Scan on your iPhone.
It types on your Mac.
SlingScan turns your iPhone into a wireless barcode scanner. Every code you scan is typed into the app in front on your computer, followed by Return, just like a USB scanner. No extra hardware, no account, nothing in between.
A scanner that's already in your pocket
Everything a handheld barcode scanner does, with the phone you have.
Types into any app
Spreadsheets, inventory and point-of-sale software, web forms: anything you can type into, followed by Return or Tab.
Straight over your Wi-Fi
Your iPhone talks directly to your computer. Scans never pass through a server, and there is no account to make.
Encrypted
Every scan is encrypted with a key from the pairing code, so nobody else on the network can read your scans or send their own.
Scanner settings
A prefix and suffix, Return, Tab or nothing after each scan, and pasting instead of typing for apps that autocorrect.
Keeps up when you walk away
Scans made out of reach of your computer wait on your phone and go out in order when you are back.
Type a code
For a torn or faded label: type the digits under the barcode, and SlingScan checks the check digit for typos.
Every common barcode
QR codes, EAN-13, UPC-A, Code 128, Code 39, Data Matrix, PDF417, Aztec and more.
A free scanner too
No computer needed to see what any code contains, keep a history, or make a QR code.
Set up in a minute
- 1
Install both apps
SlingScan on your iPhone, and SlingScan for Mac, which sits in your menu bar.
- 2
Scan the pairing code
Open SlingScan for Mac's window and scan its code with the iPhone app. They find each other over your Wi-Fi from then on.
- 3
Click in and scan
Click into your spreadsheet or app, and scan. Each code is typed in as if a scanner were plugged into your computer.
Something not working? The help page covers pairing, permissions and networks.
Pay once, if you need it
Scanner
Free
- See what any barcode or QR code contains
- A searchable history of everything you scan
- Make QR codes from any text
Send to your computer
One-time purchase
- Try it free before you buy
- Scans typed into any app on your Mac
- Unlocked for good: no subscription
Get SlingScan
The iPhone app, and SlingScan for Mac to receive your scans. SlingScan for Mac needs a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 13 or later. Windows and Linux are planned.