Comparison

Taskcend vs Barcoder

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

Head to head
About

Taskcend

Organize your day with tasks, projects, and notes in a streamlined workspace. Track progress, set reminders, and utilize a focus timer. Optional Pro features include unlimited projects, time blocking, and AI assistance.

Highlights
  • Unlimited tasks and subtasks
  • Organize with projects
  • Notebook for notes and search
  • Focus timer
  • Widgets for quick access
  • Growth levels and milestones
  • Time blocking and capacity planning (Pro)
Features
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Turn a busy day into a clear next step. Taskcend brings tasks, projects and notes together on iPhone and iPad, with a compact workspace that keeps the details close. Start with the everyday essentials, free • Create unlimited tasks and nested subtasks. • Keep track of dates, reminders and recurring tasks in Inbox, Today and Upcoming. • Organize work with up to 3 active projects, each with its own color and icon. • Write in Notebook, search your text and use a focus timer. • See completion history and overall XP, and keep tasks nearby with widgets. • Growth levels and milestones across 8 life areas and 9 Work specialties, based on completed tasks. • Sync with your Taskcend account, back up your work and export your data. Make more room with Taskcend Pro An optional annual subscription adds: • Unlimited projects. • Time blocks and capacity planning to make a day that fits. • Guided daily and weekly reviews. • Optional AI suggestions beside your tasks, one useful suggestion at a time. • AI reviews and Growth reflections, search by meaning and voice-to-text drafts. AI and voice, with clear limits Pro includes 100 AI requests and 15 minutes of voice transcription per UTC calendar month, shared across devices. Automatic task suggestions use the same AI allowance. Unused allowance does not carry forward. These connected features need internet access. You choose whether to enable AI and which suggestions to apply. One Pro subscription works in the Taskcend iPhone, iPad and Mac apps when you sign in to the same Taskcend account. Your regional price is shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The annual subscription renews automatically until canceled; manage or cancel it in Apple Account subscription settings. If Pro expires, your saved work remains readable and exportable. Already bought Taskcend for Mac? Customers with a verified original purchase of the paid Mac app before version 2.0 keep the features included with that purchase without another subscription, including the monthly AI and voice allowances described above. Connect to verify your purchase and enable connected features. Privacy: https://www.taskcend.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Barcoder

Features
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Barcoder turns your iPhone into a fast, careful barcode and QR code scanner for retail, stock and deliveries. Scan one code after another, lock onto just the codes you need, keep log, count, checklist and find lists, catch invalid EAN/UPC codes as you scan, and export everything to CSV or TXT. It all works on your iPhone alone — no account, no sign-in. Scan One Code After Another • Continuous scanning adds each code as it's seen — or tap to capture on crowded shelves • Several codes in view? Take the one nearest the centre or all, in reading order • A red aim line reads only the 1D barcode it crosses • Four frame sizes up to full screen; codes outside it are never read • Reads EAN-13/8, UPC-A/E, Code 128, 39 and 93, ITF-14, Interleaved 2 of 5, Codabar, QR, Data Matrix, PDF417, Aztec, GS1 DataBar and more • Zoom, torch, tap to focus; pick codes from a photo or type them • A crisp scanner beep or softer sound, haptics and VoiceOver announcements Code Lock: Only the Codes You Want • Learn a lock from a scanned sample or the padlock on the last scan, or set its type, characters, length and start by hand • Then only matching codes are accepted; others on a busy label are ignored • Free; switch saved locks on the scanner Lists for Every Job • Log lists: one row per scan, with time and an optional note • Count lists: scanning a code again adds to its quantity • Checklists: paste the codes you expect or import a CSV or TXT file (Barcoder Pro), then scan: found, missing, over or not on the list • Find lists: paste or type the codes to find, each with a note like a model or size, or take them from another list, or from a file (Barcoder Pro). Other codes are ignored; the card shows the note, "Found 23 of 50" and the same-note count. Copy Missing copies the rest • Duplicate warnings, search, filters, sorting, edits and archiving Catch Mistakes as You Scan • Accept only EAN/UPC codes with a correct check digit, numbers only or your own pattern (Barcoder Pro), within a minimum and maximum length • Codes that fail are rejected with a reason and never reach your list Export and Share • Export any list as CSV or TXT with your choice of columns; CSV opens cleanly in spreadsheets • Share via AirDrop, Mail, Files and more, copy all codes, or export all as one CSV file Type into Your Computer — Optional Get the free Barcoder for Mac (macOS 14 or later) or the free Barcoder for Windows (Windows 10 22H2 or Windows 11) at www.thearktech.com/barcoder and pair once with a QR code. Then every scan is typed into the app in use on your computer, such as a spreadsheet or order system, followed by Enter, Tab or nothing. • Count lists and checklists send each code with its quantity at the end • With your computer out of reach, scans wait on your iPhone and are typed once when you reconnect • Safety: no typing into password fields it detects, terminal apps blocked by default, a cancellable countdown before batches, a pause shortcut • Works with Chinese input methods (Barcoder pastes the text) Barcoder Pro (in-app purchase) Scanning, lists, checking and export on your iPhone are free and unlimited; typing up to 50 codes a day into one computer is free too. Barcoder Pro is available for 6 months, 1 year or lifetime, each a one-time purchase that never renews automatically. It adds: • Unlimited typing into your computer • More than one paired computer • Checklist and find list import from CSV or TXT files • Custom accept patterns Bought it already? Settings › Barcoder Pro › Restore Purchases. Private and Secure • No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking; your lists stay on your iPhone • Scans go straight to your computer over your local network, end-to-end encrypted — no servers in between, nothing sent to us • A new iPhone connects only after you type the 6-digit code it shows into your computer; turn it off or remove it at any time Barcoder requires iOS 17 or later. Questions or ideas? Email info@thearktech.com

Screenshots

Taskcend4 screens
Barcoder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Barcoder at every 4 days against Taskcend's every 10 days. 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. Taskcend sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per year and Barcoder sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Taskcend ships an update every 10 days, Barcoder every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Taskcend versus Barcoder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaskcendBarcoder
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.417.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnton IhnatenkoThe Ark Technology Limited

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Taskcend

Subscriptions1
  • Taskcend Pro Annual$24.991 Year
3 purchases

Barcoder

One-time3
  • Barcoder Pro 6 Months$5.99
  • Barcoder Pro 1 Year$9.99
  • Barcoder Pro$19.99

Questions

Is Taskcend free?
Taskcend is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Barcoder free?
Barcoder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Taskcend or Barcoder have ads?
Neither Taskcend nor Barcoder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Taskcend or Barcoder?
Taskcend ships an update every 10 days, and Barcoder every 4 days. Most recently, Taskcend was updated on November 10, 2026 and Barcoder on November 10, 2026.

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