QR Code & Barcode-Fast Scanner
By FLOOMIX
QR Code & Barcode-Fast Scanner is an Android utility for scanning and generating QR and barcode formats, including integrated retail price lookups.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
The app removes the friction of manual price checking for shoppers by automating UPC lookups across major online retailers.
For General consumers seeking shopping price comparisons and business users requiring batch code generation.
What does it look like?
Key features
Scans product barcodes to fetch pricing from Amazon, Walmart, and eBay, boosting session frequency during shopping tasks.
Generates multiple codes for export to CSV or TXT, providing a B2B-style distribution barrier for business users.
Saves scanned data locally, maintaining a personal database that increases app utility over time.
How much does it cost?
The freemium model relies on ad-supported free usage with IAP-based monetization, though users report difficulty with subscription transparency.
Velocity
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The app currently operates on a maintenance cadence, having shipped only one release in the observed window. With the latest release occurring 62 days ago, development activity remains minimal. There is no evidence of active feature development or live operations, as the release history lacks descriptive notes or recurring content updates. The current trajectory suggests a focus on stability rather than active product expansion.
Who built it?
FLOOMIX
6 apps tracked · Tools
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Review voice lately leans excited. Users appreciate responsive customer support staff guide users through the entire process with patience and clarity and fast processing times for service requests allow users to complete tasks without unnecessary delays, but report automatic subscription charges occur without clear user consent or easy options to cancel recurring payments.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Weekly average review rating
What users say, by theme
- Responsive customer support staff guide users through the entire process with patience and clarity
- Fast processing times for service requests allow users to complete tasks without unnecessary delays
- Automatic subscription charges occur without clear user consent or easy options to cancel recurring payments
50 of 50 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Excited overall
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Competitive landscape for QR Code & Barcode-Fast Scanner
How's the Tools market?
QR Code & Barcode-Fast Scanner maintains a 4.51 rating across 29,183 total platform ratings, positioning it as a high-satisfaction utility despite a lack of recent feature updates. Its grossing rank in the Tools category across multiple international markets suggests a stable, albeit non-dominant, monetization footprint.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Access Service,s
Both apps target users requiring QR and barcode scanning, but the rival attempts to capture the device home screen to reduce the time between user intent and scan initiation.
- HomeApp integrates scanning directly into the device home screen, whereas this app requires manual launching.
- This app provides retail UPC price lookup, a feature absent from the HomeApp description.
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Key takeaways for QR Code & Barcode-Fast Scanner
Where is it heading?
The utility scanner market is consolidating around apps that offer either ad-free experiences or specialized document-scanning features. QR Code & Barcode-Fast Scanner remains exposed due to its reliance on aggressive ad-supported monetization and a lack of recent feature investment, which will likely lead to a gradual decline in user sentiment if billing transparency is not addressed.
- The 62-day update gap suggests a maintenance posture, which leaves the app vulnerable to rivals with more active live-ops cycles.
- Persistent complaints about unauthorized subscription charges create a trust deficit that will likely depress long-term retention rates.
The SWOT
- Integrated UPC lookup across major retailers
- Batch generation utility for business users
- Simplify cancellation paths to improve sentiment
- Introduce ad-free tier to compete with offline rivals
Next best moves
Audit subscription cancellation flow because users report difficulty finding unsubscribe mechanisms → reduce churn
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's maintenance-mode status is a hidden advantage: by avoiding feature bloat…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Offline-first operation (available in QR Code Scanner - without ads but missing here) +1
Since the last report: Development activity remains stagnant with no changes to the feature set, pricing model, or competitive positioning observed since the previous report.
Bottom line
QR Code & Barcode-Fast Scanner rests on its integrated retail lookup utility, but opaque billing and ad density are eroding the user base. Simplifying the cancellation flow would address the primary churn driver, protecting the app's position against ad-free competitors.
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Is QR Code & Barcode-Fast Scanner free to use?
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Sources
- [1] Play Store Listing
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