QRFY Is Free for Static Codes, and Most of Its Types Are Not Static

Is QRFY Free? The Short Answer

Yes, for static QR codes, and only after you create an account. QRFY's static codes cost nothing, carry no expiry date and are not metered by scans, which its own FAQ states plainly. Its dynamic codes are a paid product with a seven-day trial in front of them, and the trial ends by switching the codes off rather than by charging you.

The claim worth quoting exactly is the one on QRFY's homepage, because it is the answer to most of the question: "You can create static QR codes for free and they never expire. For Dynamic QR codes, we offer a 7-day free trial with no credit card required." The FAQ page repeats the second half in its own words - "7 days, in which you can try our QR code generator" - and the pricing page repeats it a third time above the plans.

The first half of that promise does not depend on trusting QRFY, and the second half depends on nothing else. A static QR code is a code that carries its destination inside the pattern itself, so nothing has to stay online for the code to keep working. Once such a file is downloaded, QRFY could close tomorrow and the code would keep resolving, because the phone reads the destination out of the pattern rather than asking a server for it.

A dynamic QR code is a code that encodes a link to the provider's server, which forwards each scan to wherever the destination currently points. That is the feature people pay for, and it is also the dependency: the code works for exactly as long as the account behind it does, which is the subject of the note on what a dynamic QR code subscription actually buys.

Only Seven of QRFY's Twenty-Five QR Types Are Static

The sentence "static QR codes are free" is doing more work than it looks, because most of QRFY's catalogue is not static. KoloQR counted the types in QRFY's own front-end code on 31 August 2026, where every type in the builder carries a flag saying which kind it is: 7 of 25 are static and 18 are dynamic.

The consequence is specific rather than general. A reader who arrives wanting a free QR code for a website, a PDF menu or a set of product images is choosing a dynamic type, is therefore inside the seven-day trial, and will find the code deactivated afterwards. The free ones are the payload types that were never worth redirecting in the first place.

One detail is worth knowing before you go looking: the static URL type exists, so a plain link can be encoded for free, but it is not the tile the homepage pushes you towards. If a free permanent link code is what you came for, that is the entry to find - and the difference between the two kinds is the difference between owning a file and renting a redirect.

Wi-Fi and vCard being static is a small point in QRFY's favour and worth saying, since those are the two types most often sold as dynamic elsewhere. It also means the payload is inside the pattern: a Wi-Fi code carries the network password in plain text, which is worth knowing before it goes on a poster by the door.

Nothing Downloads Without an Account

QRFY builds the code before it asks for anything, and asks at the download. The line under the finished preview reads: "In order to download, manage and analyze your QR codes it is necessary to create an account. It will not take more than 30 seconds." That is an account rather than a payment, and for a static code the account is where it ends.

The behaviour matches the copy. QRFY renders the file server-side and hands it back through its own API, and the endpoint the download button calls answered an unauthenticated request from KoloQR on 31 August 2026 with HTTP 401 and the message "Empty credentials." There is no path in the site that produces a file for someone who has not signed in.

This is a real difference from the free static generators that hand over a file to an anonymous visitor, and it is the honest reason to name it: an account means an email address, a password and a record on QRFY's servers of every code you have made. QRCode Monkey asks for none of that, and neither does the KoloQR generator, which draws the code in your browser.

It also decides what happens to the code later. Because your codes live in a QRFY account, the site can and does describe what becomes of them: "Your QR codes won't go anywhere, but you won't be able to access them or the collected data until you update your plan. Your QR codes will disappear only if you delete your QRFY account."

For a static code none of that reaches the printed pattern. The file on your disk is finished, the destination is in the modules, and the account is only where the copy lives. For a dynamic code the account is the code.

What €19 a Month Actually Costs

QRFY's headline price is €19 a month and its smallest possible purchase is €117, because it does not sell a month. All three plans carry the same features and differ only in how long you buy at once, which QRFY states in its FAQ: "Today at QRFY we offer 3 plans that give you access to all the tools on our platform. The difference is in the duration time."

The €19 rate is therefore a prepaid year rather than a monthly price, and the page says as much in the small line under it - "Billed €228 annually" - beside a banner reading "Best Value: Save 51% · €240 off/year". The 51% is measured against the quarterly rate, which is the most expensive way to buy the same thing.

What that money buys is worth stating flatly, because it is the same on every plan: unlimited dynamic codes, unlimited scans, unlimited users, bulk creation, a custom domain, pixel integrations and full analytics. QRFY does not meter the product; it meters the calendar. For a business that needs editable destinations at all, that is a simpler shape than a per-code cap, and it is the case for buying it - the roundup of what seven platforms charged puts the figure in context.

Two smaller terms are worth knowing before the card goes in. Renewal is automatic - "Unless the subscription is canceled - at the latest - one day before the renewal date, your subscription will renew automatically" - and there is a refund window: "we offer a 14-day refund policy for your first subscription payment, provided the service hasn't been extensively used."

What Happens to a Trial Code on Day Eight

A QRFY trial ends by switching your dynamic codes off, not by charging you. Its help centre is direct about it: "Any Dynamic QR Codes that you created during the trial period will be deactivated and linked to a service page. If you wish to continue using these codes beyond the free trial, you will need to upgrade your account."

Nothing is charged silently. "At QRFY, we believe in giving you full control over your subscription. That's why we do not automatically switch your account to a paid plan once the free trial period ends," the help centre says, and the FAQ adds that cancelling is not something you have to remember: "No. The free trial period automatically ends after 7 days. Only payment plans can be cancelled."

The warning arrives twice, by email. "The first email will be sent 48 hours before the trial period ends, to let you know that the codes will deactivate soon. The second email will be sent once the codes have been deactivated." That second email is the one that matters, because by then anything printed is pointing at a service page rather than at your site.

Your work is kept for a while after that. QRFY's FAQ: "Your QR codes will be stored for three months after the trial period has ended. During this period you will not be able to access them until you contract one of our plans." Commercial use during the trial is allowed - asked whether trial codes can be used commercially, QRFY answers "Yes."

The practical rule follows from the mechanism rather than from the policy: never print a trial dynamic code. A seven-day trial and a print run have incompatible timescales, and the failure is silent from your side - the code still scans, and it simply arrives somewhere else. If something must be printed this week, use one of the static types, or a redirect on a domain you control.

1. Pick a Static Type, Not the Website Tile. The Website tile builds a dynamic code on the trial clock. For a plain link, choose QRFY's static URL type instead; for anything else, the free types are text, Wi-Fi, vCard, email, WhatsApp and SMS.
2. Encode a URL You Control. If the destination might ever change, point the static code at a short path on your own domain and redirect from there. The printed pattern then never has to change, and the redirect belongs to you rather than to a vendor.
3. Create the Account Before Designing Anything. Nothing downloads without one, so it costs less to do first than to discover at the end of a long styling session. No card is required for it.
4. Download the SVG. QRFY offers png, jpeg, eps and svg. Take the SVG for anything that will be printed or enlarged, and avoid JPEG entirely - its compression softens the module edges a scanner reads.
5. Scan the File at Its Printed Size. Print or display it at the size it will really appear and scan it with two different phones, remembering QRFY's own floor of 3 x 3 cm for a static code. Our QR code validator is the check to run when a phone is not to hand.

The Help Centre Still Describes a Free Plan That Is Not on the Pricing Page

QRFY's help centre carries an article titled "What is the Free Plan?", filed under Plan Information and dated February 2023, which reads: "Our Free Plan is an ideal option for those who want to try out our app and explore its features without committing to payment. With this plan, you can enjoy all the available options except for API and Bulk creation."

No such plan appears anywhere on qrfy.com today. The pricing page offers three durations and a seven-day trial; the FAQ describes three plans and a trial; the trial articles in the same help centre describe deactivation rather than a free tier. The most likely reading is an old article that outlived the plan it documented, which is ordinary and worth naming rather than treating as a promise.

Documentation drifts behind software everywhere, and the useful habit is the same on every site: believe the pricing page and the checkout, not the knowledge base. The same check found the opposite kind of drift at QRCode Monkey, where the files carried more than the documentation claimed in one format and less in another.

If a genuine free tier matters more than any particular tool, the shape to look for is a generator that hands over a file with no relationship attached, which is what the 2026 roundup of free QR code generators sorts by.

QRFY's Own Print Advice, and Where It Is Worth Following

QRFY publishes a size rule that is stricter than most and correct in its reasoning: "in general, dynamic QR codes should not be less than 2 x 2 cm and static QR codes should not be less than 3 x 3 cm". The gap between the two numbers is the point - a dynamic code encodes a short link, a static one encodes the whole payload, and more data means more modules in the same square.

That is the single most useful thing on QRFY's site for someone about to print, and it generalises past QRFY: the minimum size of a code is a function of how much you put in it, which is what the guide on the minimum size for print works through, and what our print size calculator turns into a number for your data and scanning distance.

One QRFY limitation is stated as a feature and deserves to be read as a limitation: the logo size is fixed. "Can I change the size of my QR logo? No. To avoid errors in the process of reading the QR code, this option is not available. But don't worry, we use a standard size so that the logo is easily readable and doesn't compromise the scan." A conservative default is a defensible choice, and it does remove the most common way people break their own codes - covering too much of the symbol and spending the whole error correction budget before the print shop has had its share.

Downloads come in four formats, which QRFY lists in its FAQ as png, jpeg, eps and svg. The SVG and the EPS are the ones to send a printer; JPEG is the one to avoid for a QR code, because its compression softens exactly the hard black-and-white edges a scanner is looking for. The SVG versus PNG guide covers why the vector file is the one that survives being enlarged.

When QRFY's Free Version Is the Right Answer

QRFY's free side is the right tool when the payload is one of its seven static types, you do not mind holding an account, and nothing has to be measured. That covers Wi-Fi codes on a door, a contact code on a card, an SMS or WhatsApp shortcut on a counter sign, and a plain link that will not move.

• The payload is Wi-Fi, a contact or a fixed link. Those are static at QRFY, they are free, and the file you download is yours whatever happens to the company.
• Something is going to print this month. Use a static type or your own redirect. A trial dynamic code deactivates on day eight and nothing on the printed sheet will say so.
• You want the destination to change later. That is the paid product, and the cheapest way in is €117 for three months, not €19 for one.
• You need scan counts. Also the paid product. QRFY's static codes are not tracked, which is a privacy feature and an analytics gap depending on which you came for.
• You would rather not create an account at all. QRFY cannot help; nothing downloads without one.

KoloQR, a free QR code generator with circular and custom-shaped QR codes, overlaps with QRFY only on the free half - static codes, no expiry, SVG and PNG export - and differs in two ways that matter to this question. It needs no account, because the code is drawn in your browser rather than on a server, and it changes the outline of the symbol rather than only the modules inside it. It is also open source, so what this article had to establish by reading a bundle can be answered by reading the code.

It replaces nothing on QRFY's paid side. KoloQR has no dynamic codes, no scan analytics, no hosted landing pages, no bulk CSV import and no team accounts, and QRFY's 25 content types are a genuinely larger catalogue than a static generator will ever have. If an editable destination or a menu that lives on someone else's server is the requirement, QRFY is the better answer, and the side-by-side comparison sets out feature by feature where each one leads.