Serious warnings 2 confirmed warnings. Checked: 2,002 reviews and the Android app’s code.
From our automated analysis, 31 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.
This analysis describes version 2.6 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-31 .
The store currently lists version 2.6, updated 2026-10-16.
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
NFC Tools & QR Code Scanner— The ultimate all-in-one NFC and scanning app for iPhone. Easily read and write NFC tags, plus a powerful NEW QR Code & Barcode Scanner — all in one place.
New: QR Code & Barcode Scanner
- Scan QR codes and barcodes instantly for URLs, Wi-Fi, contacts, payments, products, and more. No extra app needed.
Key Features
- Fast NFC Tag Reading — Scan contacts, Wi-Fi, URLs, and social profiles in seconds
- Easy NFC Tag Writing — Create custom tags with capacity alerts
- Smart Actions — Instantly connect to Wi-Fi, add contacts, or open links
- Technical Insights — View tag type, serial number, and memory size
Compatibility: Works on all NFC-enabled iPhones (iPhone 7 and later). QR Code & Barcode Scanner works on all devices.
Whether you need an NFC reader, NFC writer, QR code scanner, or barcode reader — this is the only app you’ll ever need.…
From the developer’s store description.
For developers and the curious
The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Findings that met the published evidence standard.
Bundles 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Chartboost and 12 more
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
Package artefact
Appworthy
sha256:d998db3ab4ae648bf832081d5c3fbc18d868771fe4773c98912628e1ab603b6cAggressive ad load: raised by 297 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 7 reviews we read)
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.
The app's own text says: "How to cancel your subscription?"
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
Package artefact
sha256:d998db3ab4ae648bf832081d5c3fbc18d868771fe4773c98912628e1ab603b6cThe app's own text says: "Choose Your Plan for Unlimited Scans"
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
Package artefact
sha256:d998db3ab4ae648bf832081d5c3fbc18d868771fe4773c98912628e1ab603b6cThe app's own text says: "Continue with free plans"
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
Package artefact
sha256:d998db3ab4ae648bf832081d5c3fbc18d868771fe4773c98912628e1ab603b6cThe app's own text says: "Automatic reading of NFC tags when the app is launched."
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
The app's own copy describes working without a connection — offline mode, downloading for offline use, or content saved for later. Shown because readers filter on it; it is a feature, not a fairness property, and never counts for or against an app.
Package artefact
sha256:d998db3ab4ae648bf832081d5c3fbc18d868771fe4773c98912628e1ab603b6c2,002 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.
So many ads. The first application startup used deceptive patterns to try and make me sign up for a ad spam service.
Unusable, full of ads I ended up on tiktok
tons of ads. cannot scan hotel card
A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.
“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.
Android package 2.6, scanned 29 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.
Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
This analysis describes version 2.6 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-31 .
The store currently lists version 2.6, updated 2026-10-16.
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
- Fix bugs - Update Advanced NFC Tools.
No release notes were provided for this version.
nfc-tools-and-qr-code-scannerAssessed 2026-10-31 from 2,002 user reviews and the app's package.
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.
These are really on sale; we just can’t tell from the name whether they recur.
This assessment is produced automatically. Four independent signals are read — user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text and the app manifest — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.
No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every recurring plan the store lists is named as weekly, the term read from the purchase names, with a list cut off at the store’s 10-item maximum not assessed; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.
There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.
Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.
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