Barcode Scanners & Generators

There are a lot of things one can do with Barcodes. Most of our Android devices have a camera, so at least theoretically they can be part of the game – just the right app(s) are needed.

Barcode Generators

2025-11-19

QR Code Generator (5@170) Ǥ 8 2
Barcode Generator (4.5@19,434) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-11-19
Fancy QR Code (4.1@285) 3 1 LastUpdate: 2017-02-24
QR Code Generator (4@10,099) Ǥ 9 3
Barcode Architect (3.9@1,395) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
QR Code Scanner and Generator (3.5@236) Ǥ 10 2 LastUpdate: 2020-04-21
ShareAsQR (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
QRshare (0@0; ~EUR 1.75) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Lucia App (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-06-01 Codeberg; create privacy-friendly Lucia codes

Barcode Readers

2025-11-19

QR Scanner Rewards - Loyalty Card Wallet (5@398) Ǥ 20 4 LastUpdate: 2020-12-19 Review 2/2019
BitCodept - QR Code Scanner (5@37) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
QRCode & Barcode scanner (5@5) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-01-19 Github
Binary Eye (4.9@1,120) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Review 6/2019; Intro 5/2021
QR & Barcode Scanner (4.8@3,771,022) Ǥ 15 3 / QR & Barcode Scanner PRO (4.8@28,424; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 12 Video Intro 6/2019
QR Scanner (PFA) (4.8@872) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Lightning QR code scanner (4.6@221,251) 5 1
QR Scanner Easy - Code Reader (4.6@364) 10 3 LastUpdate: 2023-02-26
QR Code Reader and Scanner: App for Android (4.5@91,216) Ǥ 14 3 LastUpdate: 2022-10-20
Barcode Scanner (4.5@14,439) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Obsqr (4.5@601) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-10-18 Github
Smart Scanner - QR & Barcode (4.5@215) Ǥ 7 2
Code Scanner (4.5@17) Ǥ 7 1 LastUpdate: 2017-08-09
QR & Barcode Scanner (4.4@3,419,597) Ǥ 17 3
Extreme QR code reader (4.4@76,351) 8 1
QRbot: QR & barcode reader (4.4@34,557) Ǥ 16 3
QR Code Reader (4.2@40,347) 12 3
LoMag Barcode Scanner to Excel (4.2@1,274) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2024-04-25 Tutorial; Bulk scan 2 Excel
CamCard AI Scanner, Transcribe (4@152,140) Ǥ 29 8 / CamCard - BCR (Western) (4.2@4,095; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 22 / CamCard-AI Scanner, Transcribe (3.9@13,676; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 22
ixMAT Barcode Scanner (3.5@2,854) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-05-20
Barcode Scanner (3@17) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-02-25 Github
QR Lens (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-01-13 Github

Barcode Generator/Reader combis

2025-12-03

SecScanQR (5@1) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-03-24 Github
Simple QR (4.8@317) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Scanner: QR Code and Products (4.6@874) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
Barcode Scanner (4.5@21,024) Ǥ 12 6
QR Barcode Scanner (4.5@11,745) Ǥ 12 2
Barcode Scanner Pro (4.4@185,136) Ǥ 14 2
QR TIGER QR Code Generator (4.4@12,621) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Intro 12/2020
Barcode Scanner & Generator (4.4@847) Ǥ 19 3 LastUpdate: 2021-08-01
QR Reader & Barcode Scanner (4.3@34,494) Ǥ 24 3 LastUpdate: 2024-03-30
Barcode QR Scanner & Generator (4.3@658) Ǥ 15 3 LastUpdate: 2019-03-16
QR Code Scan & Barcode Scanner (4.2@337,248) 12 3 LastUpdate: 2020-03-01
Smart QR (4.2@58) Ǥ 17 8 LastUpdate: 2020-04-15
QR Scanner - Barcode Scanner (4.1@128,847) Ǥ 18 29
QR code reader with generator (4.1@22,212) 7 1
QR Droid (4@343,685) Ǥ 22 4 LastUpdate: 2018-12-11
Mobiletag QR & product Scanner (3.9@5,186) 7 9 LastUpdate: 2021-07-29
QR Code Scanner Barcode Reader (3.9@480) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
ScanLife PowerShopper (3.6@55,325) Ǥ 24 7
QR Code Scanner & Generator (2.2@1,110) Ǥ 18 2 LastUpdate: 2022-11-27
QR & Barcode Scanner (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-12-17 Github

Use external barcode reading devices

2025-12-03

Data collect terminal Revisor (4.2@229) Ǥ 10 2
KTSync (3.3@58) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Bluetooth Keyboard Wedge - BluePiano (2.4@316) Ǥ 22 2 LastUpdate: 2020-08-03

Barcode Readers as Input devices (keyboard replacements)

2025-11-30

Ucom Free Barcode Scanner (4.1@160) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-03-18
YKey Keyboard (For Business) (4@4) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Scanner Keyboard (3.9@2,103) Ǥ 18 2
Barcode & QR code Keyboard (3.4@942) Ǥ 13 10 / Barcode & QR code Keyboard PRO (3@68; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 21 4 LastUpdate: 2020-02-04 Video Promo 2/2019

Further Readings:

Category Product Information
Category Deals & Price Comparison
The 7 Best Barcode Scanner Apps (7/2021 - 9/2023)
How to Protect Yourself From Malicious QR Codes (2/2019 - 9/2022)
Top 30 Barcode Scanner Apps (4/2014 - 8/2023)
QR-Code lesen leicht gemacht – die besten Scanner-Apps für Android (11/2013 - 10/2021)

2025-12-05

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