Our dynamic QR code generator creates codes you can change after they are printed. The code holds a short link, so you update the destination, pause the code or check its scans from your dashboard – while the printed code stays exactly the same.
A dynamic QR code does not store your content directly. It stores a short link that belongs to your account. When someone scans the code, the short link looks up where it should go right now and sends the visitor there – a website, a PDF, a menu, a contact page or any of the 17 dynamic content types.
Because the pattern only encodes the short link, you can edit everything behind it later. Replace a link, upload a new PDF, fix a typo in a contact page or point a campaign code to next season's offer: the printed code keeps working and nobody needs a new sticker, flyer or package.
That is why people also call it an editable QR code or a trackable QR code. Every scan passes through the short link, so each one is counted and shows up in your statistics.
You need a free account, because the short link and its settings are stored in your workspace.
Create an account with email, Google or Microsoft. The free plan needs no credit card; plan limits apply to the number of codes and features.
Pick a website link, PDF, vCard, menu, event or another dynamic type. Add the destination or upload the file, and optionally set your own slug for the short link.
Set colors or a gradient, module and eye styles, a frame with a call to action and your logo. See QR codes with a logo for design tips that keep codes scannable.
Download PNG, SVG, JPG or PDF. When something changes, edit the content in your dashboard – the code you printed does not change.
Both kinds scan with any phone camera. The difference is what sits inside the code and what you can still do after printing.
| Static QR code | Dynamic QR code | |
|---|---|---|
| What the code contains | The content itself (link, text, Wi-Fi details…) | A short link to content stored in your account |
| Create without an account | Yes | No |
| Edit the destination after printing | No | Yes |
| Scan statistics | No | Yes |
| Pause, reactivate or archive the code | No | Yes |
| Hosted content (PDF, gallery, menu, contact page) | No | Yes |
| Your own domain in the link | No | Yes |
| Email or webhook on every scan | No | Yes |
| Pattern stays simple with long content | No | Yes |
| Keeps working without any service | Yes | No |
| How long it works | Forever – nothing can expire | While your account and plan are active |
A dynamic code is a small piece of infrastructure you control. These are the things you will use most.
Open the code in your dashboard and edit its content. Scanners see the new version on their next scan – no new print run, no outdated flyers.
Scans are counted per code and per link. Follow them day by day, compare weekdays and months, and see the operating systems, countries and cities behind them. Read more on QR code analytics.
Show your brand in the short link instead of ours. Connect a custom domain, verify it with a DNS TXT record and our team sets up HTTPS for it.
Each dynamic code has a status, so you decide exactly when it is live.
Prepare a code before a launch. Drafts are visible only in your dashboard and do not open anything when scanned.
The code is live and sends every scan to its current destination.
Pause a code temporarily – for example after a campaign or during a menu update. Scanners see an inactive notice instead of your content, and you can switch it back on at any time.
Retire a code you no longer need. It leaves your default lists and no longer opens anything when scanned, so your dashboard stays tidy.
Anything that is expensive to reprint or stays in place for months is a good candidate.
Update prices and dishes behind a QR code menu without touching the table cards.
Point a code on thousands of printed boxes to a new manual, video or offer long after production.
Reuse the same sign for the next listing by changing the page behind it.
Measure how many people scanned a poster or flyer and switch the offer when the campaign ends.
Keep a contact page up to date after a new job title or phone number.
Here is the honest answer. Static codes never expire: the content is inside the pattern, so they keep working even if you never visit our site again. You can create them with our free generator without an account.
Dynamic codes depend on our service. They keep working as long as your account is active and your plan includes them. The short link has to be resolved by our servers, so a dynamic code cannot outlive the account it belongs to. You can also give a code an end date on purpose by setting an expiry date on its short link or switching it to inactive.
Our advice: use static codes for things that must work forever and never change, such as a Wi-Fi password at home. Use dynamic codes where editing, tracking and control matter more. A custom domain adds one more safeguard, because the printed link then carries your own domain name.
Create one code per poster, table or package line instead of sharing one code everywhere. Separate codes give you separate statistics.
A frame with a short line such as “Scan for the menu” tells people what they get before they scan.
Scan with an iPhone and an Android phone, then check that the scans appear in your dashboard.
Dark code on a light background works on every camera, even with a logo in the middle.
Send an email or call a webhook on every scan of a code, a folder or the whole workspace.
Create your first dynamic QR code on the free plan – no credit card needed.
A static QR code stores the content itself and can never be changed. A dynamic QR code stores a short link, so you can change the destination, see scans and pause the code after printing.
Only if it is dynamic. Edit the content in your dashboard and the printed code opens the new version on the next scan.
You can start on the free plan without a credit card. Plan limits apply to the number of codes and some features; paid plans add more.
They have no fixed lifetime, but they depend on our service: they keep working while your account and plan are active. Static codes never expire because the content is inside the code.
Yes. Every scan of a dynamic code is counted, with charts by day, weekday and month, plus operating systems, countries and cities.
Seventeen: URL, text, Wi-Fi, PDF, image, image gallery, vCard, video, MP3, coupon, app store, product, event, menu, feedback, email and SMS.
Yes. Set it to inactive and scanners see a notice instead of your content. Set it back to active whenever you are ready.
No. They use the phone's built-in camera; the short link opens and forwards them to the current content. Visitors do not need an account or a download.
Yes. The QR code API lets you create dynamic URL QR codes and manage existing codes from your own software.
Create dynamic QR codes you can change, pause and track – starting on the free plan.