QR Code Generators

Contents

1. 01WelcomeWhat these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing
2. 02Our top threeThe three we'd look at first, and who each one suits
3. 03What they costWhat paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans
4. 04The gradesThe highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject
5. 05Keep or make?Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself
6. 06Every toolAll of them, best graded first, with what each costs
7. 07Quick answersThe questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two
8. 08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from each tool’s own pages, their app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on the QR Code Generators page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 23, 2026.

Make QR codes for menus, flyers and packaging, change where they lead later and count the scans.

Before you choose, here are 7 things to know about QR code generators, worked out from every one we grade.

1. 1

   We grade 11 QR code generators

   10 of them are free or have a free plan, and 1 more let you try before paying. Everything in this guide comes from their own pages and our grades.

2. 2

   Paid plans start at $8 a month in the middle

   From $5 (Scanova) to $25 (Flowcode), going by what each one's paid plans start at.

3. 3

   Best value: QR TIGER, Scanova and QRCode Monkey

   Nothing on our chart scores higher than these without costing more.

4. 4

   1 of 11 have iPhone and Android apps

   11 run in a web browser and 0 have a Windows app. Check the one you need before you fall for anything.

5. 5

   The middle GPA is 2.4

   2 score 3.0 or higher. The highest is QR TIGER, at 3.0.

6. 6

   Best free option: QR TIGER

   QR TIGER has the highest GPA of the free ones, 3.0. Dynamic QR codes with a free plan, bulk creation and an API.

7. 7

   8 worth keeping, 0 you could make

   By our keep-or-make rules, 8 do something you couldn't reasonably build yourself, 0 are simple enough to make with an AI app builder, and 3 are a close call.

Part 02 · Top three

Our top three

The three we'd look at first, and who each one suits

The three QR code generators we'd look at first. First place suits the most people; second and third are the best picks for the people it leaves out. Each has an Insider's Guide of its own.

1. 1st

   

   3.0GPA

   QR TIGER

   Free plan · from $7/mo

   For: Most people who need codes they can change later

   QR TIGER makes static and dynamic codes for links, files, vCards, menus and app stores, and a dynamic code can be edited, cloned, given an expiry date or locked with a password after printing. Regular is $7 a month, or $65 a year, for 12 dynamic codes with unlimited scans and no ads, and its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.8 from about 1,600 ratings. Know the limits: free dynamic codes stop at 500 scans each and show a QR TIGER popup; bulk creation, Google Analytics, Zapier and HubSpot start on Advanced at $192 a year; only Regular can be paid monthly; and refunds are decided case by case.

   The QR TIGER Insider’s Guide

2. 2nd

   

   3.0GPA

   QRCode Monkey

   Free

   For: Anyone who wants to pay nothing for a code that won't change

   QRCode Monkey makes static codes for links, contacts, Wi-Fi, events and more with a logo, colors and shapes, downloaded as PNG or as SVG, PDF and EPS vectors. It is free with no sign-up, commercial use included, and the codes never expire or stop at a scan limit. It is second because every code is static: you cannot change where a printed code leads or count its scans, which is half of what this category is for. The site shows ads for QR Code Generator PRO and Bitly, PDF and EPS files drop gradients, and the API is sold through RapidAPI at a price its own pages don't show.

   The QRCode Monkey Insider’s Guide

3. 3rd

   

   2.6GPA

   QRFY

   Free trial · from $19/mo

   For: Businesses with many dynamic codes and several users

   QRFY sells one set of features: unlimited dynamic codes, scans and users, logos, scan analytics with Google and Facebook pixels, bulk creation by CSV or REST API, and a custom domain. The 12-month term is $228, so a team of five pays about $3.80 a head a month, after a 7-day trial with no card. It is third because it is web only, with no free plan and no monthly billing: one person pays $228 up front, or $117 for the shortest 3-month term; codes made in the trial don't work until you subscribe; prices exclude VAT; and refunds come only within 14 days of the first payment.

   The QRFY Insider’s Guide

Going by our grades, QR TIGER, Scanova and QRCode Monkey give the most for the money among QR code generators: no tool on this chart scores higher without costing more.

Paid plans start at a middle price of $8 a month across the 10 that charge, from $5 (Scanova) to $25 (Flowcode). 1 more costs nothing at all.

2 of the 11 score above the category's average while starting at or below its middle price. 2 cost more than the middle price and score below the average.

Every tool gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. Here are the 11 highest graded QR code generators, then how the whole category does on each subject.

Tool	Value	Free	Features	Ease	Platforms	GPA
QR TIGER	B	C	B	A	B	3.0
QRCode Monkey	A	A	C	B	C	3.0
QRFY	B	C	B	C	B	2.6
Scanova	B	C	B	C	B	2.6
Hovercode	C	C	B	C	B	2.4
ME-QR	B	B	C	C	C	2.4
Uniqode	C	C	B	C	B	2.4
QRCodeChimp	C	B	C	C	C	2.2
The QR Code Generator	B	C	C	C	C	2.2
Flowcode	D	C	C	C	B	2.0
QR Code Generator PRO	C	C	C	C	C	2.0

Some software does something you couldn’t reasonably build yourself. Some is simple enough that an AI app builder could make the core of it in an afternoon. Here’s where QR code generators land, by the same rules for every tool.

• 8

  Keep it

  It does something you could not reasonably make for yourself, or it costs nothing.

• 3

  Your call

  You could make the core of it, and you would give something up.

• 0

  You could make this

  What it does is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well, and it charges every month.

Every QR code generator we grade, with its GPA and what it costs. Each one has a page of its own on toolgpa.com, with its Insider’s Guide.

1. 1QR TIGERFree plan · from $7/mo3.0
2. 2QRCode MonkeyFree3.0
3. 3QRFYFree trial · from $19/mo2.6
4. 4ScanovaFree plan · from $5/mo2.6
5. 5HovercodeFree plan · from $12/mo2.4
6. 6ME-QRFree plan · from $6.08/mo2.4
7. 7UniqodeFree plan · from $9/mo2.4
8. 8QRCodeChimpFree plan · from $6.99/mo2.2
9. 9The QR Code GeneratorFree plan · from $5/mo2.2
10. 10FlowcodeFree plan · from $25/mo2.0
11. 11QR Code Generator PROFree plan · from $9.99/mo2.0

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

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  apps priced in 12 countries