Comparison

Fancy QR vs QR

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fancy QR

Design unique and branded QR codes with customizable colors, shapes, and logos. Generate artistic QR codes using AI or create standard types like URLs, WiFi, and contact cards. Includes a built-in scanner and analytics for business use.

Highlights
  • Customizable dot shapes and eye patterns
  • Gradient colors and logo integration
  • AI-generated artistic QR codes
  • Support for all QR code types
  • Dynamic QR codes with updateable content
  • Scan analytics and high-resolution export
  • Built-in QR code scanner
Features
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Make QR codes that look like your brand designed them — in seconds. Fancy QR turns plain black-and-white codes into branded, scannable art. Pick your colors, shapes, and gradients, drop in your logo, or let AI generate a unique artistic QR from a text prompt. Every code stays fully scannable. Built for creators, freelancers, and small businesses who care how their brand looks. DESIGN YOUR WAY • 8 dot shapes — circle, star, diamond, and more • 8 eye patterns — leaf, teardrop, shield, fireball • Multi-stop gradients with up to 5 color stops • Independent eye and pupil shapes • Photo fills for background or pixels • Glow, drop shadow, grain, and vignette effects • Frames with a custom call-to-action • Ready-made templates so you can start fast AI ART QR CODES Type a style prompt — "Japanese garden in watercolor" — and get a QR that doubles as art. Always scannable. EVERY QR TYPE URL, text, WiFi, contact card (vCard), email, SMS, and phone. One tap to create, one tap to share. BUILT FOR BUSINESS • Brand presets — save colors, logo, and style • Digital business cards • Batch generation from CSV • Dynamic QR codes you can update after printing • Scan analytics so you know what works • High-resolution export up to 4096px SCAN & READ Built-in scanner reads any QR or barcode instantly. Full history in one place. PRIVACY FIRST Your data stays on your device. No account required. Download Fancy QR and make every code worth a second look. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://BigBalli.com/privacy

About

QR

Features
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Most QR codes look like something a printer coughed up. QR-Verse makes ones you would actually put on a menu, a poster or a business card, and then shows you what happens after people scan them. MAKE A CODE 27 code types, grouped five ways. • Basic: website link, plain text, Wi-Fi, GS1 barcode • Contact: vCard, email, SMS, WhatsApp, phone • Social: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, YouTube • Media: PDF, image, video, audio • Business: location, event, payment, App Store link, menu, review request, Digital Product Passport, GS1 Digital Link Pick a type, fill in the fields, tap create. Static codes are unlimited on every plan. Media codes hand the file upload over to qr-verse.com and come straight back. STYLE IT WITH AI Open AI Studio, describe the look you want in your own words, and the app designs variants of your code. Not sure where to start? The gallery holds sixteen looks our team trained, scanned and validated, each with its own scan score out of 100. Free generations unlock after two short ads. Paid plans drop the ads. SEE WHAT YOUR CODES DO Your dashboard counts total scans and unique scanners, ranks the codes that are actually pulling their weight, and shows which countries your scans came from and whether people scanned on a phone or a computer. Dynamic codes point at a short link instead of a fixed address, so you can edit the destination after the code is printed. The sticker stays. The link moves. SCAN WITHOUT LEAVING THE APP The built-in scanner reads links, Wi-Fi, contacts, email, SMS, phone numbers, locations, events and plain text, and recognises a QR-Verse code on sight. Copy it, open it, share it, or save the image to your library. STAY IN THE LOOP Notifications are optional and off until you say otherwise. When you turn them on, you hear about it when scans spike or drop, when a code is about to expire, when your AI art is ready, and once a week in summary. SEVEN LANGUAGES, ONE ACCOUNT English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Switch language in the app and it changes on the spot. Sign in with your QR-Verse account and your codes are the same ones you see on qr-verse.com. PLANS Free: unlimited static codes, one dynamic code, the scanner, scan counts, and AI art after a short ad. Banner ads appear on the home and analytics screens. Pro: more dynamic codes, the full analytics dashboard, your logo on your codes, a bigger AI Studio allowance, and no ads anywhere. Business: everything in Pro, plus the Digital Product Passport and GS1 Digital Link code types. Prices are shown inside the app in your own currency. A subscription renews until you cancel it, and you can manage or cancel it any time in your App Store account settings. You will need a free QR-Verse account. It takes an email address and about thirty seconds. Terms of Use (EULA): https://qr-verse.com/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://qr-verse.com/en/privacy QR Code is a registered trademark of Denso Wave Incorporated.

Screenshots

Fancy QR2 screens
QR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Fancy QR at none against QR's shown. QR's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fancy QR sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and QR sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fancy QR ships an update fortnightly, QR weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fancy QR versus QR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFancy QRQR
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBigBalli Consulting llcMarc Bruinsma

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Fancy QR

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Business Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Business Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time4
  • AI 5 Credits$0.99
  • AI 25 Credits$3.99
  • AI 100 Credits$12.99
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  • Lifetime$79.99
6 purchases

QR

Subscriptions6
  • QR-Verse Ad-Free$1.991 Month
  • QR-Verse Pro$4.991 Month
  • Business Monthly$11.991 Month
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  • QR-Verse Ad-Free$14.991 Year
  • QR-Verse Pro$39.991 Year
  • Business Yearly$119.991 Year

Questions

Is Fancy QR free?
Fancy QR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is QR free?
QR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fancy QR or QR have ads?
QR shows ads; Fancy QR does not.
Which is updated more often, Fancy QR or QR?
Fancy QR ships an update fortnightly, and QR weekly. Most recently, Fancy QR was updated on October 5, 2026 and QR on October 8, 2026.

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