Qrto Reviews 20

Used it to link our business website

Wow, who would have thought that there would be predatory QR code companies in this day and age where free QR options abound?

The scam is they trick you into generating a "free" QR code to put on your business cards, but that QR code doesn't go directly to your website. It goes through their website, so they can shut it down whenever they want. After you've had a couple of weeks to order your business cards they send you an email asking you to pay an expensive subscription to keep that QR code active. No thank you. I'll just order new business cards and burn the old ones rather than dealing with a scammy company like this.

Will not charge you monthly if you decide screw it ill pay for the few months since you already spent the money on the business cards/brochures you made, they also scam you on that! by giving the monthly price and then putting in very tiny text "billed anually," at checkout there is no pricing when typing your card, you think youre paying for $11 then they hit you with a $150 charge, my bank flagged it as fraud and denied it thank god, f these guys.

They are a duplicitous scam company. They supply the QR code for free not making it clear that they are not giving you a QR to the Address you requested but to link they own.
Once you use it they then cancel access to link and demand payment.

Disgusting! Stay Away

Advertised as free. Received email notification to extend to 20k uses for $11. When card information was entered, the charge was $150USD. Thankfully I was using a mastercard debit card with an account in which I keep a very low balance to AVOID THIS TYPE OF SCAM, so the charge didn't go through. I had to cancel my card though.

Way too expensive and no option too pay for one month or one QR code

SCAM - seems free and then they want money.

Scam, never use it to create QR code.

Doesn’t work. Shoddy business practices. Hands off!

I designed a print campaign for a customer. Now I get an email, tjqt I have to pay 11 €/month, that the code will still be usable. I didn't get the information before, that I have to pay something. There was written "for free". This is scam! Don't download e qr-code from this page or better, don't even visit this page!

Last week, I needed to generate a one-off QR code for a client's print campaign. After Googling "free QR code generator", I was directed to their code generator, which clearly stated "FREE" in the heading. There was no visible mention of a charge (although I have since found a tiny disclaimer buried at the bottom of a page in font too small for me to read without enlarging my screen).

Yesterday, I received an email stating that the code will be disabled unless I pay $11 a month minimum for the next year. My client has already had the leaflets printed and distributed, so it's too late to change the code. However, on Reddit and other forums, I have read that the expired dynamic QR codes have been associated with phishing emails and scams, and not to hand over money in any circumstances.

I feel that I am being held to ransom. I don't want to pay money to a company that operates in such a deceitful way, especially as it would be a cost of around $120 for a single QR code. I now have to figure out the best way to help my client, as I don't want the code to damage their reputation.

Do not use this QR code generator. It is a scam.

SCAM. They say it's free but When You Are already using It they Tell You You Need To pay or The Code Is getting disabled. ABSOLUTE SCAM.

I generated a QR code on qrcodecreator.com believing it was free. I used it on printed materials for my business. Only afterwards did I discover that the QR was dynamic and would stop working after a 7-day trial unless I subscribed to an expensive annual plan (£11/month for a single code).

This was never made clear in the creation process. The information is buried in disclaimers at the bottom of a very long page, not presented when you actually generate your QR code. It feels like a deliberate “dark pattern” designed to mislead.

Now I have printed materials with a QR that will be useless unless I pay over £130/year. A basic static QR should be permanent, but they don’t explain that clearly up front.

I would strongly advise anyone to avoid this service. Use a free static QR generator instead, or create your own redirect so you stay in control.

This was a link in an email purporting to be from my server. I did not open for fear of malware

Deceitful company. Misleading customers to create a "free" qr-code, only to then disable the code and forcing the customer to pay a monthly fee (ransom) in order for the code to actually work.

Scam! The free QR codes are not free, they will expire after a week. If you’re using them in a print campaign, this can be very bad for your business!

They will hold your QR code ransom for £120. Do not use, go find a QR code generator that actually links directly to your URL.

The site is an absolute scam. They lure you in with the promise of creating “free QR codes,” but at no point during the creation process do they mention that these expire after a week. The information is only hidden somewhere on the website, and you don't see it if you aren't actively looking for it. After that, they try to charge you 8€ per month just to keep three QR codes active (with a scan limit).

This is a total scam, they seem to offer a free QR code, and a few days later they blackmail you because "your QR has expired" (which you have already built in your communications, advertising, whatever it is). Also, according to REDDIT, this is even more of a scam because they use the QR codes for directing them to fake sites for phishing.