Comparison

Qr GenScan vs Simple Viewer

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

Head to head
About

Qr GenScan

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A utility app for generating and scanning Qr codes.

About

Simple Viewer

Features
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Simple Viewer opens files. Quietly, quickly, and without asking for anything in return. Share any file from any app — Mail, Messages, Files, a browser, a cloud drive — and Simple Viewer renders it the way it was meant to be read. No account. No upload. Files stay on your device. It is designed for the moment when you just need to see what's inside a file. RENDERED WITH CARE • PDF with smooth scrolling and pinch-to-zoom • Markdown with typography that reads • Source code with precise syntax highlighting • JSON, XML, and YAML, pretty-printed • CSV and TSV, as readable tables • Excel spreadsheets (XLSX) • Word documents (DOCX) • ZIP archives, browsed inside • Plain text, logs, and scripts • x509 certificates BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD • Open from any app via the iOS share sheet • Recent files, one tap away • Orientation-aware on iPad • Works offline. Always. NOTHING YOU DON'T NEED No sign-up. No subscription. No ads. No tracking. No cloud sync. No bloat. Just a clean surface for reading what you already have. Because simple is elegant.

Screenshots

Qr GenScan4 screens
Simple Viewer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Qr GenScan at 12.0 against Simple Viewer's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Qr GenScan versus Simple Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQr GenScanSimple Viewer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTWINSPIDER (SMC-PRIVATE) LIMITEDSTLink

In-app purchases

None

Qr GenScan

No in-app purchases

None

Simple Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Qr GenScan free?
Qr GenScan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Viewer free?
Simple Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Qr GenScan or Simple Viewer have ads?
Neither Qr GenScan nor Simple Viewer shows ads.

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