“Too many ads — To many ads once again can’t do anything when every 5 seconds a pop up ad appears”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 508 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.7 ★72,601 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
185 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Scan QR codes and barcodes instantly with QR Code Reader, a smart QR code and barcode scanner built for everyday life.
Your all-in-one QR code reader, QR code generator, and product scanner. Whether you need to scan a barcode in-store, check a menu, create a custom code, or organize your stock with inventory management, QR Code Reader makes it quick and simple.
How to scan a code? Open the app, point your camera, and scan any QR code or barcode instantly. QR Code Reader supports all major formats, including QR CODE, EAN13, UPC, ITF14, CODE128, AZTEC, DATAMATRIX, and more. Results appear right away, so you can open links, access product details, or save your scans.
Can I create QR codes and barcodes? With the built-in QR code generator and barcode maker, you can create custom codes for websites, contact details, promotions, or business use.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 2026.3.4 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2026.3.4, updated 2026-04-08.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Says how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 4
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
From the store listing: Usable without an account
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.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (8 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 508 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Hard to cancel
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
What we saw: Hard to cancel: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (1.6% of 508 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Upgrade prompts use guilt-trip wording
Declining an upgrade is written as a loss ('No thanks, I don't want to improve'), or users report being repeatedly pushed to subscribe during normal use.
What we saw: Constant upsell pressure: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (1.0% of 508 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Way too many ads and moments of trying to make me pay for stuff — It’s a qr reader and they are asking for a subscription service for this 🥀”
“Too many ads — Decent scanner, but multiple ads before you can use it. Very annoying! There were several codes it couldn’t decode.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2026.3.4.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.