Universal Code Scanner 4.1 - App Store

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About Universal Code Scanner

Universal Scanner is a privacy focused, simple and lightweight application for verifying the content of a wide range of 2d codes. The main features are: - Displays code type and raw content - Option to check scanned URLs...

Universal Scanner is a privacy focused, simple and lightweight application for verifying the content of a wide range of 2d codes. The main features are: - Displays code type and raw content - Option to check scanned URLs against phishing (Quishing) - Converts EPC QR codes (SEPA transfers) to 'bank://' or 'payto://' URL (useful if your banking app does not support EPC codes) - Share raw data or converted data with Airdrop - No user tracking - No analytics - No ads - No in-app purchases (voluntary donations only) - No automatic opening of links (could be enabled in settings) - Scan history optional and disabled by default - Small download size Supported code types: QR, EAN8, UPCE, Aztec, EAN13, ITF14, Code39, Code93, PDF417, Code128, DataMatrix, Code39Mod43, Interleaved2of5, Codabar, MicroQR, MicroPDF417, GS1DataBar, GS1DataBarLimited, GS1DataBarExtended

Version History - Introducing Scan History: Your scanned codes are now saved automatically - up to 200 items. Auto-save is disabled by default and can be enabled in Settings. - Bug fixes for older iPad models. 4.1 May 10 - Added zoom and focus point of interest (single tap in preview) - New settings to restore last zoom and light - Generic support for url schemes (containing '://') - Show additional technical details for Aztec, PDF471 and DataMatrix codes - Bugfix for Camera orientation - New app icon 4.0 12/05/2025 - Improved scanning performance, especially for very close and small codes 3.2 11/15/2025 - Short-URLs like bit.ly, t.co and many others will be resolved to their target url and checked for phishing 3.1 08/28/2025 - Option to check scanned URLs against phishing (Quishing) - Small bugfixes 3.0 07/25/2025 - Improvement to determine already encoded URL´s - For QR codes Mode and Version are shown - Show Binary content of QR codes if no usable information was found 2.7 11/25/2024 - Small improvement for EPC codes with spaces in iban and bic 2.6 07/13/2024 - The code type is now also included when sharing raw data - Support for code content GEO: 2.5 04/28/2024 - Display of TSE data (KassenSichV), often found on receipts. There is no validation/check, only a readable view of the data contained. Only the "Kassenbeleg-V1" transaction is supported. 2.4 04/14/2024 - Support for MECARD: - Always try to convert the raw data, not only for QR codes (e.g. MECARD: content in Aztec codes) 2.3 04/11/2024 - Show error correction level (L, M, Q, H) for QR codes 2.2 04/05/2024 - Added support for WIFI-QR codes - Bugfixes 2.1 04/03/2024 - Added support for new code types: Codabar, MicroQR, MicroPDF417, GS1DataBar, GS1DataBarLimited, GS1DataBarExtended - New content recognition for QR codes with type: VCARD, SMSTO, TEL, MATMSG, MAILTO, SMTP - While scanning you could manually switch on the camera light - New option to switch on/off haptic feedback when a code is recognized 2.0 04/01/2024 - Bugfix for handling non-standard QR codes 1.7 03/17/2024 New in this version: - Added privacy policy link in settings 1.6 10/03/2023 New in this version: - Switch between front and rear camera - Landscape orientation for iPads 1.5 12/14/2022 New in this version: - Bugfix for Remittance Information 1.4 05/17/2022 New in this version: - New setting if you want to scan in full screen or in a smaller frame (smaller frame is default) 1.3 04/27/2022 New in this version: - Bugfix for settings page 1.2 04/18/2022 1.0 04/12/2022

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Previous Versions

Here you can find the changelog of Universal Code Scanner since it was posted on our website on 2025-09-14 17:27:18. The latest version is 4.1 and it was updated on 2026-06-29 13:37:55. See below the changes in each version.

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