At a glance
As of 6 October 2026. QR Island’s prices are today’s and include tax. QR Code Generator’s are the ones its pricing page showed us, in euros and before VAT.
| Feature | QR Island | QR Code Generator |
|---|---|---|
| Static codes | Free, never expire, no scan limit | Free, never expire, no scan limit |
| Free download without an account | PNG (1024 px) and SVG, with a small credit line; QR Island has no accounts | JPG; PNG, SVG and EPS need an account, and EPS is black and white only |
| Logo in the code | Free | Needs a paid plan or the trial |
| Code types | 9: link or text, Wi‑Fi, contact card, email, phone, SMS, WhatsApp, location, event | 22 in total, 16 of them dynamic, including PDF, app store and feedback pages |
| Dynamic codes | Editable code: US$19 a year per code, tax included, with the Island pack | Need a subscription or the 14-day trial; plans from €8.00 a month billed yearly (2 dynamic codes) |
| Scan statistics | Private daily totals for the last 30 days; nothing stored about who scanned | Scan counts with location, time and operating system, and CSV export |
| Bulk creation and API | No; an API waitlist is open | Bulk upload by CSV and an API on the Advanced and Professional plans |
| Team seats | No accounts, so no teams | 2 users on Advanced, 5 on Professional |
| 3D | Your code as the courtyard of one of 25 3D islands; island pictures and a video | No |
Their plans, in brief
| Plan | Billed yearly | Billed monthly | Dynamic codes | Scans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | €8.00 a month (€96.00 a year) | €16.00 a month | 2 | 10,000 per code |
| Advanced | €15.00 a month (€180.00 a year) | Not offered | 50 | Unlimited |
| Professional | €40.00 a month (€480.00 a year) | Not offered | 250 | Unlimited |
Euro prices before VAT, as its pricing page showed them to us; visitors elsewhere may see other currencies. Enterprise plans are priced on request. The 14-day trial needs no card, includes up to 250 dynamic codes, bulk upload and the API, and doesn’t turn into a paid plan by itself.
When you stop paying
Every dynamic code depends on its company’s forwarding, so this matters more than the monthly price:
- QR Code Generator: when the trial ends, its help centre says dynamic codes are deactivated and point to a service page, while static codes keep working; upgrading reactivates them. After a paid plan is cancelled, dynamic codes keep working until the paid period ends and for 30 more days without editing, then the account is locked and they go to a service page.
- QR Island: an Editable code keeps forwarding to the end of the paid year and for a 14-day grace period after it; then scanning shows a page saying the code needs renewing, and a new yearly subscription switches the same printed code back on. Free codes don’t depend on us at all.
Where QR Code Generator is the better pick
- Many dynamic codes. 50 dynamic codes on Advanced cost €180.00 a year before VAT, far less per code than one QR Island Editable code each. For a business with dozens of codes, that matters.
- Deeper statistics: location, time and operating system for each scan, with CSV export. QR Island deliberately records only a daily total.
- Bulk creation, an API, team seats, folders and custom domains for agencies and larger companies.
- More code types, including hosted landing pages for PDFs, app downloads and feedback forms. QR Island links to a PDF you host yourself.
- A longer wind-down after cancelling a paid plan: 30 days after the paid period, against QR Island’s 14-day grace period.
Where QR Island is different
- The free code is the whole product for most people: your logo, shapes and colours, and PNG and SVG downloads, with no account, no trial and no email address.
- One code, one price. An Editable code is a single yearly price, tax included, with the Island pack’s print files, island pictures and video in it, and no plan to outgrow.
- Privacy by design. Free codes are made in your browser, and an Editable code’s counts store nothing about the people who scan.
- Your code on a 3D island, with 25 worlds to choose from. See the 3D QR code generator.
- Checks while you design: colour warnings with a darker shade in one click, and a design phones can’t read waits for a fix before download.
Which should you use?
If you manage many dynamic codes, need per-scan analytics, bulk creation, an API or a team, QR Code Generator is built for that. If you need a few good-looking codes, most of them free and the odd one editable, with no account to manage and no trial clock, QR Island is the simpler fit. Our guide to static vs dynamic QR codes helps decide whether you need a dynamic code at all.
Sources
Read on 6 October 2026. Features and prices change; check each site before you decide.
- QR Code Generator: home page and FAQ (Bitly, free static codes, downloads without an account, logos, dynamic codes, statistics), pricing page (plans, prices, limits, trial), features page (formats, CSV export, teams), and help articles on free codes without an account, the trial, what the trial turns into, codes when the trial ends, cancelling a subscription and code types.
- QR Island: our pricing, FAQ, privacy policy and terms.
QR Code Generator and Bitly are trademarks of their owner. QR Island isn’t affiliated with them, and this page uses their names only to compare the two.
