Questions and answers

Yes. The squares that carry your link are arranged to form the picture. Nothing is pasted over the code, so it doesn't rely on the code's error correction to hide a logo.

Every design is checked against our phone tests before it can be downloaded. Designs that phones found unreliable cannot be downloaded, and the generator suggests what to change. Each download states the smallest size to print it at.

Picture codes need about 0.6 mm per square; the download gives the exact minimum for your design, usually 3 to 5 cm across, and 8.5 cm at Max detail. Print larger if people will scan from further away: about one tenth of the distance. The print size guide has the table by version and how the sizes were measured.

A web link, a contact card that saves into the phone, a short text, or a Wi-Fi network. Wi-Fi codes are new: scan yours and join the network before you print it.

Yes, if you have the right to use it. PNG, JPEG, WebP and SVG work. Simple logos with clear shapes give the most recognisable codes.

Making and previewing any design, as often as you like. The preview on screen scans.

PNG, SVG and PDF files for one design, at any size, downloaded as often as you like, plus one free redo within 7 days.

No. A code you bought contains your address itself and works for as long as that address does. Only editable links depend on a subscription, and they keep working for 30 days after it ends.

The code opens a short paintqr.com address that forwards to your destination. You can change the destination after printing and see how often the code is scanned.

Scans per day, unique visitors, countries and device families (iPhone, Android, computer), for the last 7, 30 or 90 days, with a CSV export. Nothing about the person scanning is stored: no address, no name.

Yes for now. When paid plans start we announce a date on this site; links that nobody has signed in for stop forwarding on that date. Sign in from the browser you made it in and the link joins your account, where Pro keeps it running.

If a code you bought doesn't scan when printed at the stated size, we refund it. The refunds page has the details.

No. You can make and buy codes without one; your receipt email carries the link to your files. Signing in, by an emailed link or with Google, keeps your codes in one place so you can download them again and use the free redo from any device.

Yes, if you sign in with the email address you used at checkout, or from the browser you bought it in.

Yes. Library icons are licensed for commercial use too.

Codes that contain your address directly are never tracked. For editable links we count scans by day, country and device family, without storing anyone's IP address.

Bulk creation from a spreadsheet and an API are planned. Write to us if you need them now.