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Best Barcode Scanning Apps for iPhone (2026)
QR Reader for iPhone is the top-ranked of 26 barcode scanning apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 1,440,860 ratings.
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Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 1,440,860 ratings · score 98 - 2
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 670,118 ratings · score 98 - 3
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 140,215 ratings · score 96 - 4
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 73,208 ratings · score 95 - 5
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 29,223 ratings · score 91
What belongs in this list
Scan the barcode on a product or item with the phone camera and see what it is or what it links to.
Not here: A QR code scanner alone; A barcode generator alone; A shopping app alone with no scan function; A general camera app alone; A product lookup by typing a name alone
How we pick
For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →
Compare every app
- 1Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 1,440,860 ratings · score 98 · best in class
- 2Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 670,118 ratings · score 98 · best in class
- 3Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 140,215 ratings · score 96 · best in class
- 4Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 73,208 ratings · score 95 · best in class
- 5Free download · ★ 4.5 · 29,223 ratings · score 91 · best in class
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Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 23,189 ratings · score 91 · best in class - 7
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 13,013 ratings · score 90 · excellent - 8
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 46,096 ratings · score 89 · excellent - 9
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 5,433 ratings · score 87 · excellent - 10
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 17,591 ratings · score 86 · excellent - 11
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 14,141 ratings · score 85 · excellent - 12
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 7,603 ratings · score 82 · excellent - 13
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 15,730 ratings · score 78 · good - 14
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 49,679 ratings · score 75 · good - 15
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 6,814 ratings · score 73 · good - 16
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 96,136 ratings · score 71 · good - 17
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 4,615 ratings · score 68 · situational - 18
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 2,952 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional - 19
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 3,734 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional - 20
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,695 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional - 21
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 42,286 ratings · score 64 · situational - 22
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 2,594 ratings · score 63 · situational · provisional - 23
Free download · ★ 4.3 · 3,521 ratings · score 53 · weak · provisional - 24
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 4,003 ratings · score 42 · avoid · provisional - 25
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 3,608 ratings · score 39 · avoid · provisional - 26
$1.99 · ★ 4.5 · 2,413 ratings · score 39 · avoid · provisional
New in the last 30 days
- QR Pro - Code Reader & Creator (S)
- QR Code Reader*Barcode Scanner (S)
- Scan QR Code Now (A)
- QR Code & Barcode Scanner app. (A)
- Price Scanner Barcode (A)
- QR Code Reader ® (A)
- QR Code Reader, Barcode Scan (A)
- Scan QR Code. (B)
- QR Code Reader + QR Scanner (B)
- Barcode Scanner - Price Finder (C)
- QR Code Reader+Generator Pro (C)
- QR Code Reader, Scan Barcode (C)
- QR & Barcode Scanner Max (C)
- قارئ الباركود - Barcode reader (C)
- QR Code Barcode Scanner & Read (D)
- SkyBlueScan: QR Code Scanner (F)
- Qr-Code Scanner & Creator App (F)
- Buycott - Barcode Scanner & QR Bar Code Scanner (F)
Questions people ask
- What is the best barcode scanning app for iPhone?
- QR Reader for iPhone, S tier, ranked #1 of 26, rated 4.7 by 1,440,860 people.
- Which barcode scanning apps are free?
- 25 of 26 are free to download: QR Reader for iPhone (S), QR Code Reader · (S), QR Code Reader/QR Scanner App (S), QR Code Reader,Barcode Scanner (S) and more. 15 of them sell in-app purchases.
- Which barcode scanning app has the best App Store rating?
- Barcode Scanner - Price Finder at 4.9 from 4,615 ratings.
- How many barcode scanning apps reach S or A tier?
- 12 of 26. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.
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