Comparison

Dark Surf vs Tap to Scan Barcode Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Dark Surf

Enhance your browsing experience with a customizable dark theme for Safari. Adjust shade, contrast, saturation, and image settings. Schedule dark mode or set it per-site.

Highlights
  • Customizable dark theme
  • Adjustable shade and contrast
  • Saturation and image handling
  • Scheduling for dark mode
  • Per-site theme controls
  • Preset themes (Midnight, Warm, AMOLED, Gray)
Features
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Dark Surf gives Safari a thoughtful dark mode for every website. Instead of painting over pages, Dark Surf reads each site’s own design and rebuilds it in the dark. Backgrounds and cards turn deep and calm, text stays crisp, and the colors that carry meaning, like buttons, links, warnings and highlights, keep their character. Photos stay natural. SMART BY DEFAULT • Leaves websites that already have a dark design alone • Keeps dark logos, icons and formulas visible • Keeps text on top of photos readable • Handles modern websites built with CSS variables, Tailwind, Bootstrap and web components MAKE IT YOURS • Six themes: Midnight, Ocean, Dim, Warm, Graphite and true-black AMOLED • Build your own palette from any colors • Fine-tune brightness and contrast, and choose how images look • See every change instantly in a live preview that runs Safari’s own Dark Surf engine YOUR RULES • Switch any website between Dark, Invert and Off right from Safari • Keep lists of websites that are always dark, inverted or never themed • Follow a schedule or your device’s Dark Mode, or pause for an hour PRIVATE BY DESIGN Pages are recolored on your device. Dark Surf has no account, no analytics, no ads and no tracking, and never sends the pages you visit to anyone. Dark Surf is a Safari extension. After installing, turn it on in Settings › Apps › Safari › Extensions. The app shows you how.

About

Tap to Scan Barcode Scanner

Features
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Tap to Scan with a shortcut to a barcode scanner right in your Dynamic Island and Lock Screen. Scanned barcodes are automatically copied to the clipboard so that you can return to your previous app and paste quickly. Alternatively, you can also Tap to Scan with a dedicated keyboard.

Screenshots

Dark Surf4 screens
Tap to Scan Barcode Scanner3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Dark Surf at 17.0 against Tap to Scan Barcode Scanner's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Dark Surf versus Tap to Scan Barcode Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDark SurfTap to Scan Barcode Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVali MikayilovJustin Xin

In-app purchases

None

Dark Surf

No in-app purchases

None

Tap to Scan Barcode Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dark Surf free?
Dark Surf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tap to Scan Barcode Scanner free?
Tap to Scan Barcode Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dark Surf or Tap to Scan Barcode Scanner have ads?
Neither Dark Surf nor Tap to Scan Barcode Scanner shows ads.

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