Barcode Knight vs Beam On
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
Beam On
Embark on an adventure with a bearded dragon and his jetpack to retrieve a mystical guitar. Navigate a dynamic forest, avoid obstacles, and complete challenges. Choose from multiple difficulty modes to test your skills and achieve the highest score.
- Tap to fly, hold to hover
- Avoid obstacles like trees and Slugzz
- Collect outfits for the character
- 4 difficulty modes
- High score tracking
- Time tracking per difficulty
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Join Twig, a bearded dragon and his homemade jetpack, on his epic adventure to reclaim Unicus, the mystical star guitar that calls to him. Navigate the ever-changing forest, avoiding obstacles like cat-eye fly swarms and glowing Slugzz. Will Twig catch his elusive guitar and shred the ultimate solo, securing his place in the Star Forest band? That’s up to you! Get ready to Beam On and take Twig’s quest to a whole new level! Game Features - Tap to keep Twig in the air, hold to hover for a limited time and get through challenging obstacles! - Avoid trees, towers, clouds, and Star Slugzz as you fly through different regions of Star Forest! - Complete challenges and collect different outfits for Twig! - Test your abilities in 4 difficulty modes! - Hone your skills and get the highest score you can! - Track your high scores and time for each difficulty mode and show off to your friends and family!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Beam On at Free against Barcode Knight's $0.99. Beam On also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 61%) and update cadence (daily vs monthly). Barcode Knight's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Beam On is free to download; Barcode Knight costs $0.99 up front. Barcode Knight sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Beam On sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Barcode Knight against 4.9 for Beam On. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 16 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Barcode Knight's written reviews are positive against 92% of Beam On's.
Barcode Knight ships an update monthly, Beam On daily. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barcode Knight | Beam On |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (26 ratings) — better | 4.9 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.3% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 156 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Magic Cube | Silver Comet Productions, LLC |
Customer experience
Barcode Knight
Beam On
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
Beam On
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Beam On
- Star Guitar Skin$0.99
- Keytar Skin$0.99
- Bass Skin$0.99
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- Disable Ads$2.99
