Barcode Scanners vs Scanify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barcode Scanners
This app offers robust barcode scanning capabilities, supporting over 30 different types including QR, UPC, and Data Matrix. It provides powerful parsing for industry-standard formats like driver's licenses and GS1 codes, simplifying data extraction.
- Scan over 30 barcode types
- QR code scanning
- UPC scanning
- Data Matrix scanning
- GS1 code parsing
- Driver's license data parsing
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Barcode scanning made simple! Use this powerful app to easily scan over 30 different types of barcodes, including QR, UPC, GS1, Data Matrix, PDF417, DotCode, and many others. The Cognex Barcode Scanners application reads all major barcode symbologies, including Aztec Code, Codabar, Code 11, Code 25 (Interleaved, Industrial, COOP, Matrix and ITF-14), Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, Data Matrix, DotCode, EAN, ISBN, GS1 DataBar, MaxiCode, MSI Plessey, PDF417, Micro PDF417, Postal Codes, QR Code (Micro and Standard), TELEPEN and UPC barcode types, as well as GS1 sub-types like GS1 QR Code, GS1 Data Matrix and GS1-128. The app also provides powerful parsers to examine industry standard formatted barcodes more easily such as AAMVA (US and Canadian Driver’s Licenses), GS1, IUID, Structured Carrier Messages (MaxiCode), and more! To learn more about Cognex's high-speed barcode scanning and computer vision solutions, visit https://www.cognex.com.
Scanify
This app quickly scans QR codes and barcodes to help you find deals, compare prices, and read reviews. It also allows you to create and export your own codes, and navigate the retail market more intelligently.
- Scan all barcode types
- Compare prices from major retailers
- Read customer reviews
- Scan all QR code types
- Create and export QR codes
- Scan codes from photos
- History of scans and creations
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Meet Scanify - The Quickest & most Intelligent QR & Barcode scanner. Ever! The problem it solves: Scanify makes navigating the retailer market faster and easier. Get access to tons of lucrative deals for online and local stores and become a smart consumer! Scan barcodes on books, electronics, DVDs, grocery items, in fact, on any retail product you can imagine! Locate nearby stores, compare prices, discover deals, go through customer reviews and save your bucks! Scanify also lets you scan and decode all the QR codes around you, including website URLs, contacts, calendar events, geo-locations, plain text, email address, email message, telephone number, SMS message, Wifi Network and many more. It also allows you to create & export all kinds of QR & Barcodes, from scratch, with just a few taps. Key Features: - Scan all types of barcodes including UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-13, EAN-8, ISBN, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, Codabar, PDF 417 etc. - Compare prices and product details from thousands of retailers including all major retailers like Amazon, eBay, BestBuy, Walmart, Costco, Target, Buy.com, etc. - Check Customer Reviews to get better idea of quality of the product you are looking at! - Safely buy online from within the app - Scan all types of QR Codes, Data Matrix & Aztec Codes - Auto-decode all types of QR codes including website URLs, contacts, calendar events, geo-locations, plain text, email address, email message, telephone number, SMS message, Wifi Network and many more. - Embedded web browser, map navigator, contacts / events addition, and SMS / email sending, for the decoded QR Codes - Change the colors of the QR Code images, save to your photo library, email as image files, share on social media sites or print them. - Built-in safety checker for malicious websites for QR Codes containing website URLs - Create & Export your own QR Codes & Barcodes of all types - Scan Barcodes & QR codes from photos in your device's Camera Roll - Option to directly type in the barcode instead of scanning - All your scanning & creation activity is automatically saved in your History - LED flashlight option when scanning in dark - Vibrate and/or beep sound after successful scans
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Barcode Scanners at 88% against Scanify's 11%. Barcode Scanners also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Scanify's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 9.0). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Scanify sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Barcode Scanners asks for nothing beyond the download.
Barcode Scanners holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Barcode Scanners has 810 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Barcode Scanners's written reviews are positive against 11% of Scanify's.
| Parameter | Barcode Scanners | Scanify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (810 ratings) — better | 2.5 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.8% of reviews — better | 10.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 810 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cognex Corporation | DylogicApps Pvt Ltd |
Customer experience
Barcode Scanners
Scanify
Bugs and requests
Barcode Scanners
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashing after iOS 12.3.1 update
- Unable to scan certain barcode types (e.g. GS1 DataMatrix)
- Frozen camera view after initial scan
Requested features
4 requests- Option to disable tips/tooltips on startup
- Batch export/logging of scan history
- Ability to display non-readable characters
- Deeper Shortcuts integration
Scanify
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Barcode Scanners
No in-app purchases
Scanify
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Premium Version$1.99
Questions
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