Upload any QR code — a photo of the printed piece, a screenshot, the file itself. We read what it actually points at and tell you, in plain words, whether it lives forever or dies with someone's subscription.
Drop in a photo, a screenshot, or the code file itself. We decode it in your browser — the image never leaves your device — and tell you who holds the switch.
Drop a QR code image here or tap to choose a file
A photo of the printed piece works. Sharper is better; we would rather say “unreadable” than guess.
| Verdict | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Permanent | The destination is inside the pattern, or the pattern points straight at it. No company can switch this code off. |
| Survives lapse | A dynamic code whose vendor — Flowcode — contractually keeps codes scanning after payment stops. Rare, and we say so. |
| Dies if unpaid | The vendor's own documents confirm the shutoff: trial end (QRFY, Egoditor) or scan limits (QR Tiger free tier). If it is printed, it is on a clock. |
| At risk | A redirect someone else controls — a subscription platform or a link shortener. It lives exactly as long as the account behind it. |
| Unreadable | We could not decode the image. We report that instead of guessing — reshoot it sharper, with the full margin visible. |
The code's pattern contains the vendor's short link, not your destination. When the trial ends or the subscription lapses, the vendor stops resolving that link — every printed copy fails the same scan, everywhere, at once. QRFY confirms deactivation at trial end in its own support docs; QR Tiger's free codes go inactive at 500 scans.
No — and it will not pretend to. Following the redirect would mean phoning the vendor's server, and this page makes no network calls at all (that is what keeps your photo private). Open the link yourself, copy the address it lands on, and the checker will build you a verified permanent replacement from it.
Some paid plans let you run the vendor's redirect on your own domain. From the code alone that is indistinguishable from a genuinely direct link, so our direct verdict always carries that caveat: if a QR company runs a redirect on your domain, treat the code as at-risk.
Flowcode, by its own support policy — codes keep scanning after a plan lapses; only editing is lost. A few platforms also give small free dynamic allowances that survive (TQRCG 2 codes, Hovercode 3, QRCodeChimp 10 with a monthly scan pause). The full, dated table lives in the vendor policy database.