QR Code Scanner is a utility app for Android that provides offline QR and barcode scanning, price lookup, and code generation.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Tools
Sentiment
4.7
115k reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the app for immediate, low-friction access to product data and digital links, prioritizing offline reliability over complex features.
For General consumers and business users requiring a utility for scanning product barcodes, sharing contact information, or accessing digital learning materials.
What does it look like?
Key features
Camera-based scanning for various formats; drives high-frequency ad-impression inventory.
Local processing of codes; reduces friction in low-connectivity environments to maintain session continuity.
Barcode lookup for product pricing; directs users to shopping interfaces for potential affiliate monetization.
How much does it cost?
The app operates on an ad-supported model with no IAP or subscription tiers identified in the store metadata.
Velocity
Dormant developmentperformanceShow more...
The app has entered a zombie state, with no updates or feature releases in the last 247 days. The development cadence has effectively ceased, as the last available version was a minor update focused on performance. There is no evidence of active maintenance or ongoing support for the platform.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Recent user voice shows an excited sentiment. Users appreciate the qr code scanner provides immediate and reliable results for users across various product types and advanced functionality allows users to extract and connect to hidden wifi networks from scanned codes. On the flip side, users report the app occasionally fails to scan codes, leading to inconsistent performance during daily use.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Weekly average review rating
What users say, by theme
- The QR code scanner provides immediate and reliable results for users across various product types
- Advanced functionality allows users to extract and connect to hidden WiFi networks from scanned codes
- Users report the app occasionally fails to scan codes, leading to inconsistent performance during daily use
50 of 50 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Excited overall
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Competitive landscape for QR Code Scanner
How's the Tools market?
QR Code Scanner holds a #199 rank in the Austrian Tools category and #140 in Sweden, reflecting a fragmented international footprint. The lack of recent updates (8 months) suggests the app is losing visibility to more active category entrants.
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Key takeaways for QR Code Scanner
Where is it heading?
The utility category is consolidating around apps that offer consistent, ad-free experiences, and QR Code Scanner's maintenance-mode posture makes it increasingly vulnerable to churn. Without a renewed update cadence and billing transparency, the app will likely see its rating baseline erode as users migrate to more reliable, transparent alternatives.
- The 8-month update silence indicates a lack of active feature investment, which leaves the app exposed to more agile competitors.
- User reports of deceptive billing practices create a churn risk that outweighs the benefits of the app's offline scanning utility.
The SWOT
- Offline processing capability maintains session continuity in low-connectivity environments
- Multi-format support for ISBN, EAN, and UPC drives broad utility
- Education partnerships offer untapped B2B distribution channels for textbook QR integration
Next best moves
Audit billing flow transparency because users report deceptive payment requests → reduce negative sentiment
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's 8-month update silence is a strategic vulnerability…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The app's competitive outlook has shifted to declining as international market data reveals a fragmented footprint and the lack of updates continues to invite disruption.
Bottom line
Users report: QR Code Scanner retains a loyal user base through reliable offline scanning, but the eight-month update silence and reports of deceptive billing practices threaten long-term retention, so the PM should prioritize a transparency audit of the billing flow to stabilize the rating baseline.
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