QR Code Maker ◌ vs PubBlock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QR Code Maker ◌
Easily generate a wide variety of QR codes for personal or business use, including websites, contact info, and social media profiles. Save, share, and access your creation history with an intuitive interface.
- Generate QR codes for text, URLs, contacts, and Wi-Fi
- Create social media QR codes (WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok)
- Generate finance QR codes (PayPal)
- Save generated QR codes to photo gallery
- Share QR codes instantly
- Access QR code generation history
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QR Code Maker is the perfect app for generating a wide range of QR codes for personal or business use. Whether you're looking to create a QR code for a website, contact information, or your social media profiles, this app makes the process fast and easy. You can generate QR codes for various types of data, including text, URLs, phone numbers, contacts, messages, emails, Wi-Fi credentials, locations, and calendar events. The app also lets you create QR codes for popular social media platforms like WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, Telegram, and Spotify. Key features include: Generate QR codes for general use: text, URLs, phone numbers, contacts, messages, emails, Wi-Fi, locations, and calendar events. Create QR codes for social media platforms: WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X, TikTok, Telegram, and Spotify. Finance QR code generation: PayPal. Save your generated QR codes to your phone’s photo gallery. Share your QR codes instantly through messaging apps, social media, or email. Access your QR code generation history, so you can retrieve previously created codes. QR Code Maker offers an intuitive and user-friendly interface, allowing you to create and manage your QR codes effortlessly. Whether you're promoting your social media presence, or sharing important contact information, this app provides a seamless solution for all your QR code needs. Download the app today to start creating and sharing custom QR codes! QR Code Maker app is free. You can use it forever, at no cost. However, QR Code Maker does offer premium features for its subscribers. If you decide to purchase an upgrade, you will unlock additional features. Terms of Use: https://kociapp.github.io/QR-Generator/term-of-use Privacy Policy: https://kociapp.github.io/QR-Generator/privacy-policy
PubBlock
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PubBlock cleans up Safari: no more banners, no more pop-up ads, no more trackers following you from site to site. Pages load faster, use less data and respect your privacy. HOW IT WORKS • Safari content blocker (free): PubBlock hands Safari a compiled rule list, and Safari blocks ads and trackers before they even load. No injected scripts, nothing read from your pages. • DNS filter for all your apps (Pro): a local DNS proxy, running on your device, refuses to resolve known advertising and tracking domains. It protects every app, not just Safari. • Safari extension for youtube.com (free): it removes the site's video ads, including the ones that play before the video. Turn it on in Settings > Safari > Extensions. WHAT MAKES PUBBLOCK DIFFERENT • Zero data collection: no account, no analytics, no server. Everything happens on your iPhone or iPad. • No subscription: PubBlock Pro is a one-time purchase. • A list built for the French-speaking web: on top of the big global ad networks, PubBlock blocks the French and European ad-tech and tracking tools that generic lists often miss. • Your own rules: add the domains you want to block or allow. • A live counter showing what has been blocked. • Light and quiet: no complicated settings, everything works in the background. KNOWN LIMITATIONS • Ads served from the same domain as the content cannot be blocked by a domain filter: that is a limit of the technique, not an oversight. Video ads inside the YouTube app therefore remain impossible to block; on youtube.com in Safari, the new extension handles them. • The DNS filter is inactive while a VPN is connected (iOS behavior). • Some sites show empty spaces where blocked ads used to be. PUBBLOCK PRO One-time purchase, no subscription: DNS filter for all your apps plus custom domains. The Safari blocker stays free, forever. Privacy: https://calnexia.com/pubblock/privacy Support: https://calnexia.com/pubblock/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PubBlock at none against QR Code Maker ◌'s shown. PubBlock also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 10 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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. QR Code Maker ◌ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and PubBlock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
QR Code Maker ◌ ships an update every 10 months, PubBlock every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QR Code Maker ◌ | PubBlock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (71 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 71 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andy Sutanto | CIPRIAN ALEXANDRU FRASINESCU |
In-app purchases
QR Code Maker ◌
- QR Code Generator Pro - 1W$1.997 Days
- QR Code Generator Pro - 1Y3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Offering$19.99
- QR Code Maker Pro$39.99
PubBlock
- PubBlock Pro$2.99
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