Foreglance

Why Foreglance

QR codes hide their destination — which is exactly why scammers love them. "Quishing" (QR phishing) stickers on parking meters, menus, and posters send people to fake payment pages and malware. Foreglance shows you where a code really leads and checks it before anything opens.

• Safety check first. Every scanned link is analyzed for phishing patterns, brand lookalikes, raw-IP hosts, unencrypted HTTP, hidden redirects, and known-bad domains — before you can open it.
• Shortener unmasking. bit.ly and friends are expanded so you see the true destination, and the destination is what gets checked.
• Private browsing. Links open in a built-in incognito browser: no cookies shared with Safari, nothing written to disk, every session starts clean. Or hand off to Safari — your choice.
• Save for later. Keep interesting links with a note and page title; the safety check re-runs when you come back, so you never open on a stale verdict.
• Scans more than QR. Data Matrix, Aztec, PDF417, and common product barcodes, with pinch-to-zoom and glare recovery for hard conditions like codes on screens.

Privacy

Foreglance collects no data. Scans, history, and settings stay on your device; there are no analytics, no ads, and no tracking of any kind. See the full privacy policy.

Support

Need help, found a bug, or have a feature request? Email info@shamasoftware.com and include your iOS version and what you were scanning if relevant. We aim to reply within two business days.