Comparison

QR vs Boogie Mail

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

Head to head
About

QR

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QR-log Bridge transfers files between screens and Apple devices through animated QR streams. It is designed for situations where no shared network, cloud service, cable, AirDrop, or removable storage is available. Receive a QR stream live with the camera or reconstruct a transfer from a recorded video. Choose a file or photo on your iPhone or iPad and present it as a fullscreen QR stream for another compatible receiver. ## Receive Files - Scan animated 1x1 and 2x2 QR streams. - Reconstruct missing data using recovery information embedded in compatible streams. - Decode recorded QR streams from Photos, Files, or locally captured videos. - Automatically record and process compatible high-speed streams. - Use longer automatic recording windows for compatible V9 streams, up to two minutes. - Verify completed payloads and restore their original filenames. - Monitor transfer progress and live capture quality. ## Send Files - Choose one local file or photo. - Generate V6 or high-throughput V9 streams directly on the device. - Adjust V9 recovery overhead from 10% to 50%. - Select stream timing from 20 to 60 FPS or use the 50 ms, 30 FPS, and 60 FPS presets. - Present the generated stream in fullscreen without creating an intermediate upload or cloud copy. ## Local By Design Encoding, camera analysis, reconstruction, and integrity verification run locally. No account or external server is required. Received files and captured videos remain in the app's local storage until you share or delete them. QR-log Bridge is intended for technical file transfer. Successful performance depends on the display, camera, lighting, distance, selected stream speed, and payload size.

About

Boogie Mail

A native mail, calendar, and contacts client utilizing the modern JMAP protocol. It offers robust features like undo send, scheduled sending, server-side filters, and real-time sync across Apple devices. Enjoy a privacy-focused experience with no telemetry or analytics.

Highlights
  • JMAP protocol support
  • Undo Send and scheduled send
  • Server-side Sieve filters
  • Real-time sync
  • Multi-account management
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Privacy-focused, no telemetry
Features
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Boogie is a native mail, calendar and contacts client built on JMAP, the modern protocol that replaces IMAP. No IMAP fallback, no webmail wrapper. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. Works with Stalwart, Fastmail, or any server that speaks RFC 8620 / RFC 8621 JMAP. MAIL • One-step sign-in through your provider's secure web login. Fastmail OAuth covers mail, contacts and calendars in a single grant • Choose which folders notify you. Inbox only by default; Junk and Archive stay silent until you say so • Undo Send, scheduled send, templates, HTML signatures, font picker, multi-message forward, Send Again • Fail-safe sending: if an account can't send, your draft is kept and you're told why • Server-side Sieve filters and vacation auto-reply • Multi-account with auto-discovery and clear health badges; account removal says exactly what it will do • Spotlight indexing and 41 languages, including right-to-left CALENDAR & CONTACTS • Day, week and month views that update live as invitations arrive • Accept or decline invitations from the email; organizers get exactly one reply. Canceled events offer Remove from Calendar • Contacts across all your accounts, with contact groups you create, name and delete • Apple Contacts are read locally for recipient autocomplete and never uploaded APPLE WATCH • Sign in with a short code shown on the Watch and entered on your iPhone or Mac • Read, reply to and triage mail from your wrist MAC & IPAD • Full keyboard control on iPad: ⌘N, ⌘F, ⌘A and the rest work as they do on the Mac • A native Mac app that prints cleanly and never keeps your machine awake PRIVACY & PUSH • No telemetry, no analytics, no third-party SDKs. Your mail lives on your own server, never ours • Real-time sync while the app is open • Boogie Push, an optional add-on: new mail arrives on iPhone and iPad even when Boogie is closed. Alerts show sender and subject; the message content is never sent to us. First month free, then a separate subscription. Mac notifications while running are included TRIAL AND PRICING 14-day full-feature trial. After the trial, Boogie locks until you subscribe. • Yearly: US$39.99 • Founding Lifetime: US$99, one payment, limited to the first 500 licenses • Boogie Push: US$2.49 a month or US$19.99 a year, first month free Boogie Push is sold separately and not included in Yearly or Lifetime. Privacy: Boogie is a transport between your device and the server you choose. We collect nothing. Support: support@boogie.digital Privacy: https://boogie.digital/privacy/ Terms: https://boogie.digital/terms/

Screenshots

QR2 screens
Boogie Mail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: QR at none against Boogie Mail's 4. Boogie Mail's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Boogie Mail sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. QR asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QR ships an update fortnightly, Boogie Mail every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
QR versus Boogie Mail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQRBoogie Mail
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoland EmrichKTP Digital PTY LTD

In-app purchases

None

QR

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Boogie Mail

Subscriptions3
  • Boogie Push Monthly1 Month trial$2.491 Month
  • Boogie Push Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year
  • Boogie Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Boogie Lifetime$99.00

Questions

Is QR free?
QR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boogie Mail free?
Boogie Mail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do QR or Boogie Mail have ads?
Neither QR nor Boogie Mail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QR or Boogie Mail?
QR ships an update fortnightly, and Boogie Mail every 2 weeks. Most recently, QR was updated on October 28, 2026 and Boogie Mail on November 9, 2026.

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