Barcode Scanners5.0.14 - App Store

Barcode scanning made simple!
Use this powerful app to easily scan over 30 different types of barcodes, including QR, UPC, GS1, Data Matrix, PDF417, DotCode, and many others.

The Cognex Barcode Scanners application reads all major barcode symbologies, including Aztec Code, Codabar, Code 11, Code 25 (Interleaved, Industrial, COOP, Matrix and ITF-14), Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, Data Matrix, DotCode, EAN, ISBN, GS1 DataBar, MaxiCode, MSI Plessey, PDF417, Micro PDF417, Postal Codes, QR Code (Micro and Standard), TELEPEN and UPC barcode types, as well as GS1 sub-types like GS1 QR Code, GS1 Data Matrix and GS1-128.
The app also provides powerful parsers to examine industry standard formatted barcodes more easily such as AAMVA (US and Canadian Driver’s Licenses), GS1, IUID, Structured Carrier Messages (MaxiCode), and more!

To learn more about Cognex's high-speed barcode scanning and computer vision solutions, visit https://www.cognex.com.

Version History - Updated cmbSDK to 2.7.9 5.0.14 10/01/2025 Update cmbSDK to 2.7.8 5.0.13 07/16/2025 Addressed iOS 18.1.x camera preview freezing issues 5.0.12 02/21/2025 - Updated cmbSDK to 2.7.6 5.0.11 09/25/2024 - Updated cmbSDK to 2.7.3
- Updated social media links
- Added barcode subtype information on result screen
- Minor user interface updates 5.0.10 11/22/2023 - Fixed focusing issue on iPhone 14 Pro/Max for close targets
- Improve zoom quality by utilising multiple cameras if available
- Improve overall stability 5.0.9 05/04/2023 - Unify symbology settings through different platforms
- Various stability updates 5.0.7 03/02/2023 - Fixed missing 'Export to CSV' option in scan history
- Fixed black screen on resume 5.0.6 11/22/2022 - Update cmbSDK to 2.7.0
- MX-100 device support is removed
- Improve overall stability 5.0.5 09/05/2022 Improved overall stability 5.0.3 09/17/2021 - Improved PDF417 decoding
- Improved Data Matrix tolerance for missing corners
- Fixed FNC1 character handling
- Fixed read only IATA (Code 25) if no other subtype enabled
- Fixed a bug where encoding was wrong after installing the app. Encoding setting reset to default (UTF-8) after update, and can be changed in Settings > Result Settings > Encoding 5.0.2 09/13/2021 - Added Auto encoding option to support barcodes which specify text encoding (e.g., some QR codes). If Encoding is set to Auto, the read result is decoded according to encoding information stored in the barcode or UTF8 otherwise
- Added a new encoding option to show non-printable characters as hex codes
- Sets Google as the default search engine if a custom one is removed
- Fixed tracking of illumination settings across successive scans
- Fixed missing value for initial zoom setting
- Improve overall stability 5.0.1 06/25/2021 - Support for character encodings (default UTF-8)
- Configure an initial zoom for small, challenging barcodes
- New Target Decoding feature for easier aiming and barcode selection
- Enhanced PDF417 decoding
- Removed favorites option from barcode history 5.0.0 01/19/2021 - Fixed performance issues.
- Fixed handling of PDF417 control codes
- Improved Aztec code decoding
- Improved 1D decoding for blurry images 4.4.5 01/08/2020 - Improved Data Matrix and QR decoding
- New symbology added: TELEPEN
- Fixed wrong upper limit for decoder timeout

- Timestamp added to result history element
- Disabled MX-100 mode for unsupported devices
- Inverted logic for UPC and EAN Addons
- Fixed overall stability with MX-100 4.4.4 12/13/2019 Fix Code39 issue 4.4.3 06/21/2019 Improvements in decoder:
- Fixed Aztec code exceptions
- Updated GS1 parser for AI93
- Corrected identification of GS1 Dotcode
- FNC2 in GS1 Code 128 barcodes are now stripped (message append is not supported)
- Now supports 4:1 wide:narrow ratio for Codabar 4.4.2 06/06/2019 - Improved Code 128 decoding
- Verify Barcode Location fixed 4.4.1 11/09/2018 With the launch of the revolutionary MX-100 barcode scanning device from Cognex, we have optimized and tune the Cognex Mobile Barcode SDK to take full advantage. Now experience even faster and more efficient scanning regardless of your industry or use case, with the Barcode Scanners app and a MX-100 device for iPhone or iPod. Learn more at cmbdn.cognex.com today! 4.4.0 08/17/2018 More features and improvements supporting our new aimer case, the MX-100. 4.3 03/23/2018 Thanks to the great feedback from our customers, we are making the powerful MX-100 aimer case even better! 4.2 03/17/2018 The Cognex Mobile Barcode SDK now fully assimilates the Manatee Works Barcode Scanner SDK. Beyond smartphones and mobile devices, the Cognex Mobile Barcode SDK also supports the MX-100 aimer case and the MX-1000 vision-enabled mobile terminal. Write one app... support universal hardware with Cognex! 4.1 01/24/2018 Now featuring the power and flexibility of the Cognex Mobile Barcode Scanner SDK. To learn more, visit www.cognex.com/products/barcode-readers-scanners/mobile-solutions. 4.0.0 09/19/2017 This release incorporates improvements to the Manatee Works Barcode Scanner SDK based on SDK version 3.1.4. For a description of those changes, please visit www.manateeworks.com/changelog. Of most importance is our continued excellence at providing the best PDF417 scanning capability of any mobile software solution. Try it today! 3.4.3 04/13/2017 Improvements to the Manatee Works Barcode Scanner SDK based on SDK version 3.1.2! For a description of those changes, please visit manateeworks.com. 3.4.2 02/14/2017