Decode your keys in a Snap! Quick decoding tool for locksmiths.
About Snap Decoder
Snap Decoder is a tools app developed by WHSoftware.
How many times has Snap Decoder been downloaded?
Snap Decoder has been downloaded 71 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 240 times.
What is the rating of Snap Decoder?
Snap Decoder is rated 2.80 out of 5 stars, based on 180 ratings.
Is Snap Decoder free?
Snap Decoder is free to download. The APK download size is 3.08 MB. The latest version available is 3.4. The last update was on October 28, 2025.
What are the requirements for Snap Decoder?
Snap Decoder requires Android 4.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play February 2015.
Description
Decode your keys in a Snap!
No more fumbling with clumsy calipers and scraps of papers, let Snap Decoder take all the hassle out of decoding keys for you.
Snap Decoder integrates directly with InstaCode Live for Android! Simply open the Find Bitting interface in InstaCode Live for Android, and the SnapDecoder logo will appear in the top right of the menu-bar if the series can be decoded! This allows InstaCode Live for Android users to decode up to 6500 key series!
The app also come pre-loaded with a sample of common key series for non-InstaCode Live for Android users to use, including various single sided, double sided keys, track, channel and laser keys! Key blank references provided for Keyline, Silca, Ilco and JMA key blanks. No need to search for equivalent key blanks online!
Select the key blank of your key, take a quick snap and read the bitting in record time.
Snap Decoder is programmed with proprietary key edge detection algorithms. If your photo is on a plain, white background and in focus, the app will detect all the features of the key and calculate the bitting in seconds.
Sometimes, shadows cause false edges or a locksmith may have filed down the tip of the key. Snap Decoder provides you the tools to rapidly account for these discrepancies and have your key decoded accurately every time.
Then, send the bitting to InstaCode Live for Android to convert the bitting into the code and cut the key in a flash (on one of the InstaCode Live for Android supported key machines).
Recent changes: Fixed bug with back button always exiting app
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Very cool and useful for determining the bitting of a key and having a record of it. (Take a screenshot of the result and there you have it.) Currently, it's able to decode just a couple of handfuls of key types, but hoping there will be more soon. One day it may become a true key bitting information power house!
★★★★★A Google User· Mar 31, 2015
Love the idea Noticed that after you close the app that you have to take a new pic of the key, will there be an option to load a picture from your gallery since it saves the pics anyway? Also, it works much better on my tablet than my phone because it cuts off the last 3 adjustments on the cuts when I use my phone... Still a great app, great job!... Revised to 5-1/2 stars... Thanks to support, I was trying to scroll the wrong area. Support gets 5-1/2 stars as well. Thanks!
★★★★☆Dirk Schwelnus· Apr 30, 2017
The app works well, but doesn't decode european keys (abus, Elva, etc.)
★☆☆☆☆Sidiq Issah· Aug 27, 2019
What is the point of this app if it cannot upload photos to decode? If I have the key at hand, I might as well go ahead and duplicate it without snap decoder
★★☆☆☆Joe Mccusker· Oct 15, 2020
Amazing idea however crashes whenever I try to open the camera to take a picture of a key
★☆☆☆☆Nick Moody· Dec 31, 2020
Crashes on opening camera. Pixel 3a, running the most recent version of android. C'mon, people have been leaving similar reviews for three months...
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