The $1 QR code trial, and what their own terms say happens next

What does a $1 QR code trial actually cost?

The trial price is the beginning of the cost. GetQR’s $1 trial leads to $39.99 four-week renewal payments; MyQRCode and QRcreate’s $1.95 trials lead to $49 every four weeks. QR Code Creator offers a free trial followed by an annual plan.

Our July advertising review found all four promoting QR code offers through Google ads. Their pricing and renewal intervals differ, so compare the total you will pay for the QR code’s intended use.

If you have already printed a QR code on cards or packaging, check both renewal and continued redirecting before the trial ends.

Credit where it’s due

The providers publish useful details in pricing cards, terms and help articles.

QR Code Creator puts the disclaimer on its own homepage rather than burying it: static QR codes keep working, dynamic ones do not. Its help centre answers the cancellation question in a dedicated article with a date on it. GetQR publishes a cancellation page you can reach without logging in. MyQRCode and QRcreate both print “renews to $49 every 4 weeks” directly on the pricing card, next to the $1.95, where you cannot miss it.

The links and dated source checks are retained in the final Common question.

What their own terms say happens when you stop paying

QRcreate is the bluntest. Its terms, section 5.3:

“any dynamic QR codes created during the trial will cease to function and will no longer be scannable”

MyQRCode says the same thing in different words:

“Your dynamic QR codes will no longer be scannable.”

QR Code Creator is the only one of the four that answers the question people actually have, which is not about trials at all but about what happens years later when you cancel a plan you have been paying for. Its help centre, in an article titled “What happens to my QR codes when I cancel my subscription?”:

“Your QR codes will still be active until the end of your subscription plan. Once your plan expires, all created dynamic QR codes will be invalid.”

The difference matters. QRcreate and MyQRCode only spell out what happens when the trial lapses. Their terms do not say what a paid cancellation does. We are not going to tell you it kills the QR code, because they have not told us that either.

GetQR’s terms describe its dynamic redirect requirement:

“Dynamic redirect functionality depends on an active subscription: dynamic redirects may stop working when the associated account is closed.”

GetQR says the redirect depends on an active subscription and may stop when the account closes. That wording does not establish an exact cutoff date. Confirm the account-specific timing with support.

Four weeks is not a month

MyQRCode and QRcreate both renew at “$49 every 4 weeks.”

A year holds 13 four-week periods, not 12. So $49 every four weeks is not $588 a year. It is $637 a year, and the extra $49 is the thirteenth billing cycle.

Here is the arithmetic.

The part that isn’t on the pricing page

A printed QR code can remain in use after the original project ends. The product insert is still in a drawer, or a customer scans a reorder magnet months after receiving it.

Before subscribing, check whether cancellation affects redirecting, destination editing, reporting or all three. An inexpensive trial does not answer those longer-term questions.

What a year costs

	Entry	Then	Dynamic QR codes	Trial plus stated renewal payments
GetQR	$1.00, 7 days, non-refundable	$39.99 every four weeks	No fixed creation cap, fair use	$520.87: trial + 13 four-week payments
MyQRCode	$1.95, 7 days	$49 every 4 weeks	Unlimited	$638.95: trial + 13 four-week payments
QRcreate	$1.95, 7 days	$49 every 4 weeks	Unlimited	$638.95: trial + 13 four-week payments
QR Code Creator	Free, 7 days	$11.10/month, billed annually	3	$133.20
Graklink	None	Nothing	$7.99 each, forever	Once, per QR code

The cheapest of the four is QR Code Creator’s Basic plan: $133.20 a year, for three QR codes, every year, for as long as you want those three QR codes to keep working.

QR Code Creator’s price check and archive limitations are listed in Sources and verification dates. Confirm the selected billing total on the provider’s current page before buying.

How Graklink compares

A Graklink dynamic QR code includes destination editing, unlimited scans and basic counts. There is no subscription required to retain those features.

Compare the quantity and features you need, including each competitor’s lower-priced annual option.