Comparison

QReader vs Shahi

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

Head to head
About

QReader

Features
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QReader is a QR analysis toolkit designed for developers, banking professionals, testers, and anyone who needs to inspect and understand QR code data. Scan a QR code and instantly explore its encoded information in a clear, structured format. QReader is especially useful for analyzing EMV-based payment QR codes and validating QR payloads during development and testing. KEY FEATURES • Scan and decode QR codes quickly • Analyze standard QR code content • Parse EMV-formatted QR payloads • Inspect KHQR and Bakong-compatible QR structures • Analyze merchant and payment QR information • Display QR fields in a structured, readable format • Verify CRC values and payload integrity • Identify important EMV tags and values • Quickly copy and inspect raw QR payloads • Designed for developers, testers, and banking professionals QR ANALYSIS MADE SIMPLE Instead of manually reading long QR payload strings, QReader helps break the information into understandable fields, making debugging, testing, and QR integration easier. DEVELOPER-FOCUSED QReader can assist developers working with QR integrations by providing a convenient way to inspect QR payload structures and verify encoded information during development and testing. PRIVACY QReader is designed with privacy in mind. QR analysis is performed directly within the app and QReader does not initiate financial transactions. IMPORTANT QReader is an independent QR analysis utility. It is not a banking application, digital wallet, payment processor, or official application of any bank, payment network, or payment service provider. QReader does not initiate, authorize, or process financial transactions.

About

Shahi

Features
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Your coding agents shouldn't stop just because you left your desk. Shahi turns the AI coding agents running on your own computer into a conversation on your phone. Read what they're doing like a chat, answer their questions with one tap, and start new work from anywhere, while your computer keeps going. WHAT YOU CAN DO • See every agent at a glance: which ones are working, which are done, and which are waiting on you. • Answer permission prompts and questions in one tap. Before anything is pressed, the answer is checked against the agent's live screen. • Read conversations as clean messages, including tool activity, instead of a terminal squeezed onto a small screen. • Reply, attach photos and files, and keep the conversation going. • Start a new agent in any project, with the permission mode you choose. • Open the real terminal whenever you need it. • Preview files and PDFs from your computer. WORKS WITH YOUR SETUP Shahi connects to herdr, the open-source terminal workspace for coding agents, on your own Mac or Linux computer. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and the other agents herdr runs. Setup takes two commands and one QR scan. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • End-to-end encrypted. The relay that connects your phone to your computer can't read your conversations. • Prefer no third party at all? Connect over your own SSH instead. • Your code and conversations stay on your computer. There's no account to create. • Open source, under the MIT license. WHAT YOU NEED A Mac or Linux computer running herdr with the free Shahi plugin. Get started at getshahi.dev.

Screenshots

QReader4 screens
Shahi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Shahi at 16.4 against QReader's 26.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 4 level
QReader versus Shahi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQReaderShahi
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.516.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEm DiyaYasser Aldosari

In-app purchases

None

QReader

No in-app purchases

None

Shahi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QReader free?
QReader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shahi free?
Shahi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do QReader or Shahi have ads?
Neither QReader nor Shahi shows ads.

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