Partytime vs Barcode Beasts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Partytime
Connect with friends to play games and chat simultaneously. Watch friends play, join their games, and take turns playing together. Enjoy new games daily and engage in voice chat during gameplay.
- Join friends' games
- Spectate gameplay
- Take turns playing
- Daily new games
- Voice chat during games
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Turn your photo into your avatar, build your dream 3D world, and have your friends over.
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
Partytime and Barcode Beasts both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 98% of Barcode Beasts's written reviews are positive against 57% of Partytime's. Barcode Beasts also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Partytime's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (171 vs 19). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Barcode Beasts sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Partytime asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Partytime against 4.8 for Barcode Beasts. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Partytime has 171 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Partytime's written reviews are positive against 98% of Barcode Beasts's.
Partytime ships an update weekly, Barcode Beasts every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Partytime | Barcode Beasts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (171 ratings) | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.5% of reviews | 98.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 171 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Super Jampad Inc. | MATTHEW LAWRIE LAFFERTY |
Customer experience
Partytime
Barcode Beasts
In-app purchases
Partytime
No in-app purchases
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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