MakeTheQR vs QRCode Monkey

The best-known free QR generator on the web, with excellent design controls, no signup, and codes that genuinely never expire.

Claims below were read off qrcode-monkey.com on 2026-08-24. Owner: Acquired by Egoditor GmbH in February 2024 - the same owner as qr-code-generator.com, and therefore Bitly.

When QRCode Monkey is the better choice

You want one good-looking static code, with a logo, for free, right now, and you will never need to change where it points or know how many people scanned it. For that job it is genuinely excellent and you should use it.

Where they differ

 QRCode MonkeyMakeTheQR
Static codes, free foreverYes, unlimited - and very good at itYes
Dynamic, editable codesNo - redirects to the paid sibling productYes, in the free plan
Scan countingNoYes, per code
Bulk generation from CSVNoYes, from a pasted list or a CSV, on the free plan
Public, shareable scan pageNoYes - a public link that updates live, and an embed

Pricing

Free. It is monetised as the funnel into its paid sibling, QR Code Generator PRO.

Free plan: Unlimited static codes forever, and zero dynamic codes - every dynamic or tracking control redirects to the paid product.

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MakeTheQR vs QRCode Monkey: common questions

It depends on the job. MakeTheQR is built around making a whole batch of codes at once - one per table, bin or room - and giving each one a scan count on a page you can share. It cannot make an editable code or count a scan at all. Those controls are not a paid tier of QRCode Monkey; they are a link to a different brand owned by the same company. If that gap is not one you feel, QRCode Monkey is a good product and this comparison says so.

You want one good-looking static code, with a logo, for free, right now, and you will never need to change where it points or know how many people scanned it. For that job it is genuinely excellent and you should use it.

Free. It is monetised as the funnel into its paid sibling, QR Code Generator PRO.

Unlimited static codes forever, and zero dynamic codes - every dynamic or tracking control redirects to the paid product. For comparison, our free plan covers up to 15 codes per batch, with no card and no advertising shown to the people who scan your codes.

Static codes cannot be moved by anyone - the destination is inside the printed pattern, so codes already printed keep working exactly as they are and are unaffected by what you use next. Dynamic codes are different: they resolve through the provider's domain, so a code printed through QRCode Monkey keeps depending on QRCode Monkey. Anything you have not printed yet can simply be recreated here from the same list.

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