Flashback vs QR Barcode Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flashback
Experience your schedule like never before with a unique sci-fi film aesthetic. This calendar app offers intuitive controls for easy event management. Designed for users seeking a visually distinct and functional planning tool.
- Sci-fi film design aesthetic
- Intuitive event addition
- Easy event editing
- iOS 9+ compatibility
- iPhone 5+ compatibility
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The app offers you an unprecedented experience, just like in a movie. Flashback is a calendar app with a design that can be seen in a SCi-Fi Film scene. Intuitive controls make it easy to add or edit events. This app requires iOS 9 or later, and iPhone 5 or later. Please view this page to learn how to use this app. http://flashback-calendar.com/usage
QR Barcode Scanner
Effortlessly scan and generate QR codes and barcodes for various online services and personal use. Organize your codes into collections, create custom codes for Wi-Fi or VCards, and manage your scan history across devices. Includes a business scanner mode for inventory management.
- Scan QR codes and barcodes
- Generate QR codes for URLs, Wi-Fi, VCards
- Organize codes into collections
- Business scanner mode for inventory
- Unlimited scan history with iCloud sync
- Camera and photo library scanning
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Discover the world around you with Scanful, the ultimate QR code scanner and generator app. Effortlessly scan any QR code or barcode to access detailed information from popular online services like Amazon, eBay, and Google—all for free! Easily create and share QR codes for URLs, WiFi connections, events, VCards, and more. Manage complex inventory with the business scanner mode and additional features. With Scanful, you can: - Widget: Easily view your QR codes with the convenient widget feature. - Collections: Organize and manage your saved QR codes into collections. - Camera and Photo Scan: Detect and scan QR codes using your device's camera or photo library. - Visualized Code Renderer: Display and interact with your saved QR codes in a visually engaging way. - Scan, create, share, and manage your own QR codes with advanced native scanning technology for fast results. Supported formats include QR code, EAN 13, EAN 8, UPC-A, UPC-E, - - Code 128, Data Matrix, PDF417, Aztec, Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 39, Code 93, Codabar, DataBar, and more. - Obtain specific information by adding custom websites to the barcode search, such as your preferred shopping sites. - Manage unlimited scan history, synchronized via iCloud across all your devices. - Utilize Scanful for product inventory and quality assurance in your small business. - Share content directly from apps as QR codes, such as generating a QR code from Safari to share a website URL. - Display your favorite QR codes, such as your personal WiFi hotspot or VCard. And much more! For more information, visit https://indiegoodies.com/scanful Terms of use https://indiegoodies.com/authenticator/scanful Privacy policy https://indiegoodies.com/authenticator/scanful
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flashback at none against QR Barcode Scanner's 3. Flashback also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). QR Barcode Scanner's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (30 vs 7). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. QR Barcode Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Flashback asks for nothing beyond the download.
QR Barcode Scanner holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 30 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of Flashback's written reviews are positive against 67% of QR Barcode Scanner's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Flashback ships an update every 2 months, QR Barcode Scanner every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashback | QR Barcode Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OCTUDIO | Khuong Pham |
Customer experience
Flashback
QR Barcode Scanner
In-app purchases
Flashback
No in-app purchases
QR Barcode Scanner
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Yearly$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$14.99
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