Barcode Scanner - Price Finder

46 of 100 · reviews
4.9of 5 · store
4,346ratings on the App Store
50reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

Focused on price lookup: scan a barcode and it immediately offers to search Google or Amazon. That is a real use case for in-store shopping. Weak point: the product database is incomplete and many codes return no match. The app explicitly collects scan history, which is a real risk if you scan personal documents like a driver's license or passport.

What people use it for

A shopper who wants to quickly check a price on Amazon without leaving the shelf.

What reviews praise

Goes straight to an Amazon price search right after scanning.
Scan history is saved for reuse.

What reviews complain about

Product database is incomplete.
Based on reviews, the real hit rate is around 10-20%.
PDF417 (driver's license barcode) can be read, but data may be collected per the privacy policy.
No name-based search, only by code.

What users experience

3 excerpts from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

I tried this on 10 items. It recognised only 1 of them. A 10% hit rate is not good enough.

Would really like to see folders and higher limit of scans

Be careful scanning PDF417 barcodes, like the kind found on the back of your driver's license (common in USA). These contain all the same personal details printed on the license. According to the app's privacy policy your search history is part of the data that the developers collect.