Barcode Knight vs ZEBROID
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
ZEBROID
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ZEBROID turns every product barcode (EAN-13 / UPC-A) into a deterministic, unique monster. Build a 5-card deck and battle. [Features] Barcode = Monster Every barcode becomes a unique monster. The same barcode always produces the same monster on any device, anywhere. 5-Card Auto-Battle Build a deck of 5 monsters and fight a random CPU opponent or a friend. Element matchups, species passives, and special effects decide the winner. QR Async Friend Battles Share your deck via QR. Your friend scans it and you can fight whenever. No servers, fully local async play. 8-Bit Retro Pixel Art PICO-8 16-color palette / 32×32 sprites / no rounded corners. Sprite snapshots persist across app updates, so your earliest scans keep their original look forever. Pokedex Every scan is recorded. List / grid view, sort by recent / rarity / total stats. Privacy First No network calls, no data collection, no tracking. Everything stays on your device. [Languages] Japanese / English / Korean [Supported Barcodes] EAN-13, UPC-A (12 digits auto-padded to 13). EAN-8 / UPC-E / QR are not used for monster generation. QR is only used for adding a friend's deck. Daily scan cap: 20 (resets at JST midnight).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ZEBROID at Free against Barcode Knight's $0.99. ZEBROID also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Barcode Knight's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.5). On 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
ZEBROID is free to download; Barcode Knight costs $0.99 up front. Barcode Knight sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. ZEBROID asks for nothing beyond the download.
Barcode Knight ships an update monthly, ZEBROID fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barcode Knight | ZEBROID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (26 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 61.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magic Cube | SKIMA ENGINEERING |
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
ZEBROID
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
ZEBROID
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Barcode Knight free?
Is ZEBROID free?
Do Barcode Knight or ZEBROID have ads?
Which is updated more often, Barcode Knight or ZEBROID?
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