CLUSTER CODES-BARCODES-SCANS-3 · 30 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2017-04-17
QR and barcode scanner apps
This cluster consists of mobile apps for scanning and generating QR codes and barcodes, commonly featuring batch scanning, sharing, and customization, with some adding inventory management or business workflows. The dated history shows entries appearing intermittently from January 2017 through March 2026, with most months having a single new product and a few months (January 2020 and January 2024) having two. The traction leaders are Smart QR Code Barcode Reader, signatum, and QR Code Reader: Scan QR app, each with 0 stars, indicating the highest relative activity signal though no actual star count.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 1 hand-coded · 9 unlabelled
Operator · 1 hobby · 6 commercial · 3 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 10 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 21Better Barcodes: Batch Scanner0★6 mostalelivecommercialMobile app that scans barcodes in batches, creates barcodes in multiple formats, and exports scanned data for inventory or spreadsheet use.
- 22omnidevScanner0★6 mostalelivehobbyQR and barcode scanner app with offline sync, Google sign-in, and analytics on scanning trends.
- 23BradyScan0★8 mostalelivecommercialIndustrial mobile app that scans many barcode types, generates standard barcodes, and prints directly to compatible label printers.
- 24QR & Barcode Scanner: CodeScan0★10 mostaleliveMobile app that scans and generates QR codes and barcodes, with batch scanning, organization, and sharing capabilities.
- 25Scan QR Code & Generator0★10 mostaleliveiPhone app that scans QR codes and barcodes instantly and lets users create and customize QR codes for social media and other content.
- 26Barcode Reader-easyread0★10 mostaleliveMobile app that scans barcodes and QR codes in bulk from the camera or photo library, and shares the results for inventory tracking.
- 27QR, Barcode Scanner for iPhone0★1 yrabandonedlivecommercialiOS app that scans QR codes and barcodes automatically, creates shareable QR codes, and supports batch scanning and 2FA.
- 28Lighting Scanner: Scan QR Code0★2 yrabandonedlivecommercialiOS app for scanning QR codes and barcodes, generating customized codes, and supporting various code types with social sharing.
- 29Barcode Scanner & QR code read0★3 yrabandonedlivecommercialMobile app that scans and manages barcodes and QR codes, organizes them into projects, supports cloud backup, team collaboration, and Excel export.
- 30BarcodeTable - Barcode Scanner0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialBarcode scanning app for batch scanning, cloud backup, team collaboration with permissions, and exporting data to Excel files.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.