QR Code Scanner for iPhone
80
Quality Score
Excellent
QR Code Scanner for iPhone
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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QR Code Scanner for iPhone is an iOS app from 堃 汪 in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.6★ across 49,478 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 80: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Utilities app, that means strong product-market fit. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$25.4K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$26.2K – $54.9K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$32.5K – $97.5K
per month
MID tier
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$55K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $40K – $75K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~2 months at current MRR
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (82 MB) | +$12K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-9506 |
Total estimate
$55K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$375K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $275K – $475K · 15× MRR multiple
💸
~6.8× return on build cost
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.
How the multiple was built
| 📺 Ad-supported base | 15× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
Final multiple
15× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
9.8M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.9M
Daily active
390K
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲 Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$25.4K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$24.1K – $40.1K
12 months
$26.2K – $54.9K
24 months
$32.5K – $97.5K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 45/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
3.0
Product Quality
9.2
Revenue Strength
4.4
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.1
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $17K - $38K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.62★ across 49,478 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 376d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (376d since update).
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $456K-$811K.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 7 of 7 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (49,478 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (8y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (10 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v2.1.3
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- QR Code Scanner for iPhone
- Developer
- 堃 汪
- Bundle ID
- qr.code.barcode.reader.scanner
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $25.4K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇯🇵#18 /100 🇦🇺#70 /100 🇫🇷#88 /100 🇬🇧#91 /100 🇩🇪#91 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
Founder data not yet collected for this app.
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
📈Ratings growth49,478 ratings+13165% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (58 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank5 countries
🇯🇵JP#18 /100
🇦🇺AU#70 /100
🇫🇷FR#88 /100
🇬🇧GB#91 /100
🇩🇪DE#91 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#18 now · best #15 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
QR Reader is the best & fastest free QR code/barcode scanner & QR code creator for both iPhone and iPad! By using your phone's or pad's camera, QR reader will automatically scan and recognize the information of the QR code or barcode and supports all major barcode and QR code formats, even includes 2FA authenticator. With QR Reader app, you can also create & share unlimited QR codes anytime as you want.
【Key Features】
-Easy to Use
QR code reader and barcode scanner can automatically detect and scan any code. You can also scan the QR code or barcode in the image gallery.… View full description on the official store →
【Key Features】
-Easy to Use
QR code reader and barcode scanner can automatically detect and scan any code. You can also scan the QR code or barcode in the image gallery.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 82 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 13.0+🔖 v2.1.3🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, FR, DE, JA, KO +5📂 Utilities💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.74 → 4.46 (improved 2.72★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-04
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-12
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.67 → 2.14 (improved 0.47★)
2018-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.33 → 2.00 (dropped 0.33★)
2018-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.33 (dropped 0.67★)
2018-07
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
2018-06
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #6Ranked for 2 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
qr scanner·#6🇺🇸barcode scanner·#12🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.47274★ | 10,475 | 4.47274★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.66728★ | 547 | 4.66728★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.49733★ | 1,498 | 4.49733★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.46365★ | 4,044 | 4.46365★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.42758★ | 9,977 | 4.42758★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.5914★ | 11,111 | 4.5914★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.6012★ | 499 | 4.6012★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.16769★ | 35,899 | 4.16769★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.62193★ | 49,533 | 4.62193★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for QR Code Scanner for iPhone: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why high confidence: 49,478 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does QR Code Scanner for iPhone make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, QR Code Scanner for iPhone earns approximately $25K/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
What apps are like QR Code Scanner for iPhone?▴
Browse the full Utilities category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
Who makes QR Code Scanner for iPhone?▴
QR Code Scanner for iPhone is published by 堃 汪 on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is QR Code Scanner for iPhone's BU Score?▴
QR Code Scanner for iPhone has a BU Score of 80/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.