Merchifi vs Q
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Merchifi
This app collects sales data from your team's in-store activities. It compiles this information into summary reports on an online management portal. Track performance, financial overviews, and budget spending.
- Sales data collection
- Team activity tracking
- Online management portal
- Summary reports
- Performance insights
- Financial overviews
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Insightful, invaluable data collection from your teams activitites in store. Data collected via the app is collated into summary reports via the online Merchifi management portal. These are designed to address organisational needs. Performance based information such as top selling stores along with financial overviews such as budget spent year to date are just some of the achievable possibilities.
Q
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Q-ID® Scanner 2.0: the next generation of smartphone authentication from Quantum Base. Check a product is genuine in under 3 seconds, using just your phone. Point it at a Q-ID®, and the app tells you instantly: genuine or not. BUILT FOR SPEED - Up to 3x faster, with end-to-end authentication in under 3 seconds - Up to 7x faster on low-data, 3G and 4G connections INTUITIVE BY DESIGN - Easy for anyone, even first-time users with no training - No specialist equipment: laboratory-level accuracy from an everyday smartphone - Live guidance and image correction help you get a clear scan, first time - Available worldwide in 60 languages UNCOMPROMISED SECURITY - Atomically secure: every Q-ID® has a unique atomic fingerprint, with a uniqueness of 1 in 1 billion - Measurably secure: security comparable to fingerprint and iris checks, depending on your device - Built on 40+ patents - Over 2 billion Q-ID®s already protect products worldwide
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Q at weekly against Merchifi's every 2 months. Merchifi's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, 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.
Merchifi ships an update every 2 months, Q weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Merchifi | Q |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Merchifi Ltd | Quantum Base Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Merchifi
No in-app purchases
Q
No in-app purchases
