Comparison

BarMaker vs Notify Alarm

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

Notify Alarm

This app transforms critical notifications into audible alarms. Set custom rules based on apps, keywords, or content to ensure important alerts, like security warnings or urgent messages, are never missed. It helps prioritize what truly matters, ensuring you get attention for vital information.

Highlights
  • Custom notification rules
  • Keyword and content matching
  • App-based notification filtering
  • Alarm-style reminders
  • Prioritize important alerts
  • Simple and focused configuration
Features
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Some notifications are too important to miss. Notify Alarm helps important notifications actually get your attention when it matters. Notifications can disappear in a moment, get buried among dozens of others, or simply go unnoticed. Notify Alarm lets you create rules based on apps, keywords, and notification content, then turn matching notifications into stronger alarm-style reminders. Use it for: • Smart home and security alerts • Find My notifications • Glucose monitoring warnings • Urgent work messages • Late-night messages from family • Important emails from specific senders or subjects • Long-awaited delivery or pickup notifications • Flight, train, or appointment reminders • School or childcare messages • Banking, payment, or account security alerts • On-call, server, or system monitoring alerts You don’t need every notification to be louder — only the ones that really matter. Notify Alarm is designed to be simple, focused, and easy to configure, so important notifications can do what notifications are supposed to do: get your attention.

Screenshots

BarMaker4 screens
Notify Alarm4 screens

Verdict

The call

BarMaker and Notify Alarm both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Notify Alarm's written reviews are positive against 14% of BarMaker's. Notify Alarm also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). BarMaker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Notify Alarm is free to download; BarMaker costs $0.99 up front. Notify Alarm sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BarMaker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BarMaker against 5.0 for Notify Alarm. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 14% of BarMaker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Notify Alarm's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BarMaker ships an update every 6 days, Notify Alarm every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
BarMaker versus Notify Alarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarMakerNotify Alarm
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.3 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB10 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developer垚 沈龙林 武

Customer experience

BarMaker

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

Notify Alarm

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BarMaker

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Notify Alarm

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is BarMaker free?
BarMaker costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notify Alarm free?
Notify Alarm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BarMaker or Notify Alarm?
BarMaker and Notify Alarm are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do BarMaker or Notify Alarm have ads?
Neither BarMaker nor Notify Alarm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BarMaker or Notify Alarm?
BarMaker ships an update every 6 days, and Notify Alarm every 3 days. Most recently, BarMaker was updated on November 1, 2026 and Notify Alarm on October 31, 2026.

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