Comparison

Hotspot Info vs BarMaker

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

Head to head
About

Hotspot Info

Gain deep insights into your device's personal hotspot. View detailed information on sharing types, connected clients, network speeds, and technical parameters. Analyze Wi-Fi, USB, and Bluetooth sharing capabilities, along with comprehensive internet connectivity details.

Highlights
  • Detect network sharing types (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB)
  • View detailed communication type, speed, and mode
  • Analyze connected hotspot clients (IP, MAC address)
  • Access low-level interface information
  • Monitor interface traffic counters
  • Show Wi-Fi access point details (speed, frequencies)
  • Display Bluetooth protocols and standards
Features
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Everything you want to know about your PERSONAL HOTSPOT but were afraid to ask. Hotspot Info is a small and useful utility that lets you see detailed information about current Personal Hotspot sharing from sharing types to connected clients and more. Personal Hotspot lets you connect your computers and devices to the Internet using the cellular data connection on your device. You can share only a cellular data connection; you cannot share a Wi-Fi connection. PERSONAL HOTSPOT INFO • Detect current network sharing types. Support Wi-Fi access point, Bluetooth and USB sharing. • Detailed informations about communication type, speed, mode. • Analyze currently connected hotspot clients. Show IP and MAC address, PING capability, etc. • Low-level informations about the personal hotspot (bridge), W-Fi access point, Bluetooth and USB interface, technical parameters, flags. • Interface traffic counters: upload, download, errors, quality of service (QoS) categories. WI-FI ACCESS POINT INFORMATIONS • Show max. speed by Wi-Fi technologies. • Show Wi-Fi radio frequencies. • Show Wi-Fi radio interference informations. • Show Wi-Fi sharing options. USB SHARING INFORMATIONS • Show USB sharing options. BLUETOOTH SHARING INFORMATIONS • Show Bluetooth protocols and standards supported by your device: Classic, High Speed (HS), Low Energy (LE) or Bluetooth Smart. • Show Bluetooth tethering options: cellular internet connection sharing options via Bluetooth to other iOS devices. • Show supported Bluetooth power class, max. ranges. • Show device supported Bluetooth frequencies and channels with radio interference informations. INTERNET INFO • Show default gateways, IP addresses, networks. • Show DNS servers, search domain names, local MAC addresses, host name resolve. • Depth external address analysis: ISP name, autonomous system name, whois, ping, regional internet registry info. • Full offline MAC vendor database. REACH UI FEATURES • Info menu with feedback and privacy settings • Use the camera icon (upper-right corner) to create and print/send/share a screenshot from the entire page. • Pull down with your finger to refresh the informations. • Long press on a cell to copy/print/send/open as/share the cell value. • Shake your device to refresh the informations.

About

BarMaker

Easily create and scan QR codes and barcodes. Share scanned results to your Mac or PC browser, or transfer data like contacts and clipboard content. Customize your codes with colors, embedded images, and text.

Highlights
  • Create QR codes and barcodes
  • Scan QR codes and barcodes
  • Transfer contacts, location, clipboard
  • Push scan results to Mac/PC browser
  • Customize code color and embed images
  • Drag and drop support on iPad
Features
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BarMaker can help you to create/scan QR Code or Barcode images or transfer contacts, location, clipboard and so on. You can use it to create/scan QR Code or Barcode. You can also push the result into Mac/PC browser after scanning and visit the Scanning Result from PC/Mac's browser. You can custom your QR Code or Barcode (like change color or embed an image on QR Code or add your custom text). Also you can create qr code from Safari by pressing share button to share url. It also supports scanning for white barcodes on black background. It supports Drag&Drop on iPad. You can drag barcode image from the app to another app or drag a item from Favorites/History list to another app and it will auto make it to barcode image and insert to target App. You can also drop a barcode image to main UI to decode. BarMaker supports following formats: QR Code Code-39 Code-128 EAN-8 EAN-13 ITF UPC-A Codabar PDF 417 Aztec DataMatrix

Screenshots

Hotspot Info4 screens
BarMaker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BarMaker at every 6 days against Hotspot Info's every 2 months. BarMaker also leads on price ($0.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 13.0). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Hotspot Info costs $3.99 and BarMaker $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hotspot Info ships an update every 2 months, BarMaker every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hotspot Info versus BarMaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHotspot InfoBarMaker
Price$3.99$0.99 — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews14.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.09.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB17 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCsaba Iranyi垚 沈

Customer experience

Hotspot Info

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.5%

BarMaker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative82.9%

In-app purchases

None

Hotspot Info

No in-app purchases

None

BarMaker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hotspot Info free?
Hotspot Info costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BarMaker free?
BarMaker costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hotspot Info or BarMaker have ads?
Neither Hotspot Info nor BarMaker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hotspot Info or BarMaker?
Hotspot Info ships an update every 2 months, and BarMaker every 6 days. Most recently, Hotspot Info was updated on October 18, 2026 and BarMaker on October 16, 2026.

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