QR Creator vs Hear the Light

QR Creator Free helps you create, customize, scan, save, and share QR codes, barcodes, and NFC content with ease. Design branded QR codes with colors, gradients, logos, custom text, and flexible image placement. Generate codes for links, Wi-Fi, contacts, events, email, phone, SMS, social profiles, and more. Use the built-in scanner to read QR codes and common barcode formats such as Code 128, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, and Code 39. Open, customize, save, copy, or share the result instantly. Your recent QR codes and barcodes stay organized for quick access later. Read and write compatible NFC tags using NDEF. Read text, URLs, MIME records, and other supported NFC content, or write a URL or text to a writable tag. You can also turn readable NFC content into a QR code and keep NFC items in your local history. Highlights: Create custom QR codes Scan QR codes Create and scan barcodes Customize colors, gradients, logo, and text Save to your library and photos Share in one tap Built-in QR and barcode scanner Support for URL, Wi-Fi, contact, event, and social content Read and write compatible NFC tags Support for NDEF text and URL content Convert readable NFC content into QR codes NFC features require a compatible device and NDEF-capable tag. Make clean, branded codes and manage tag content in seconds.

Hear the Light turns light into sound, so you can "hear" where brightness is around you. It was designed from the ground up for people with vision loss. Point your device's back camera in any direction and listen to a tone that rises as the light gets stronger. This makes it easy to find a window, check whether a lamp is on, or tell if a device has an indicator light lit. What makes it stand out: It detects even very small device lights — such as the LED on a router, a TV on standby, or a charger. Of all the apps of this kind we have tested, it is the only one that reliably picks them up. For very faint lights, the room should be dark so they stand out from any other lighting. Extremely fast response: the tone changes instantly as you move the device, noticeably faster than other similar apps. Features: Vibration feedback with variable intensity, independent of sound: use sound, vibration, or both together. Ideal if you have trouble hearing. (Vibration requires an iPhone.) Colour recognition: hear the basic colour of a small light, for example red, green or blue. It is a helpful guide, with best results in a dark room, close to the light. Two sound modes: continuous tone or pulses. Three sensitivity levels, affecting both the sound and the vibration. Light intensity shown in lux (estimate), spoken aloud with a single tap. Built-in user guide. Fully accessible with VoiceOver. Two languages, Greek and English, adapting automatically to your device's language. Privacy first: It does not collect any personal data. No internet connection required. No advertising, no tracking. The camera is used only to measure light — it does not take or store photos. Note: the lux reading and the colour recognition are estimates based on the device's camera and may not always be exact.