QRoo vs QRowl
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QRoo
Easily save, create, and organize QR codes for quick access. This app allows you to scan and store any QR code, generate your own, and add them to Apple Wallet. Enjoy seamless syncing across your devices and convenient access from your Apple Watch and home screen widgets.
- Scan and save QR codes
- Generate custom QR codes
- Add QR codes to Apple Wallet
- Display favorite QR from Apple Watch
- Control Center quick access
- Home screen widgets
- iCloud sync across devices
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Your QR codes — always at hand. Save, create, and organize QR codes in one app. Show them instantly when needed — on iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Scan and save any QR code. Generate your own QR codes. Add QR codes to Apple Wallet. Show your favorite QR from the watch face. Use Control Center actions for quick access. Add QR widgets to your home screen. Sync across all devices via iCloud. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
QRowl
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Put the QR codes you use in widgets. QRowl lets you create or import QR codes, keep them in a private personal library, and place them in widgets on the Home Screen, in Today View, or in StandBy, where a code stays scannable while the iPhone charges on its side, even in the red Night Mode. Create codes for text, websites, Wi-Fi networks, phone numbers, email, messages, contact cards, and calendar events. You can also scan with the camera or import QR codes from photos and PDF documents. Add an optional center logo from a photo or SF Symbol, choose foreground and background colors, and search your library when you need a code. Share a code as what it is, a link, a contact card, or a calendar event, together with its image, or print it large on a single page with its name as the title, big enough to scan from across the room. Attach an optional circular location and QRowl can notify you when you arrive, carrying the code in the notification so you can pull it down and scan it without unlocking, or tap it to open the preview. A File code carries a whole file of up to 1 MB, such as a PDF, an image, or a document. It plays as an animated sequence of QR codes in the preview, another iPhone or iPad running QRowl scans it back with the camera and saves the file, and you can share the file itself or export the animation as a movie. Your library stays private. Codes and saved locations are stored on your device and can sync between your devices through your private iCloud account. Whether a device sends location reminders is a local setting. Widgets use locally generated previews and never access CloudKit directly. No separate account. No ads. No tracking. No analytics.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: QRowl at weekly against QRoo's monthly. QRoo's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. QRoo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and QRowl sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
QRoo ships an update monthly, QRowl weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QRoo | QRowl |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (41 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gaivoronski Andrei Vyacheslavovich, IP | werk01 |
In-app purchases
QRoo
- Infinity Peace$2.99
QRowl
- QRowl Pro$4.99









