BarcodeListings vs TiveTag
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BarcodeListings
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BarcodeListings is a fast, practical barcode scanning and list management app for iPhone and iPad. Scan barcodes continuously using the camera, add codes manually when needed, and export your results as CSV. Free features include: • Continuous batch barcode scanning • Manual barcode entry • One active Working List • Basic CSV export and sharing • Configurable duplicate handling • Haptic and sound scan feedback • Adjustable default camera zoom • Torch support • Barcode editing and deletion BarcodeListings Pro is available as a one-time purchase with no subscription and adds: • Multiple named saved lists • Quantity counting for repeated scans • Detailed CSV export • Barcode notes • Search and advanced sorting • Direct CSV email BarcodeListings stores your barcode lists locally on your device and does not require an account. Existing customers who purchased the original paid BarcodeListings app receive Pro access automatically.
TiveTag
This app uses smart stickers to track and record temperature data for products in your cold chain. Easily scan shipments with your mobile device and access a cloud platform for an audit trail, ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Temperature data tracking
- Cold chain monitoring
- Product shipment scanning
- Cloud platform integration
- Regulatory compliance audit trail
- Affordable and easy to use
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Tive Tag tracks and collects temperature data of products in your cold chain with stickers that are easily applied to shipments, scanned with mobile devices, and recorded in a single cloud platform. This cloud portal provides an audit trail for all scanned products to meet temperature rules for regulatory compliance. Simply stated, there is no more affordable or easy to use solution available for recording temperatures on the cold chain than Tive Tag.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TiveTag at none against BarcodeListings's 1. TiveTag also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 168 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. BarcodeListings sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TiveTag asks for nothing beyond the download.
BarcodeListings ships an update every 168 months, TiveTag every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BarcodeListings | TiveTag |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.0 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 168 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dwain Casey | Tive, Inc. |
In-app purchases
BarcodeListings
- Barcode Listings Pro$3.99
TiveTag
No in-app purchases
Questions
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