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QR Code Reader ·
App Lock LLC · 668,137 ratings · ★ 4.7
4.7
★★★★★
668,137 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 42 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"free"
10 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Demands purchase. Demands purchase. Not free as advertised." - happyfrosh
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"month"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "$9.99/month…Greed is a thing.. So I have to set everything up to subscribe just to use it for free for 3 days..then it’s $9.99/month for a QR reader. But hey that covers all the necessary updates and new features…FOR A QR READER. I’d give this minus stars just for the g…" - You fail at failing
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"scan"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Doesn’t scan. Waste of time. Doesn’t scan anything." - JMCL760815
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"doesn"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "So intuitive. This another one of those apps that are so intuitive that you just want to delete them the instant you begin interacting with them PS the help file that doesn’t exist helped me a lot. I interacted with this app for two minutes, then deleted…" - Nonamenicknamenamename
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"trial"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Instant payment without okay. Don’t mind a free trial, but first page to continue a payment window automatically charges do fast couldn’t read the second word and done. No option but pay." - WyOutfitter
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"cancel"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Shady purchasing practice. I see I am not the only one this happened to so it shows me we are being ripped off by “trying out” this App. I NEVER pay $12.50 for an App. Much less one that does so little. My camera can do this without an App so why would I buy this? I …" - Ron_D_Mc
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"people"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unusable App. Just force people to pay before downloading. The initial experience of using the app is bombarded with ads both before and after scanning." - Jamesggb
📋 All 42 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
Demands purchase
Demands purchase. Not free as advertised.
Garbage Porn App
This app was clearly hacked because when you install it, it just brings up porn and tries to send you to porn websites. Absolute garbage.
$9.99/month…Greed is a thing.
So I have to set everything up to subscribe just to use it for free for 3 days..then it’s $9.99/month for a QR reader. But hey that covers all the necessary updates and new features…FOR A QR READER. I’d give this minus stars just for the greed. NO THANKS.
So intuitive
This another one of those apps that are so intuitive that you just want to delete them the instant you begin interacting with them PS the help file that doesn’t exist helped me a lot. I interacted with this app for two minutes, then deleted it. It was so bad I figured out how to write the review.
This app sucks
This app sucks. I think that about sums it up. It rarely takes you to the site .
Instant payment without okay
Don’t mind a free trial, but first page to continue a payment window automatically charges do fast couldn’t read the second word and done. No option but pay.
Doesn’t scan
Waste of time. Doesn’t scan anything.
Shady purchasing practice
I see I am not the only one this happened to so it shows me we are being ripped off by “trying out” this App. I NEVER pay $12.50 for an App. Much less one that does so little. My camera can do this without an App so why would I buy this? I didn’t, yet I was charged $12.50 for a month!! If I had to scan the inventory at Walmart I couldn’t justify this cost. Don’t expect Apple to help you with this either. I contacted the day I was charged for this to say I didn’t mean to purchase but they didn’t even care.
WARNING BEWARE OF THUS SHADY PRACTICE OF FORCING A PURCHASE WITHOUT ANY CONFIRMATION OF THE CHARGE AND NO REFUNDS OR CANCELLATIONS REVEN FOR MISTAKES.
WARNING BEWARE OF THUS SHADY PRACTICE OF FORCING A PURCHASE WITHOUT ANY CONFIRMATION OF THE CHARGE AND NO REFUNDS OR CANCELLATIONS REVEN FOR MISTAKES.
No option to cancel
The advertisement says 3 days free trial but after I downloaded this app there was no option to cancel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Scammers
Stay away from this app, it tries to auto bill you. SCAMMERS
Caution paid only app
Caution paid only app
What’s wrong with your app
It was too confusing and it did not scan
DO NOT DOWNLOAD
I got way to many ads over and over and subscription prompts after swiping out I must have a accidently bumped a promt that popped up as I was trying to swipe out I caught it but was told I had to make complaints to Apple support but there is no option to get my money back what a royal joke
Unusable App
Just force people to pay before downloading. The initial experience of using the app is bombarded with ads both before and after scanning.
crapware
7$ a month to scan barcodes? get real. reviews must be fake.
I’m overscreen ads
Inserting ad text in clipboard, overscreen ads, blocking. Nah
Going to look elsewhere
Pricing too high for features. Discounts down to $6.99 per month?! Yikes. Not per year? Only a 3 day trial? Double yikes. Unclear while rated so high.
Beep
Beep cannot be disabled, ignores DND, mute switch, ringer volume, media volume. Apple should never allow apps to override DND and Mute switch!
Sparkling ice
Very fast oooohh I really like you!
Subscriptions
Why does this not show a cost when you download it, I happened to see a $9.99 charge on my email and hurriedly cancelled. It this how you have to get people to purchase your app, actually you are a common thief as you rob people.
Absolute Scam App!
DO NOT DOWNLOAD!! These guys must make their money off of people accidentally subscribing to their overpriced subscription service.
They charge a horrendous weekly fee, for an app you only use one time!
Beware of this and other similar Barcode apps that bilk people who double click into subscribing to a useless app you’ll never use!
They charge a horrendous weekly fee, for an app you only use one time!
Beware of this and other similar Barcode apps that bilk people who double click into subscribing to a useless app you’ll never use!
Rip off
Did not work on my bar code and has 3 day trial then slipped a $9.99 charge monthly at you so you have to go to apple and cancel the trap.
Bait & switch
Said it was free, said no in app purchases, but didn’t do anything unless I sign up for trial to “pro” version. Or maybe it just doesn’t work. Either way 1 star.
Redirects legit QR codes to scam websites
It does it just infrequently enough for you to think it’s the fault of the QR code you’re scanning; but really it’s the app doing it. I’ve gotten a redirect to a website called fitcrazehub.com on more than one occasion. Beware
Free version unusable 2
Ditto what they said. Deleted!!
Awful
Adds constantly popping up. Begging for you too take their subscription
Free
Why is this app asking you to pay and you have it for free what’s going on with that so it’s not the best app ever whoever wrote that review to entice people to get it come on Free is not Free!!!!!
App doesn’t allow you to cancel.
App doesn’t allow you to cancel.
Worst QR reader
This reader is absolutely overrun by ads. And even after watching ads it locks up. I’ve found several others that are pretty good.
Keeps asking to install
Each time it asked to be installed I did. Then it asked again and tried to force me to pay. Will be uninstalling shortly.
Unusable
Unusable unless you agree to 9.99 monthly cost. Of course it looks like a free app when selecting it.
Cancel me!!
I can not get this off my phone! Please help!!! How can I delete and cancel????
free version unusable
I just need a simple QR and barcode scanner which correctly read the codes and output the raw data. This is not it. It has many many advertisements to a point that is super annoying. Scanning barcode doesn’t give me any result (maybe because I didn’t give it network access which shouldn’t be required for a scanner). There are other free and sensible scanner apps available. No need to try this app if you are trying to find a decent barcode scanner like me because the iOS built-in scanner can only scan QR codes but not barcodes
Help please
By accident I click the trail for free but I don’t want this app I don’t see the reason to pay every month for something that is free on my phone can y’all cancelled it for me please or gave me any number or website and I cancel the subscription my self
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Does nothing
Could not read barcodes. Other scanners had no problem. Going to trash.
Qr Codes Stop Working
I’ve been using this app for over a year and all my QR codes stopped working but they are still charging me $8 per month. I’ve contacted their support three times over the last week with no response. We ended up going with Bitly since they are not reliable here.
Total SCAM ARTISTS
VERY VERY BAD. SEEMS TO BE A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE?
Do not use
This is a scam.
Seriously?!?
You honestly expect people to pay for a QR scanning app? One that you can’t even use without getting rid of a million pop-ups just to scan something? Honestly, I came when I needed it and then got rid of this crap app!
Pet Simulator
Girl
Disappointed
To many adds , why offer a service and be deceitful about it
Sentiment summary
93%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
3%
Negative (1-2★)