iOS · QR code and barcode scanner

Plain QR

A QR scanner that tells you where a code really goes before you open it. Try everything free for 3 days, then pay once to keep it. No weekly subscription, no ads, no tracking. Everything it reads stays on your iPhone.

Coming soon to the App Store

What it does

Many QR apps charge $7 to $10 a week to read something your camera can almost read on its own. Plain QR is the honest one.

Checks every link

Before you open a link, Plain QR says in plain words where it goes and flags the usual scam tricks: look alike brand sites, number addresses, hidden short links, unencrypted pages and app downloads.

Reveals short links

Tap Check where it goes to see the real destination of a short link without opening the page.

Does the obvious thing

Join a Wi-Fi network, add a contact, call, write an email, open a map or add a calendar event, with one tap and never on its own.

Reads photos too

Scan a code from a screenshot or a photo you already took, as well as with the live camera. Reads QR codes and the common barcodes.

Makes codes

Create codes for links, Wi-Fi, contacts, email, phone numbers and messages, in your own colors, with a warning if the colors would scan badly.

Pay once, never weekly

Every feature is free for 3 days. After that, a single $4.99 payment unlocks Plain QR for good. Nothing is ever charged automatically, and it is never a subscription.