Gradient+ vs QR Debug
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gradient+
Easily generate beautiful linear, radial, angular, and elliptical gradients with 2 or 3 colors. These custom gradients are perfect for integration into your SwiftUI projects.
- Create linear gradients
- Create radial gradients
- Create angular gradients
- Create elliptical gradients
- Use 2 or 3 colors
- Integrate into SwiftUI projects
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A tool to quickly create stunning linear, radial, angular and elliptical gradients using 2 or 3 colors, which can then be used in your own SwiftUI projects.
QR Debug
This app allows you to quickly view the data encoded in various scannable codes without being redirected. It captures and displays the scanned image along with the encoded data, offering options to copy or share both.
- Scan codes with device camera
- View encoded data
- See captured image
- Copy/Share data and image
- Supports multiple code types
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Do you work with QR codes or other types of scannable codes as much as I do? Do you need to see the data encoded in your codes for quick testing without your device or other fancy apps trying to take you to a website or somewhere else? Then this is the app for you! I needed an app like this, so I wrote one, and you get to benefit from my need. Features: * Scan a code with your device's camera and see the data encoded in that code * See the image your device's camera captured when it scanned the code * Copy or Share the data or the image with the new Share Sheet (iOS 16 only) Supported Codes: * QR * UPC-E * Code 128 * Code 39 * Code 93 * PDF417 * Code 39 mod 43 * DataMatrix * EAN-13 * EAN-8 * Interleaved 2 of 5 * ITF14 * Basically most of the codes defined by AVMetadataObject.ObjectType Directions: 1. Open the app 2. Tap the scan button in the lower right corner of the app to open the scanner 3. Aim your camera at the code you wish to scan 4. Attempt to contain your excitement as the data appears on the screen
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: QR Debug at every 15 months against Gradient+'s every 37 months. QR Debug also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Gradient+ against 5.0 for QR Debug. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Gradient+ ships an update every 37 months, QR Debug every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gradient+ | QR Debug |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Every 15 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ankit Kumar | Managed Custom Solutions, Inc. |
Customer experience
Gradient+
QR Debug
In-app purchases
Gradient+
No in-app purchases
QR Debug
No in-app purchases
