Barcode Knight vs Loco Looper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barcode Knight
Embark on an epic adventure by scanning barcodes to enter dungeons and battle monsters. Grow your town, forge powerful items, and customize your hero to become a legendary warrior in a world threatened by evil.
- Scan barcodes to enter dungeons
- Grow and develop your town
- Forge and enchant powerful items
- Customize hero with avatar system
- Fight alongside mercenaries
- Hourly quests and daily dungeons
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The sequel to Barcode Kingdom has finally launched! Teleport to a dungeon by offering a barcode up as a sacrifice to a barcode portal! Let's be a legendary hero of the world! 'Barcodia', the world is made from magic powers, was peaceful and beautiful, but the power of evil hit the world, the land became empty and useless and started infesting with monsters. Barcodians who livelihoods are under threat was decided to hunt monsters for a living. And then one day, they found a portal to a dungeon and built a town around the portal. 'The Barcode town' is one of the town made this way. Could the knight be the a legendary hero of the world in this town? Now it's time to scan a barcode! * FEATURE * 60 different types of monsters The growing town with the Knight Powerful enchanted items Avatar system : Possible to create half a million different hero styles Mercenary system : Fight with a mercenary against monsters Forge system : Upgrade and enchant your items at the Forges Quest system : Provides a quest every hour The Random dungeon : Available to use without a barcode The Gate Of The Other World : The direct gate to the monsters' base The Daily dungeon : Find out The Daily dungeon and Get a huge bonus every day
Loco Looper
Engage your mind with a unique 3D train puzzle game. Connect track pieces to create perfect paths through charming, handcrafted dioramas. Enjoy cerebral fun with increasingly challenging levels.
- 3D train track puzzles
- Handcrafted diorama levels
- Challenging brain teasers
- Unique pen & ink art style
- Natural 3D effect
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Trains. Fluffy Clouds. Planets. Stars. Even a seagull. Cute, tricky cerebral fun. Get on the brain train with this original puzzle game! Make a perfect track using all the pieces. The harder the level, the more ways to solve. Handcrafted levels, each a pen & ink style love letter to mini dioramas and trains. A neat 3D effect makes the game naturally POP when holding your device (no face tracking required). Loco Looper is designed and written for iPhone & iPad using Swift and Metal. Move fast and make nice things!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Loco Looper at none against Barcode Knight's 4. Loco Looper also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 61%) and ratings volume (110 vs 26). Barcode Knight's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On 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
Barcode Knight costs $0.99 and Loco Looper $4.99 up front. Barcode Knight sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Loco Looper asks for nothing beyond the download.
Barcode Knight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 110 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of Barcode Knight's written reviews are positive against 88% of Loco Looper's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barcode Knight | Loco Looper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (26 ratings) — better | 4.7 (110 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.3% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 110 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magic Cube | James Vanas |
Customer experience
Barcode Knight
Loco Looper
User reviews
Barcode Knight
From 26 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and engaging game
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 💡 Unique barcode scanning mechanic
- 🎨 Cute and colorful graphics
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🕹️ Repetitive and limited gameplay
- 💰 Questionable in-app purchase model
Loco Looper
From 110 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Beautiful and charming art style
- 💡 Clever and engaging puzzle gameplay
- 👍 Intuitive and simple controls
- 💯 Rewarding and challenging levels
- ✨ Unique pseudo-AR effect
Room to improve
- 🤔 Controls can take time to get used to
- ❓ Difficulty spikes can be frustrating
- 🚂 Train graphics slightly clunky compared to others
Bugs and requests
Barcode Knight
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezing or crashing on launch
- Inability to progress past certain levels
- Glitches with in-app purchases
- Compatibility issues on newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- More enemy and dungeon variety
- Improved character customization options
- Multiplayer and social features
- Better optimization and stability
Loco Looper
Reported bugs
4 issues- 🐛 Game hangs or crashes frequently on older iOS versions
- 🐛 Game resets progress upon opening
- 🐛 Game freezes in the first level
- 🐛 Saved levels not being recognized
Requested features
3 requests- Hint or pass option for difficult levels
- More levels in the future
- Sequel to the game
In-app purchases
Barcode Knight
- 5 AP potions$0.99
- 50 AP potions$4.99
- 150 AP potions$9.99
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- 500 AP potions$19.99
Loco Looper
No in-app purchases
Questions
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