Download the PDF with full color logos here: Top 34 Mobile Barcode Companies
Mobile Barcodes Categories:
A Open Barcode Provider
These companies use 2d barcode software that is public domain or easily licensable. Examples include QR Code and Datamatrix.
B Proprietary Barcode Provider
These companies have created their own, closed code. Their barcodes can only be scanned by their own readers. Examples include Microsoft Tag and Shotcode
C Reader
These companies provide a downloadable reader that enable mobile devices to scan information from one or more types of 2d barcode
D Enabler
These companies create real-world solutions with barcodes. Examples include advertising campaigns, shopping solutions and paperless ticketing. This category also includes companies that let users easily create their own open barcodes to link to on-line content, like websites or social networks.
The vast majority of companies involved in mobile barcoding fall into the A C D category ? ie. they use an open barcoding standard, provide their own mobile reading software, and create barcode solutions that connect the real-world to the mobile Web.
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No. |
Name |
Description |
Type |
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1 |
2D Sense Platform |
Formerly iMatrix, www.2dsense.com is a user-oriented reader that handles QR, Datamatrix and Shotcode |
A C |
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2 |
3GVision |
A huge player in the mobile barcode industry in Japan, www.3gvision.com provides access to QR codes over a huge variety of platforms, and helps clients build their own QR campaigns. |
A C D |
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3 |
BeeTagg |
www.beetagg.com is a multi-code reader which also supports it’s own proprietary code, the BeeTagg System. |
A B C |
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4 |
Bems |
Spanish compnay www.bems.es uses Datamatrix and QR codes to web-enable advertising campaigns, SMS and more. |
A C D |
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5 |
Camclic |
www.camclic.com reads all major 1d and 2d codes, and adds web content to existing physical codes |
A C D |
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6 |
GS1 |
www.gs1.org, the global standards organisation, also provides barcodes and solutions for barcode marketing |
A D |
|
7 |
i-nigma |
Originally developed by 3GVision, www.i-nigma.com reads and creates QR codes. |
A C D |
|
8 |
insqribe |
http://insqribe.com provides QR Code campaign creation, management and tracking facilities |
A C D |
|
9 |
Kaywa |
www.kaywa.com offers a QRcode reader and campaign creator. |
A C D |
|
10 |
Masabi |
www.masabi.com concentrates on using open barcodes to provide payment and paperless ticketing. |
A C D |
|
11 |
Mbarc |
Specialising in airline travel, www.mbarc.nl offers mobile ticketing, ID and coupon offers through barcodes |
A C D |
|
12 |
Microsoft Tag |
http://www.microsoft.com/tag/, Microsofts proprietary HCCB tag uses a high data-storage format for normal barcoding purposes. |
B C D |
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13 |
Mobile Data Systems |
NY based www.mobiledatasys.com concentrates on Social netowrking, providing both reader apps and personal codes for Facebook / MySpace / etc. |
A C D |
|
14 |
Mobile Discovery |
www.mobilediscovery.com provides a mobile advertising network geared towards barcodes with their Connected Media PlatformTM |
A C D |
|
15 |
Mobile Tag |
www.mobiletag.com is a French based company that provides a Datamatrix reader and commercial card code creator |
A C |
|
16 |
Mobiqa |
Specialising in mobile ticketing and coupons, www.mobiqa.com focuses on Datamatrix codes |
A D |
|
17 |
NeoMedia |
www.neom.com uses NeoReader software to read mobile barcodes, and concentrates on effective mobile ticketing, two-way transactions and embedded advertising campaigns |
A C D |
|
18 |
Nextcode |
www.nextcodecorp.com offers three services. 1) Barcode decoding software for mobile. 2) mCode, its own form of barcode. 3) Connexto, apps for carriers to connect barcodes to content. |
A B C D |
|
19 |
Nokia |
Available out-of-the-box on most Nokia handsets, their software allows you to read standard barcodes and create your own |
A C D |
|
20 |
NTT DoCoMo |
Another Japanese company, www.nttdocomo.com provides software for creating and reading QR code over its family of products. |
A C D |
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21 |
Qipit |
www.qipit.com provide software to clarify and digitize mobile pictures of fine detail. Their software enables easy reading of any 1d barcodes. |
A D |
|
22 |
QMCODES |
QMCODES is a mobile marketing company. www.qmcodes.com specialises in 2Dcode campaigns for print media publishers, through it?s Interactive Print Platform |
A C D |
|
23 |
Quickmark |
Focusing mostly on eCommerce and business cards, www.quickmark.com.tw provide software for reading and creating codes that enable automatic billing and item purchase by mobile |
A C D |
|
24 |
RapidID |
www.rapidid.com concentrate on mobile assets tracking and location. Their location-based service works by reading barcodes or other asset identification marks. |
A C D |
|
25 |
Scanbuy |
http://scanbuy.com supports QR and Datamatrix and EZcode. |
A C D |
|
26 |
Scanlife |
www.scanlife.com provides an EZcode reader and creator for personal and commercial use |
A C D |
|
27 |
Semacode |
The creators of the open-source Datamatrix code, www.semacode.com main focus is using their code with social networks through a Facebook application |
A D |
|
28 |
ShotCode |
www.shotcode.com issues the proprietary Shotcode 2d barcode, and provide readers, creators and campaigns around it. |
B C D |
|
30 |
Snappr |
www.snappr.net is user friendly 2d and 1d barcode reader, and QR code generator. It also provides on-site options for printing your code on clothes and other items |
A C D |
|
31 |
Tagnition |
www.tagnition.de specialise in solutions for publishers and agencies. The manage campaigns with their own platform. |
A C D |
|
32 |
Upcode |
www.upc.fi uses Datamatrix codes and covers a wide number of applications for consumers, providers and clients |
A C D |
|
33 |
Windows Office Marketplace |
There is a wide variety of third-party software developed for reading and creating 2d barcodes available on the Windows Office Marketplace, http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/ |
A C D |
|
34 |
ZXing |
http://code.google.com/p/zxing/ is an open-source Java programme that focuses on decoding 1D/2D barcodes on the device, without communicating with a server. |
A C |
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Hello GoMo Team,
I have tried quite a few of these readers with differing results.
However, there is one that you have forgotten to mention and that is the QRdeCODE Application from Denso Wave the inventor of the QR code?
It is available in the App Store for a small fee and allows you to create your own QR code as an image.
Thank you.
Franz54
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i-nigma is a powerful mobile barcode company. They have set-up processes that are user friendly, which can be helpful. QR Codes are taking publication digital. Advertisers finally have a way to track campaigns. QR Codes can also be customize by adding a logo or bright contrasting colors to individualize each code.
Andy Lynn, PRONTO! mobile
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There is a new player in the industry, Scan 2 Mobile, with some pretty great ideas on how to make the QR code bridge between brands and consumers pretty easy to cross. Their platform with specific calls to action and unique landing pages is really a positive step ahead in this new marketing form.
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For a very good QR Code platform I encourage folks to check out http://www.QRayMedia.com.
Where did u actually acquire the techniques to write ““Mobile Codes”?
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You’ll have to be a bit more specific as to your requirements. Why do you want to generate a mobile code?
Excellent product.
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