RateBud vs Ice QR Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RateBud
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RateBud is your personal review journal for anything you care about - coffee, wine, restaurants, books, movies, products, and more. Review items repeatedly and discover how your taste changes over time. RATE WHAT MATTERS Go beyond a single score with Custom Rating Dimensions. Track coffee acidity, wine tannins, book pacing, or create dimensions that fit what you are reviewing. Use smart presets, tag clouds, and 2D taste maps to uncover patterns. PRECISE, REPEATABLE RATINGS - Use whole or half-star ratings - Add multiple reviews per item - Follow trends, sparklines, and progress over time - Browse a clean review history for every item SCAN. ADD. DONE. RateBud uses on-device scanning to quickly recognize items: - Barcode scanning for UPC, EAN, and QR codes - Text recognition with OCR - Visual matching by appearance - Automatic matching with existing items - Smart quality filtering on iOS 18 and later ORGANIZE YOUR WAY - Save Favorites and build custom Collections - Let Smart Collections update automatically - Search, filter, and sort your library - Add multiple photos and notes - Export your reviews to CSV PRIVACY BY DESIGN Scanning and image recognition happen on your device. Your reviews stay on your devices and in your private iCloud account. Your data remains under your control. RATEBUD PRO RateBud Pro unlocks Advanced Insights, Custom Collections, Smart Collections, and Custom Rating Dimensions. Choose a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time Lifetime Pro purchase. Monthly and yearly plans include a two-week free trial for eligible users. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. After a free trial, the selected subscription renews automatically at the displayed price unless canceled through your Apple Account settings. You can restore purchases from the RateBud paywall. Privacy Policy: https://ratebud.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ice QR Scanner
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Features: - You can change a scanning frame size and camera zoom with one hand swiping the screen up and down. - Instantly open links in Safari. - Save scanning history, categorize entries, and add text labels. - Convenient catalog of past scans with fast search capabilities. - Share previously scanned codes as text or QR codes. - Quickly generate a new QR code based on any text string.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RateBud at none against Ice QR Scanner's 1. Ice QR Scanner's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 18 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Ice QR Scanner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RateBud asks for nothing beyond the download.
RateBud ships an update every 18 months, Ice QR Scanner every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RateBud | Ice QR Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Steurer | Egor Ledkov |
In-app purchases
RateBud
No in-app purchases
Ice QR Scanner
- Styles kit 1$0.99
Questions
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