Comparison

CodeScaner vs Clicks Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

CodeScaner

Features
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- Lightning-fast scans: Instantly capture barcodes and QR codes with smooth 60fps previews. - Scan multiple codes at once: Quickly process several codes in one go for extra convenience. - Automatic clipboard copy: Details from scans are instantly copied for easy pasting. - Instant web previews: Quickly view web content from scanned QR codes. - Device sync: Scan on your iPhone and paste instantly on your Mac—perfect for seamless workflow. - 100% ad-free: Enjoy distraction-free scanning with no ads.

About

Clicks Keyboard

Enhance your typing with advanced keyboard controls. Customize backlight, shift key behavior, and access to numbers and symbols. Optimize your typing experience with features like soft return, cursor mode, and firmware updates.

Highlights
  • Keyboard backlight control
  • Caps lock and shift lock customization
  • Alt lock for numbers and symbols
  • Soft return for line breaks
  • Cursor mode with WASD/IKJL
  • Customizable currency symbol
  • Over-the-air firmware updates
Features
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The Clicks app unlocks new features for your keyboard. Toggle your keyboard backlight between 'automatic' and off. Use this feature to check the status of your backlight and reset it to automatic mode if it's been accidentally disabled through the keyboard shortcut. Caps lock - Control the behaviour of the shift key. When turned on, pressing the shift key once makes the next charater a capital letter. Double clicking the shift key enables shift lock. When disabled, you must press and hold shift to get a captial letter. Alt lock - Control the behaviour of the '123' key. When turned on, pressing the '123' key once makes the next typed character a number of symbol. Double clicking the shift key enables number lock - (great for typing phone numbers of long number strings!). When disabled, you must press and hold '123' to get numbers and symbols. Soft return - Choose between using the return to add a carriage return (soft return) or send a message (hard return). Clicks key customization - Decide whether you want the Clicks key to function as Tab or Control Cursor mode - Enable cursor mode to use WASD and IJKL as directional cursor keys Currency symbol - Customize your currency symbol Create or log in to your Clicks Keyboard account to get updated about the latest features coming to your Clicks Keyboard Update your keyboard firmware over the air to optimize the typing experience. Learn and explore your Clicks keyboard with access to tips and how-to's. * Certain features and functionality are dependant on your Clicks model.

Screenshots

CodeScaner4 screens
Clicks Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Clicks Keyboard at Free against CodeScaner's $2.99. Clicks Keyboard also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads, 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

Clicks Keyboard is free to download; CodeScaner costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CodeScaner ships an update monthly, Clicks Keyboard every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CodeScaner versus Clicks Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodeScanerClicks Keyboard
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating—2.9 (61 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—31.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—61 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCORS TECH LimitedClicks Technology Ltd

In-app purchases

None

CodeScaner

No in-app purchases

None

Clicks Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CodeScaner free?
CodeScaner costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clicks Keyboard free?
Clicks Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CodeScaner or Clicks Keyboard have ads?
Neither CodeScaner nor Clicks Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CodeScaner or Clicks Keyboard?
CodeScaner ships an update monthly, and Clicks Keyboard every 6 weeks. Most recently, CodeScaner was updated on October 27, 2026 and Clicks Keyboard on November 7, 2026.

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