Guides
Plain answers about printed QR codes
What we would tell a friend who is about to print 200 menus, including when our own codes stop. Every claim about another company is quoted, linked and dated; the print sizes are our own working figures.
All guides
- Do QR codes expire?The printed pattern holds no date, but a dynamic code works only while the service behind it forwards it. Subscription codes, ours included, stop when the payments do: here is when, and how to tell.Updated 24 October 2026Read
- Why did my QR code stop working?The usual causes, from a plan behind the code that ended to a page that moved or a printed code that has worn, how to tell which one you have, and how to fix it.Updated 24 October 2026Read
- How do I change where a QR code points?A printed pattern cannot be edited, so the only way to change where it goes is a code that holds a short link you control. What that means in practice, and how to change it in QRVane.Updated 24 October 2026Read
Comparisons
How other QR code services compare
Their own words, with links and the date we read them, and when each one is the better choice.
- QRVane and HovercodeHovercode’s Pro plan is $12 a month in US dollars for 100 dynamic codes, with 12 months of scan history and 1 custom domain, and Hovercode lists API access under its Business plans.
- QRVane and UniqodeUniqode sells yearly plans only, with its basic plan quoted at $9 a month, and sells a custom domain as an add-on to its Plus plan at $2,000 a year.
Make your first code
Design a code, give an email address, and type the 4-digit code we send to it. There is no password and nothing to set up. The code belongs to that address, so only someone who can read that inbox can change it, see its scans or buy a plan that keeps it live.