Comparison

Barcode Generator + vs Marqam

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

Head to head
About

Barcode Generator +

Create custom barcodes with this utility app. It also allows you to scan existing barcodes, copy their data, or save the generated barcodes.

Highlights
  • Barcode generation
  • Barcode scanning
  • Copy scanned content
  • Save generated barcodes
Features
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Using this app you can generate barcodes as you wish and this app also supports barcode scanning. Once you scan a barcode, you can copy its content to clipboard or save the barcode.

About

Marqam

Features
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Marqam makes QR codes that look like they belong to you — and puts them on your own photos. ON A PHOTO Most QR apps hand you a black square. Marqam lets you place your code on a picture: drag it, resize it, rotate it, fade it, and export at the photo's own resolution. What you see on the canvas is exactly what gets saved. Ideal for a menu, a poster, a wedding card, a shop window, a table tent. MAKE IT YOURS Choose dot shapes and eye styles, set colours and gradients, drop your logo in the middle, and pick an error-correction level so it still scans with the logo in place. SCAN ANYTHING Point the camera at a QR code, or read one out of a picture you already have — a screenshot of an eSIM letter, a photo of a poster. Marqam also reads product barcodes: EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E, ITF-14, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, Codabar and PDF417. For a product barcode it tells you the number, the format, whether the GS1 check digit is valid, and which country the company registered its prefix in — all offline, with no lookup and no database. It says plainly that the prefix is where the company registered, not where the product was made. EXPORT PROPERLY PNG at a size you choose, or true vector SVG for a print shop. Transparent backgrounds when you want the code to sit on something else. Templates set the type, the look and the print size in one tap — guest Wi-Fi card, business card, table tent, sticker. KEEP IT ORGANISED Save codes to a library with titles, folders and favourites. Search across everything. Generate a whole batch from a list of lines in one pass. ARABIC AND ENGLISH Fully bilingual, following your phone's language, with proper right-to-left layout. FREE, AND HONEST ABOUT IT Every feature above is free. No ads. No account. No sign-up. No subscription. Your codes are stored on your device, and nothing is uploaded anywhere. There is one optional $0.99 one-time purchase called Support Marqam. It unlocks nothing you need — it turns on iCloud sync of your saved codes across your own devices, and it says thank you. Everything else stays free whether you buy it or not. The only thing in Marqam that ever leaves your device is the "Search the web" button on a scanned product barcode, which opens your browser with that number — and only when you tap it.

Screenshots

Barcode Generator +3 screens
Marqam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Marqam at every 2 months against Barcode Generator +'s every 7 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Barcode Generator + sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Marqam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Barcode Generator + ships an update every 7 months, Marqam every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Barcode Generator + versus Marqam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarcode Generator +Marqam
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAshen Ishanka CosthaAbdulrahman Alotaibi

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Barcode Generator +

One-time1
  • Barcode Generator Premium$0.99
1 purchases

Marqam

One-time1
  • ادعم التطبيق$0.99

Questions

Is Barcode Generator + free?
Barcode Generator + is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Marqam free?
Marqam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Barcode Generator + or Marqam have ads?
Neither Barcode Generator + nor Marqam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Barcode Generator + or Marqam?
Barcode Generator + ships an update every 7 months, and Marqam every 2 months. Most recently, Barcode Generator + was updated on October 24, 2026 and Marqam on October 7, 2026.

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