Comparison

Nanoshop vs ForgeScan

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

Head to head
About

Nanoshop

Create an online store from your smartphone in minutes, no design or coding skills needed. Manage products, process orders, and engage with customers to boost sales. Launch your e-commerce business easily and intuitively.

Highlights
  • Create online store in minutes
  • Manage product catalog
  • Process orders and inventory
  • Secure online selling
  • Engage with customers
  • Promote products with discounts
Features
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Create your online store in less than 5 minutes from your smartphone, without any design or coding knowledge. With our solution Nanoshop, developed by MicroStore, take full control of your sales, orders, and products. Start selling online easily and intuitively from your smartphone. MANAGE YOUR PRODUCT CATALOGUE Easily add an unlimited number of products Enter your product information and price Organize your items by categories and collections Share individual product links with your customers EASILY PROCESS YOUR ORDERS AND INVENTORY Track and manage your inventory easily Get real-time notifications for new orders Change the status of your orders with a few clicks Create new orders for your customers View, share, and print invoices SELL ONLINE SECURELY Use the secure payment platforms available in the app CONNECT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY Easily engage with your customers Offer your community an exclusive sharing and communication app Notify your customers of new products in your store and the status of their orders PROMOTE YOUR PRODUCTS Share your store on social media with one click Offer special coupons and discounts to your customers Looking for an effective and simple tool to sell online? Don't hesitate and try our mobile application developed by MicroStore now. Launch your online store today with Nanoshop!

About

ForgeScan

Features
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ForgeScan turns your iPhone into a complete barcode workshop: scan any code, create any code, and print real retail-grade label sheets — entirely offline, with no account and no subscription. MADE FOR SELLERS Import the CSV you already have from your shop platform, map the columns, pick a layout, and export a print-perfect PDF. Labels come out as sharp vector barcodes with proper check digits and human-readable numbers — the kind scanners at checkout actually read. • US Letter sheet layouts compatible with Avery 5160, 5163, 5167, 5161, 22806 and 22807 • A4 sheet layouts compatible with L7160, L7163, L7651 and 37 mm round • Thermal roll sizes: 4×6, 4×2, 2×1, 2.25×1.25, 1.5×1 • Amazon FNSKU, price tag, and expiration date label presets • Mixed products on one sheet, start at any label, reuse partial sheets • Printer calibration page with X/Y fine-tuning • Fixed text lines, barcode-only labels, show or hide the number TRUE RETAIL BARCODES UPC-A and EAN-13 print the way real packaging does: OCR-B digits tucked under the bars, full-height guard bars, and protected quiet zones. Check digits are calculated for you — even across a whole numbered sequence. • Retail, compact, or minimal digit styles, chosen per job • Bar height and text spacing saved with every label setup • The same codes in single, bulk, and label output CREATE EVERY KIND OF CODE QR, Code 128, Code 39, UPC-A, EAN-13, Aztec, PDF417 — all free to create. Style QR codes with your own colors, a center logo, or center text. Codes are static images: they never expire and never phone home. • Contact card QR (vCard) with phone, email, website and social profiles — scanned straight into the other person's contacts • Wi-Fi, URL, email, SMS and phone QR codes • Bulk generation from a number sequence, pasted list, or CSV file • Carry the code you just designed into a bulk batch with one tap • Export bulk batches as a PDF grid, individual PNGs, or CSV • Save batches, label setups, and contact cards to reuse later SCAN ANYTHING Advanced Scan reads codes live while you aim — center one in the window and it scans instantly. On a crowded sheet the window becomes a crosshair, so whatever you center is what scans, nothing else. When a code is blurry, damaged, or photographed off a screen, the shutter runs a series of image enhancement passes until it cracks. • Confirmed reads only — no partial or misread numbers • UPC-A is reported as UPC-A, matching the digits printed on the package SCAN DOCUMENTS AND IDS Flatbed-quality scans from your camera: auto-straightened, cropped to the exact edges, exposure-corrected, and never watermarked. Copy the front and back of an ID onto a single sheet. Previews show exactly what will be saved, and cards come out on a clean white background. Save as PDF or JPG, in color, grayscale, or black & white. HISTORY YOU CAN SEARCH Find any past scan by value, filter by code type, and export any slice as CSV. Your data is always yours to take with you. FREE VS PRO Free includes all scanning, all document scanning, every code type, styled QR codes, a full 30-label sheet per export, bulk batches up to 50 codes, 3 saved contact cards, and your last 200 scans. ForgeScan Pro is a single one-time purchase that removes the label footer and lifts the volume caps: unlimited labels, batches up to 500, unlimited saved cards, and unlimited history. No subscription, ever. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No tracking. No cloud. Everything is generated and stored on your device, and the app works fully offline. ForgeScan is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED, Avery Products Corporation, or Amazon.com, Inc. QR Code is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED, named here only to attribute that trademark. Avery is a trademark of Avery Products Corporation, named only to describe compatible sheet sizes. FNSKU is referenced only to describe a label layout sellers print from their own data.

Screenshots

Nanoshop4 screens
ForgeScan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nanoshop at none against ForgeScan's 1. Nanoshop also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. ForgeScan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Nanoshop asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Nanoshop versus ForgeScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNanoshopForgeScan
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopereFolixSamuel Afikuyomi

In-app purchases

None

Nanoshop

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ForgeScan

One-time1
  • ForgeScan Pro$19.99

Questions

Is Nanoshop free?
Nanoshop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ForgeScan free?
ForgeScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nanoshop or ForgeScan have ads?
Neither Nanoshop nor ForgeScan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nanoshop or ForgeScan?
Nanoshop ships an update every 2 weeks, and ForgeScan every 2 weeks. Most recently, Nanoshop was updated on October 24, 2026 and ForgeScan on October 25, 2026.

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