Comparison

Reminder & Countdown Pro vs QR Code Maker & Reader

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

Head to head
About

Reminder & Countdown Pro

Organize tasks, projects, and events with a distraction-free interface. Customize alerts, icons, and backgrounds to suit your needs. Sync across devices and secure your data with biometric authentication.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free task management
  • Customizable event alerts
  • Icon, background, and sound customization
  • Date, time, and repetition settings
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Biometric app locking
  • iOS 14 home screen widgets
Features
Currently charting
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Reminder Pro is designed to manage your tasks, projects, and anything else you want to keep track of in really easy way taking away distraction and various shiny things that often lead us off course of whatever it is we’re trying to do. Reminder Pro highlights: ▸ Specify the event title. ▸ Assign default or custom category. ▸ Adjust icon, background, sound, time of alerts, font and text color. ▸ Set up date and time, duration, repetition, and units of countdown time. ▸ Add an optional description. ▸ Sort events by date, title, category or custom. ▸ Show or hide icons of the events. ▸ Set up events default values. ▸ Manage categories of the events. ▸ Import data from Address book, iCal, Reminders. ▸ Sync events between devices via iCloud. ▸ Show a badge number on the app’s icon. ▸ Switch between the old UI and the new UI. ▸ Locking / Unlocking the app using Touch & Face ID. ▸ IOS 14 home screen widgets. ▸ Run in the background. Information on events comes in a nicely-wrapped card which you can create by yourself, just open an event and swipe left or right to pick a screen and arrange custom boxes to fit your needs. Additionally, the app is complemented with excellent sharing options which give you an opportunity to share your reminders with the world via Email, Facebook, Twitter and even more.

About

QR Code Maker & Reader

Easily generate custom QR codes with your logo and desired colors. Save, share, or scan QR codes directly from your device. Manage all your created codes in a convenient list.

Highlights
  • Create QR codes from URLs and text
  • Customize QR code color and add logo
  • Save QR codes as images
  • Share QR codes via email or AirDrop
  • Scan existing QR codes
  • Manage created QR codes in a list
Features
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QR Code Maker & Reader Pro is an application that allows you to easily create QR codes. The created QR code can be saved as an image or sent as an email attachment. You can also scan the QR code. Create QR code: You can easily create a QR code by specifying the URL and text to be embedded in the QR code. Various customizations available: You can specify the color of the QR code and display your logo in the center. Output can be done in various ways: The created QR code can be saved as an image and output to various apps. You can copy to a Mac or iPhone/iPad using Air Drop, copy to a Windows PC via iCloud, or send as an email attachment. Manage by list: The created QR codes can be managed in a list and reprinted at any time. You can also scan: It is also possible to scan a QR code. When you hold the QR code over the camera, it instantly scans and reads the contents. QR code is a trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED in Japan. Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iCloud are trademarks of Apple Inc. in the United States. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States.

Screenshots

Reminder & Countdown Pro4 screens
QR Code Maker & Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: QR Code Maker & Reader at Free against Reminder & Countdown Pro's $1.99. QR Code Maker & Reader also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Reminder & Countdown Pro's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 50%) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

QR Code Maker & Reader is free to download; Reminder & Countdown Pro costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reminder & Countdown Pro ships an update every 9 days, QR Code Maker & Reader every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Reminder & Countdown Pro versus QR Code Maker & Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReminder & Countdown ProQR Code Maker & Reader
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (3.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#94 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergey AstakhovNAOAKI SEKIGUCHI

Customer experience

Reminder & Countdown Pro

All ratings3,217 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews352 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral5.7%
Negative6.8%

QR Code Maker & Reader

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Reminder & Countdown Pro

No in-app purchases

None

QR Code Maker & Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reminder & Countdown Pro free?
Reminder & Countdown Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is QR Code Maker & Reader free?
QR Code Maker & Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Reminder & Countdown Pro or QR Code Maker & Reader have ads?
QR Code Maker & Reader shows ads; Reminder & Countdown Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, Reminder & Countdown Pro or QR Code Maker & Reader?
Reminder & Countdown Pro ships an update every 9 days, and QR Code Maker & Reader every 5 weeks. Most recently, Reminder & Countdown Pro was updated on September 23, 2026 and QR Code Maker & Reader on September 18, 2026.

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