Comparison

BarMaker vs Livly Hub

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

Head to head
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

About

Livly Hub

A unified platform for property managers to organize resident information and facilitate team communication. Centralize data on leases, resident profiles, and building policies for efficient operations and improved resident experiences.

Highlights
  • Centralized resident data
  • Policy and lease status review
  • Team chat and coordination
  • Persistent communication records
  • Resident profile management
Features
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A centralized platform for collaborating and organizing with building staff The unified digital hub for property managers. Your portal for important resident information and modern communication tool for teams, buildings, and portfolios: The Livly Hub is a data center to review policies, lease status, and resident profiles. No more chasing down resident information from multiple systems: one platform for all the key details on resident move in, life in the building, renewals, and more. The Livly Hub is also your place for chat. Coordinate with your team behind the scenes so that residents get the best experience possible. Maintain a persistent record of communication to easily refer without having to click through multiple emails, text messages and written notes.

Screenshots

BarMaker4 screens
Livly Hub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Livly Hub at Free against BarMaker's $0.99. Livly Hub also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 14%) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). BarMaker's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Livly Hub is free to download; BarMaker costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BarMaker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Livly Hub has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of BarMaker's written reviews are positive against 50% of Livly Hub's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BarMaker ships an update every 6 days, Livly Hub fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
BarMaker versus Livly Hub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarMakerLivly Hub
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings113 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.3 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB175 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developer垚 沈Livly Inc

Customer experience

BarMaker

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

Livly Hub

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

BarMaker

No in-app purchases

None

Livly Hub

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BarMaker free?
BarMaker costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Livly Hub free?
Livly Hub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BarMaker or Livly Hub?
BarMaker is rated higher. BarMaker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Livly Hub averages 4.7 from 13 ratings.
Do BarMaker or Livly Hub have ads?
Neither BarMaker nor Livly Hub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BarMaker or Livly Hub?
BarMaker ships an update every 6 days, and Livly Hub fortnightly. Most recently, BarMaker was updated on November 1, 2026 and Livly Hub on November 3, 2026.

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