QWedge vs Wave Wedge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QWedge
This utility app acts as a keyboard extension, enabling iOS applications to receive barcode data from compatible scanners. It seamlessly populates scanned information into active text fields, and can even send data to remote computers via RDP software.
- Barcode scanning integration
- Populates active text fields
- Supports Infinite Peripherals scanners
- Remote computer data transfer via RDP
- iOS keyboard extension
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QWedge is a keyboard extension from Infinite Peripherals that allows any iOS application to receive barcodes from Infinite Peripherals' scanners (including the Linea and Infinea product lines). Scanned barcodes will populate into the active text field. With the combination of RDP software, scanned barcodes can be also be populated into the active text field of the remote computer. Enjoy!
Wave Wedge
This app acts as a keyboard extension to scan RFID tags and barcodes directly into any text field. It streamlines data entry for inventory, asset tracking, and more, supporting various scanning devices.
- RFID scanning
- Barcode scanning
- Keyboard extension
- Data entry
- Inventory management
- Asset tracking
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Wave Wedge RFID and Barcode Keyboard Extension
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Wave Wedge at 5.0 against QWedge's 2.6. Wave Wedge also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). QWedge's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.1). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wave Wedge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QWedge has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
QWedge ships an update every 6 months, Wave Wedge every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QWedge | Wave Wedge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Infinite Peripherals | SimplyRFiD |
Customer experience
QWedge
Wave Wedge
In-app purchases
QWedge
No in-app purchases
Wave Wedge
No in-app purchases
