.apple.com/HT202039. When current trial/subscription period expires, user will be unsubscribed. The current active subscription period can not be canceled. After subscription expires, user will no longer be able to use Interaction tab. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of Use: https://kraftwerk9.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://kraftwerk9.com/privacyus

About

BarChip

This app simplifies planning for fiber-reinforced concrete structures. It uses custom calculators based on industry design methodologies to determine feasibility, optimal fiber dosages, and thicknesses for various scenarios. It's designed for engineers and construction professionals.

Highlights
  • Fibre reinforced concrete planning
  • Custom calculators based on ACI 544 and TR34 v4
  • Determine optimal fiber dose rates
  • Calculate structural thicknesses
  • Optimised Flooring tool
  • Bending Moment and Shrinkage control scenarios
Features
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BarChip Fibre Concrete The BarChip Fibre Concrete Dashboard makes planning for a fibre reinforced concrete structure easier than it’s ever been. Using custom calculators based on ACI 544 and TR34 v4 design methodologies, you can easily determine the feasibility of BarChip fibre concrete on your project. The BarChip Fibre Concrete Dashboard can help you determine optimal fibre dose rates and thicknesses for Bending Moment and Shrinkage control scenarios and the Optimised Flooring tool will help you determine dosages and thicknesses as well as different loading scenarios for your selected inputs. About BarChip For over 100 years the technology behind concrete reinforcement has barely changed. It’s expensive, labour intensive and suffers from corrosion. We set out to create the next generation of concrete reinforcement, a reinforcement for the 21st century. We created BarChip synthetic fiber concrete reinforcement. Our innovative spirit was critical to the development of our first synthetic fiber. Yes, it prevented concrete cancer, but the overall performance of the fiber reinforced concrete was still not enough to revolutionize the world. We embraced that spirit of innovation and launched the Future Fiber Research and Development Program. Through the Future Fiber Program we conducted thousands of trials and pioneered nearly every development in synthetic fiber concrete reinforcement technology. We improved product performance to levels previously not thought possible and established our synthetic fiber concrete reinforcement as the most reliable and highest performing fiber reinforcement in the world. We believe that long term business relationships can only be sustained by a commitment to provide the highest quality products and services and by adding long term value to our customer’s business. The achievement of these objectives is directly linked to our ability to deliver creative and cost effective solutions to our customers, designed to assist them in meeting their business goals safely. Today our synthetic fiber concrete reinforcement is used across every major construction sector in over 20 countries. Thousands of companies around the world have made the switch to the synthetic fiber reinforcement system.

Screenshots

· QR Code Reader ·3 screens
BarChip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BarChip at none against · QR Code Reader ·'s 5. BarChip also leads on ads (none vs shown). · QR Code Reader ·'s advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. · QR Code Reader · sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. BarChip asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for · QR Code Reader · against 5.0 for BarChip. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: · QR Code Reader · has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

· QR Code Reader · ships an update every 2 weeks, BarChip every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and June 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
· QR Code Reader · versus BarChip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter· QR Code Reader ·BarChip
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (18 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings18 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKRAFTWERK 9 LTDBarchip Australia Pty Ltd

Customer experience

· QR Code Reader ·

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BarChip

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

· QR Code Reader ·

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Month$6.991 Month
  • Special offer$19.991 Year
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  • Year value plan$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$14.99
None

BarChip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is · QR Code Reader · free?
· QR Code Reader · is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BarChip free?
BarChip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, · QR Code Reader · or BarChip?
BarChip is rated higher. · QR Code Reader · averages 4.9 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while BarChip averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do · QR Code Reader · or BarChip have ads?
· QR Code Reader · shows ads; BarChip does not.
Which is updated more often, · QR Code Reader · or BarChip?
· QR Code Reader · ships an update every 2 weeks, and BarChip every 5 weeks. Most recently, · QR Code Reader · was updated on August 15, 2026 and BarChip on June 21, 2026.

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