Product Origin vs Japan Barcode Translator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Product Origin
Scan product barcodes to instantly discover their country of origin. Access a comprehensive list of barcode prefixes by country and view your scanning history. It also provides book information when scanning ISBN codes.
- Scan product barcodes
- Find country of origin
- Browse barcode prefixes
- Scan ISBN codes
- View scan history
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Discover where products come from in seconds. Just scan any barcode with your device’s camera to see the country where it’s registered. Features: - Instantly find the country of origin from a product’s barcode - Browse the full list of barcode prefixes by country - Scan ISBN codes to get useful book information - View and manage your history of scanned barcodes
Japan Barcode Translator
Easily understand Japanese products while shopping. Simply scan a product's barcode to instantly translate its information into your smartphone's native language.
- Barcode scanning
- Automatic translation
- Supports smartphone language
- Shopping assistant
- Product information
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Have you ever been frustrated when shopping in Japan because you don't know Japanese? Japanese shopping assistant, Japanese barcode translator~ Just scan the barcode and it will be translated into the language of your smartphone device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Product Origin at none against Japan Barcode Translator's 1. Product Origin also leads on price ($0.99 vs $2.99). Japan Barcode Translator's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 15 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Product Origin costs $0.99 and Japan Barcode Translator $2.99 up front. Japan Barcode Translator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Product Origin asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Product Origin against 1.0 for Japan Barcode Translator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Product Origin ships an update every 15 months, Japan Barcode Translator every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and June 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Product Origin | Japan Barcode Translator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MindIT | TERA |
Customer experience
Product Origin
Japan Barcode Translator
In-app purchases
Product Origin
No in-app purchases
Japan Barcode Translator
- Remove Ads Banner$1.99
Questions
Is Product Origin free?
Is Japan Barcode Translator free?
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