QR Code Maker vs QR Scanner #
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QR Code Maker
Generate and save various types of QR codes for personal or business use. Supports URLs, plain text, emails, contacts, phone numbers, and SMS messages. Create barcodes in different sizes and save them to your device.
- Create QR codes
- Save QR codes
- Share QR codes
- URL QR codes
- Plain-text QR codes
- Contact QR codes
- SMS QR codes
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Downloaded over 1,000,000 times! Easily create, save and share many types of QR codes! QR Code Maker offers the generation for many different types of QR barcodes: URL, Plain-Text, Emails, Contact Information,Phone Number and SMS Message barcodes. Create a barcode for your business or for a personal use for free! QR Code Maker allows you to create barcodes in varying sizes and save them to your photo gallery!
QR Scanner #
Easily create and scan QR codes for various purposes, including WiFi, contact information, social media, and URLs. Generate codes for events, plain text, and more, with the ability to clone scanned codes.
- Create QR codes
- Scan QR codes
- Manage QR codes
- Clone scanned QR codes
- Generate WiFi QR codes
- Generate contact (vCard/MeCard) QR codes
- Generate social media QR codes
- Generate URL QR codes
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Main features: ◉ Create QR code ◉ Manage QR code ◉ Scan QR code ◉ Especially allow you to clone a QR code from scanning then saving to your phone for other purposes Support to generate many QR Code types: ◉ Wifi: for your friends and family easily to connect to your home network, or for guests to access your business WiFi with a simple scan of this QR Code ◉ VCard ◉MeCard: for you to share your email address, phone number, website URL and your company details instantly with a simple scan of a vCard Code ◉ Social Networks: easier for you to connect with your customers online. Use one QR Code to display Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, LinkedIn, and many more social channels. ◉ Location: easier for your sharing and checking location by QR code ◉ SMS: compose a text message to speed up the process of receiving text messages from your audience with a predefined text message sent to a target phone number ◉ Email: support you add a subject line, predefined email text, and a target email address for you to receive the email ◉ Phone: make a call immediately ◉ URL: instantly open any page on the web ◉ Plain Text: display up to 300 characters and the chance to offer your customers any message in any language, regardless of internet access ◉ Event QR: easily to make and share event marketing and planning
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: QR Scanner # at 4.7 against QR Code Maker's 3.3. QR Scanner # also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). QR Code Maker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
QR Scanner # holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 30 respectively.
QR Code Maker ships an update every 5 months, QR Scanner # every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QR Code Maker | QR Scanner # |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (19 ratings) | 4.7 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matan Radomski productions | Khang Le |
Customer experience
QR Code Maker
QR Scanner #
Bugs and requests
QR Code Maker
Reported bugs
24 issues- Keeps taking to a blank site
- Did not make the right bar code
- No other info shown after entering code name
- App Store link to developer website and app help do not work
- Shuts down phone
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- Crashing App, Erasing your data
- Crashes Immediately
- Serious Bug: cannot get QR codes off iPhone after denying photo library access
- Won't save to my Camera roll
- No way to delete the created codes
- Not iPad friendly, doesn't recognize landscape mode
- Blank screen, absolutely of no use
- Doesn't save the created codes to the camera roll
- Trouble sending to teachers
- Need internet connection to generate codes
- Works very bad on the new iPad
- Freezes up when touching anything or waiting long
- Cannot go back or edit/delete spelling mistakes
- Cannot get into the screen to put in the URL
- Found URL request instead of phone number
- Codes generated didn't fully support the whole link
- Cannot delete old codes
- Doesn't print to airprinter
- Locks up as soon as hit the "add" button
Requested features
10 requests- Add edit button
- Add delete functionality for codes
- Support for photos and videos
- Add an edit button
- Add an iOS 7 design
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- Add an edit button as well
- Fix sending issues
- Add rotation ability
- Allow deletion of created codes
- Make iPad friendly (landscape mode)
QR Scanner #
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
QR Code Maker
No in-app purchases
QR Scanner #
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is QR Code Maker free?
Is QR Scanner # free?
Which has better reviews, QR Code Maker or QR Scanner #?
Do QR Code Maker or QR Scanner # have ads?
Which is updated more often, QR Code Maker or QR Scanner #?
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