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Scan QR Code Now

iOSv2.0.8, 2026-10-30sparktonic.coApp Store
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What it is

A free-to-download iPhone app that reads QR codes and barcodes and makes QR codes, by Sparktonic, LLC. Full use sits behind a weekly subscription.

Maker
Sparktonic, LLC
Launched
Sep 2024
Category
Utilities
Price
Free, subscriptions $5.99 to $9.99
US ratings
13K, 4.6 avg
Best rank
#22 grossing, US
  • Maker is Sparktonic, LLC; the app was released 2024-09-16 and was on v2.0.8 on 2026-10-30, with 13390 US ratings at 4.6 [App Store]
  • Chart snapshot 2026-07-30: US grossing rank 22, Singapore grossing rank 7, Denmark grossing rank 16
  • Subscription prices in the store text: weekly $9.99, $7.99 and $5.99 tiers, plus a one-time $5.99 unlock [App Store IAP text]

How Scan QR Code Now got its users

Installs most likely come from App Store search for QR and barcode terms, with a high-converting weekly paywall; no paid creator or social channel is visible. Confidence: low

Main channel: App Store search and charts, as the reading above names it
App Store search and chartsCreators and UGCPress and articles
Chartjump's reading of the evidence per channel, not install shares. Install-share estimate per channel with Pro
How it happened
  1. 2024-09App Store: Launch of a generic QR code and barcode reader on the App Store
  2. 2025-05 to 2026-10App Store search: Ranking for QR and barcode keywords and for its own name; weekly subscription paywall. 13K US ratings at 4.6; US grossing rank 22 on 2026-07-30
  3. 2026-11Meta ads: A 15 second product-verification scan video, started 2026-11-04, linked to a different App Store id
App Store search and charts Where Scan QR Code Now rates and charts
15K ratings, 4.6 average; in a top 100 in 15 of 25 stores
United StatesApp Store US
13K ratings, 4.6 average
#17 grossing in Utilities
IndonesiaApp Store ID
234 ratings, 4.8 average
#31 grossing in Utilities
CanadaApp Store CA
226 ratings, 4.6 average
#40 grossing in Utilities
15K ratings, 4.6 average; in a top 100 in 15 of 25 storesEvery store

Overview

Every channel we found, then the numbers behind it.

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How Scan QR Code Now gets users, channel by channel
Chartjump's reading of the evidence
App Store search and charts
15K ratings, 4.6 average; in a top 100 in 15 of 25 stores
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Creators and UGC
21 creators; 1.7K likes on their best posts
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Press and articles
12 articles found
Bar length: how much evidence we found for the channel, on a log scale (ad-days for ads, likes for creator posts, views for own posts and YouTube, articles, episodes, ratings). It shows where the evidence is, not a measured install share.
Creator posts
Category colors match on every tab
Creator posting patterns
posting patterns of 35 creators; 22 profiles checked so far
22 of 35 creator profiles checked: 20 with "one post", 1 with "2-3 posts, 30+ days apart", 1 with "several posts within a month".
2-3 posts, 30+ days apart 13%
Several posts within a month 13%
One post 2057%
0 of 35 creators show a promo code (0%)Creator timeline
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Locales

Where it charts and how it rates, store by store.

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15 of 25
stores where it charts
top 100, category or overall
United States
biggest store by ratings
89% of the ratings in tracked stores
15.1K
ratings in tracked stores
25 App Store countries
4 of 25
stores in their main language
from the App Store listing languages
Free
ad languages
with a free account
Ratings by country
top 3 of 25 stores
United States holds 89% of the ratings in the 25 tracked stores.
United States US13.4K
Indonesia ID234
Canada CA226
Best rank by country
category top 100, 2026-11-06
Best: #17 grossing in Utilities, United States.
United States US#17
Indonesia ID#31
Canada CA#40
GrossingFreePaid
longer bar, higher rank
Store by store
3 of 25 stores, by ratings
CountryBest rankGrossingFreeRatingsAvgListing languageAds in it
United States US #17 grossing, Utilities #17#94 13,420 89% 4.62 English-
Indonesia ID #31 grossing, Utilities #31- 234 1.6% 4.75 No Indonesian-
Canada CA #40 grossing, Utilities #40- 226 1.5% 4.55 English-
22 more countries
Every tracked store: ranks, ratings and language support.
Daily tracker, 2026-11-06: the rating count and average in each country's App Store, and the best position in Apple's top 100 for the category (overall when only that). A dash: not in that top 100. Listing language: whether the App Store listing is in the country's main language. Ads in it: share of the dissected ads in that language.
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Revenue and charts

Revenue the founder or press stated, then what moved the charts.

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Sources

Where every number comes from, and what is missing.

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Collected by Chartjump
Meta Ad Library, logged out, 1 active creatives
TikTok Commercial Content Library, EU only
Google Ads Transparency Center, sparktonic.co
TikTok organic: account pages, hashtag and code search
Daily tracker: ratings, App Store top charts per country
App Store listing and review feed, 699 reviews
Apple charts, ratings, public pages: input to the Chartjump estimate
App Store listing
apps.apple.com
Press and founder posts
0
12 press links
Every article and interview we read.
Data problems found
4
011 collected ad shows no Scan QR Code Now content and is left out of every count.
02Creator types: 22 of 35 creator profiles opened; 13 creators stay "not checked yet" until checked.
031 accounts found in searches are left out of the creator counts: 0 point at another app or are named like the app without being it, 1 never name, tag or link it.
04No Meta video ads dissected yet.
Store data
secondary
13,390
ratings
4.62
average rating
- / #22
US free / grossing, 2026-07-30
15
countries charting
Caveats
9
Meta Ad Library was checked logged out
The single dissected ad has an anomaly flag (authenticity scan, not QR)
TikTok ad library covers EU, UK and CH only; US and other reach was not read
Instagram profiles were not collected (empty)
TikTok card counts are the numbers shown on the card and are not verified view totals
No account was verified as the app's own, no creator post names the app
The two YouTube 'sponsored' matches rest on a promo code 'NOW' and a title phrase about...
Estimated shares are a rough guess, not measured;
Sample reviews are partly off-topic (restaurants, trades)

Paid: every active ad found for the advertiser in the Meta Ad Library with start date and variant count as Meta publishes them; videos fetched for analysis only and deleted after frames, transcript and OCR were derived; one model read per creative into a fixed schema. Organic: public profile counts only. Creators count only when a caption tags, links or names the app (graded per creator). Founder statements quoted verbatim and checked by code. Estimates labelled and linked. Not affiliated with the app or its publisher.

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1 Meta ad from the advertiser never name Scan QR Code Now, so none is counted (Meta Ad Library, logged-out keyword searches, 2026-11-05). No ads in TikTok's ad library (EU, 2 searches). No Google ads for sparktonic.co. Not shown for Scan QR Code Now, nothing to fill them: Winning ads, Top videos, Teardowns, Ad categories, Creative families, Psychology. Data as of 2026-11-05.

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