App Store QR code generator

How to make an App Store QR code

1. Copy the link to your app. On the App Store, open the app's page and use Share, then Copy Link; the address looks like https://apps.apple.com/app/id123456789. On Google Play it is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yourcompany.app.
2. Decide what one code should do: link to one store, or link to a page on your website that offers both stores. A single static code holds exactly one address.
3. Paste the address into App link. Open it in a browser tab first to confirm it lands on the right app.
4. Add your app icon with Upload logo if you want it in the centre; the generator raises Error correction to H so the icon can cover part of the pattern.
5. Wait for the badge under the preview to read Verified, then choose Download PNG, Download SVG or Download PDF.

App Store QR code details

An app store QR code is a plain link code. For an iPhone app it holds something like https://apps.apple.com/app/id1234567890; for an Android app, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.example.app. The phone opens the link, and because both stores register their web addresses with the operating system, the store app opens directly on the install page rather than in a browser tab. The whole thing is about 40 to 60 characters, which makes a compact code of around 29 to 41 modules per side.

One code, one link

A static code cannot tell whether the phone scanning it is an iPhone or an Android phone. That decision needs a web server that receives the scan, reads the browser’s identity and redirects, which is exactly what dynamic QR services sell by subscription and switch off when you stop paying. This generator does not run a server, so it offers two honest options:

• One code per store. Print an App Store code and a Google Play code side by side, each with its store name underneath. Simple, and every scan lands on an install page.
• One code to a page you control. Make a short page on your own website, example.com/app, with both store buttons, and encode that. The printed code stays the same while the page gains a new store, a beta link or a promotion whenever you like. It costs nothing and it is the honest way to get a changeable destination.

Getting the links

App Store: on the app’s page in the App Store app, tap the share icon and choose Copy Link; on the web, copy the address, which includes a country segment such as /us/ that you can leave in or remove. Google Play: the link is always https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id= followed by the package name, which you can copy from the Play Console or from the store page’s address bar.

What a scan does on the wrong platform

An App Store link scanned on Android opens Apple’s web page for the app, which cannot install anything; a Google Play link on an iPhone does the same in reverse. That is why a two-store landing page is the better choice for mixed audiences.

Common mistakes

• Encoding a search link such as the store’s search results page instead of the app’s own page.
• Encoding a test or beta link, which stops working after the beta ends.
• Copying a link with tracking parameters. They lengthen the code and often stop being valid. Keep the bare store address.

Drop the downloaded file into the QR code reader to confirm the link before it goes on packaging, and see the static versus dynamic explainer for what redirect services do and do not add.

This code never expires

The code holds your store link as plain text, so it keeps working for as long as the app is listed, with no redirect service that can lapse. This is a static QR code: the data is written into the pattern, so scanning it needs no server, no account and no subscription. There is nothing to renew and no redirect that can be switched off, which is why a code made here keeps working for as long as the printed copy exists. The trade-off is honest: a static code cannot be edited after printing and does not count scans. If you need either, encode a link to a page you control. Read how static and dynamic codes differ, and if a code you already have has stopped working, see why QR codes expire.

Styling, formats and print size

Every code can be styled in the Style panel: six dot shapes, corner shapes, solid or gradient colours, a transparent background, a quiet zone of 0–8 modules, and your own logo up to 30 percent of the width. A contrast checker warns below 3:1 and blocks downloads below 1.5:1, and after each change the preview is decoded again so the badge tells you whether the styled code still scans.

Print size: as a rule of thumb the code should be at least one tenth of the scanning distance wide, with the quiet zone included.

Store links are short, so the code stays small; 2.5 cm is enough on packaging and leaflets, and a poster read from a metre away needs about 10 cm.

The QR code size guide has a calculator for module size, DPI and distance.

Frequently asked questions