Comparison

QR machine vs Mono Lab

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

Head to head
About

QR machine

Transform ordinary QR codes into visually appealing branding elements. Customize codes with images, adjust their appearance, and export them in high-quality formats for marketing and business use.

Highlights
  • Add custom images to QR codes
  • Adjust size, contrast, and brightness
  • Export as SVG
  • Export as high-res raster
  • Ideal for business cards and marketing
Features
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Elevate Your Codes, Amplify Your Brand! Transform ordinary QR codes into eye-catching branding tools with QRMachine. Choose images, tweak size and visuals, then export as SVG or high-res raster. Perfect for business cards, marketing, and beyond – stand out with every scan! Key Features: - Select or capture images - Adjust size, contrast, brightness - Export as SVG or high-res raster - Versatile Applications: Ideal for business cards, promotions, and product packaging – make QR codes an extension of your brand identity.

About

Mono Lab

Explore creative image manipulation with a focus on black and white effects. This app offers a wide range of tools for distortion, texture, and structural changes, allowing for unique artistic experimentation.

Highlights
  • 129 black and white filters
  • Sensor-based filters controlled by device movement
  • 12 dimensional surfaces and 13 lenses for 3D distortion
  • Interactive filters responding to touch
  • Raster and vector output options
  • Save directly to Files
Features
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Mono Lab is designed for exploring the unexpected. Experiment with images in black and white. From subtle relief to structural collapse, topology drift, mesh warps, fracture effects, misregistration, and controlled instability, every tool is built for focused experimentation. Responsive. Direct. Tactile. // Interactive Filters (X) Distortion that responds to you. Shift the image through movement and contact. Tilt to bend structure. Rotate to redirect tension. Touch to anchor, drag to stretch, hold to resist. Each gesture leaves a trace. Each motion reshapes the result. // 3D Surface Mode A dimensional approach to distortion. Map images across 12 surfaces and interpret them through 13 lenses. Adjust depth. Refine spatial tension. Each surface behaves differently. Each lens reshapes the outcome. Monochromatic. Structure, tone, dimension, possibility. What You Can Do • 158 filters for black and white distortion • Touch and motion control transformations • 12 surfaces. 13 lenses • Press, drag, and hold to reshape the image like a surface • Refine light, contrast, and structure • Warp topology and form • Collapse, fracture, and distort • Create raster and vector outputs • Build layered misregistrations • Adjust pressure, grain, and tone • Stack transformations • Save your favorite filters to the Index • Save directly to Files Mono Lab is for designers, artists, photographers, illustrators, and visual experimenters working in black and white.

Screenshots

QR machine4 screens
Mono Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: QR machine at none against Mono Lab's 4. QR machine also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Mono Lab's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $9.99) and ratings volume (21 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ads and monetization model 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 machine costs $9.99 and Mono Lab $4.99 up front. Mono Lab sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. QR machine asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for QR machine against 5.0 for Mono Lab. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mono Lab has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of QR machine's written reviews are positive against 94% of Mono Lab's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
QR machine versus Mono Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQR machineMono Lab
Price$9.99$4.99 — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better94.4% of reviews
Number of ratings121 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#4 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB57 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAnton ShauchenkaInner Circle

Customer experience

QR machine

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mono Lab

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%

In-app purchases

None

QR machine

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Mono Lab

One-time4
  • Pheno Set$1.99
  • Print Set$1.99
  • ASCII Set$1.99
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  • Dither Set$1.99

Questions

Is QR machine free?
QR machine costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mono Lab free?
Mono Lab costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, QR machine or Mono Lab?
QR machine and Mono Lab are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 21 ratings respectively.
Do QR machine or Mono Lab have ads?
Neither QR machine nor Mono Lab shows ads.

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