Comparison

Scan to Excel vs BarTender

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

Head to head
About

Scan to Excel

Easily scan QR and barcodes and directly save the data into an Excel spreadsheet. Customize your scans with geolocations, timestamps, quantities, and custom fields for efficient inventory, attendance, or library management.

Highlights
  • Scan QR and barcodes
  • Save data to Excel
  • Customizable scan schema
  • Append geolocations and timestamps
  • Support for external scanners
  • Google account sign-in
Features
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Scan to Excel allows you to easily scan QR and barcodes and store codes in Excel. Looking to keep track of the inventory or your shop, warehouse or library? Need to monitor attendance of your classes, events and meetings? Look no further than Scan to Sheets, the app that allows you to quickly and easily scan QR codes and barcodes directly to Excel. Supports a large variety of formats and external scanners connected via bluetooth or USB. Securely sign in with your Google account or connect to your public spreadsheets without sign in. You can customize your schema to append geolocations, timestamps, quantities, and custom text and numeric fields and labels to your scans. -------------------------------------------------------- By using this app, you agree to Apple’s Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

BarTender

This app enables fast and secure mobile printing of documents, barcode labels, and RFID tags directly from your mobile device. It integrates with existing BarTender software to access and print label templates with real-time data entry and centralized management.

Highlights
  • Mobile printing of labels and documents
  • Barcode and RFID tag printing
  • Real-time data entry
  • Centralized label template management
  • Automatic Bluetooth printer discovery
  • Secure printing with automatic login
Features
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BarTender Mobile App BarTender provides easy, fast and secure mobile printing of documents, barcode labels and RFID tags at your source of work. The app works with active BarTender Print Portal (BarTender 11.4, 2022, 2021) or BarTender Cloud to print existing labels directly from a mobile device. • Print at the source of work including print operator forms and predefined data entry options • Select and print your label documents • Add real-time data • Centralize label template management • Automatically discover and connect to any Bluetooth printer • Maintain mission-critical security • Enable automatic login • Configure document folders • Configure printers For support, refer to https://support.seagullscientific.com For information about how to connect to your Print Portal, refer to https://help.seagullscientific.com/BarTenderMobile/ Seagull Software Developer

Screenshots

Scan to Excel4 screens
BarTender4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BarTender at 4.0 against Scan to Excel's 3.3. BarTender also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12 vs 15.0). Scan to Excel's advantage is review sentiment (17% vs 0%) and ratings volume (12 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Scan to Excel sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month. BarTender asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BarTender holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of Scan to Excel's written reviews are positive against 0% of BarTender's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scan to Excel ships an update every 5 months, BarTender every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Scan to Excel versus BarTender: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScan to ExcelBarTender
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (12 ratings)4.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB121 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMobile FirstSeagull Scientific

Customer experience

Scan to Excel

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

BarTender

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Scan to Excel

Subscriptions1
  • Starter Plan Monthly$6.991 Month
None

BarTender

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scan to Excel free?
Scan to Excel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BarTender free?
BarTender is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scan to Excel or BarTender?
BarTender is rated higher. Scan to Excel averages 3.3 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while BarTender averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Scan to Excel or BarTender have ads?
Neither Scan to Excel nor BarTender shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scan to Excel or BarTender?
Scan to Excel ships an update every 5 months, and BarTender every 3 months. Most recently, Scan to Excel was updated on September 10, 2026 and BarTender on June 6, 2026.

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