How To Scan And Create QR Codes for FREE with Your iPhone!

It is easy (and free!) to not only scan QR codes with your iPhone but to create them as well! Here's how to make your very own custom QR codes with the Shortcuts app!

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[filmstriparchives]

Wow, clear, easy to follow instructions. Well done, thank you so much!

[CAMx]

Scanning QR code’s within stock camera app has been there for a while. Creating is the new highlight.

[ubiquity]

This was great info and very easy, step-by-step instructions.

[WRKING]

Thanks for sharing this info!! I will be using this a lot for my business!

[ypwick_]

I’ve been trying to generate a QR code for a year now. You just showed me in 30 minutes 🤝🏾

[tapslagata]

i use this video over and over again thank yoU!

[familyfirstinsuranceadviso]

Thank you for the well put together tutorial. Are you able to make a QR for a contact card?

[veronicazapata]

I found that you can make a QR code from the google chrome browser. Once you are at the site, just tap that share button (with the arrow pointing up for iPhone), select “Create a QR code” (about 5 options down) and it will instantly create one to share.

[Declanjhoulgrave]

thank you so fricking much I needed this for my conlang

[jonas]

Holy cow. I've had this video on my watch later list for exactly a year now. I randomly needed to create a QR code today for a project and randomly noticed that it was exact 1 year ago since this video came out...

[kimjohanning]

Can you pleease update this for ios 15.6.1 as there are even more options to choose. Thank you this was super informative.

[jamesgreenblat]

Thank you for the Shortcut video. I’m having difficulty with organizing my phone apps.
Also how can I alphabetically arrange them in order to locate them as well.

[suzydonato]

Thank you for this! I'm just wondering how I can connect it to my Zelle account.

[rosspeterson]

Is there a way I can have my contacts by added to a QR code?

[GabrielY]

Great vid.
I have a picture flier that I would like to turn into a QR code.
Instead of printing fliers I’ll just have people point there camera to my QR code so the flier can pop up on there phone.
How can I do that?
Thanks.

[debbieshaw]

Is there a way to take a recording that I received via messages from my phone and make a QR code easily? And is there a way to take a video someone sent me to make a QR code? Your explanation is the best I have seen. Thank you!

[cametogetfit]

Thanks man! All the websites I found made me pay after I got past the “create a QR code” step!

[eyaz]

Is there a way to create a QR code with a shortcut app for business card?

[LodestarSolutions]

Any change you have a video on how to convert you contact details to a QR Code so you can easily share you contact details with someone? I believe this is easy in Androids but not sure how to do it on Iphone

[takeyasearles]

Thank you for posting! I have a square retail account and working on making barcodes through Avery to use for product sales. Do I need to do any kind of merging of apps to use the barcode scanner in the short cut to scan items with with square?....or will me scanning the barcode using the short cut work like any other bar code reader.?