Champion's Journey vs Barcode Beasts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Champion's Journey
Experience addictive runner-shooter action where you merge weapons to increase power and recruit champions to build your army. Break through barriers, conquer stages, and explore new worlds.
- Runner-shooter gameplay
- Merge weapons for power boosts
- Recruit champions
- Break through barriers
- Explore new worlds
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- Enjoy easy and satisfying runner-shooter gameplay - Merge weapons to massively boost your power - Recruit powerful champions to grow your army - Break through barriers to reach the portal - Explore new worlds with every stage you conquer
Barcode Beasts
Transform your surroundings into a monster hunting ground by scanning product barcodes. Engage in turn-based battles, collect unique creatures, and level up your character to become the ultimate scanner.
- Scan any product barcode to summon creatures
- Turn-based monster battles
- Collect 84+ unique beasts
- Level up and customize character stats
- Unlockable attacks and combat loadouts
- Build and track your Bestiary
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WELCOME TO BARCODE BEASTS The world is surrounded by barcodes and beasts lie within. Transform your world into a monster hunting ground! Barcode Beasts turns every product barcode into a gateway to encounter wild creatures waiting to be challenged. SCAN ANYTHING Use your camera to scan barcodes on groceries, books, packages - anything! Each barcode summons a unique beast ready for battle. BATTLE AS A SCANNER Fight beasts you discover directly in turn based battles with your own skills. Master 18 unlockable attacks, manage your Battle Stamina wisely, and exploit enemy weaknesses to claim victory. DISCOVER 100 UNIQUE BEASTS AND RISING From the eerie Gravemite to the electrifying Voltgrub, discover and defeat a roster of mysterious creatures with distinct abilities and personalities. Build your Bestiary and track your stats against every beast you encounter! LEVEL UP & GET STRONGER Earn XP from every battle. Increase your stats, unlock powerful new attacks, customize your combat loadout and items to give you the upper hand. Become the best and most powerful scanner. TEST YOUR SKILLS Take on challenging dungeons and defeat 5 rooms of increasingly tougher beasts. ARE YOU READY? BECOME A SCANNNER TODAY! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Barcode Beasts at 98% against Champion's Journey's 16%. Barcode Beasts also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Champion's Journey's advantage is ratings volume (481 vs 19). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Champion's Journey sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Barcode Beasts sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Barcode Beasts holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Champion's Journey has 481 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of Champion's Journey's written reviews are positive against 98% of Barcode Beasts's.
Champion's Journey ships an update fortnightly, Barcode Beasts every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Champion's Journey | Barcode Beasts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (481 ratings) | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.0% of reviews | 98.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 481 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 355 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Rollic Games | MATTHEW LAWRIE LAFFERTY |
Customer experience
Champion's Journey
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In-app purchases
Champion's Journey
- Region 1 Pack$0.99
- Region 2 Pack$1.99
- Energy Pack Small$1.99
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- Region 3 Pack$3.99
- Energy Pack Medium$4.99
- Prestige Card$5.99
- No Ads$6.99
- Raid Card$6.99
- Raid Fund 1$7.99
- Raid Fund$7.99
- Energy Card$8.99
- Blessing Card$8.99
- Energy Pack Large$15.99
Barcode Beasts
- 100 coins$0.99
- 500 coins$3.99
- 1500 coins$9.99
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- Booster pack$19.99
Questions
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