Graklink vs QRFY

Is QRFY’s free QR code generator actually free?

Only the static kind. QRFY’s homepage headline says “Create your Free QR code,” but the dynamic codes the whole platform is actually built around come with a 7-day free trial, not an ongoing free plan. QRFY’s own FAQ says so plainly: the trial “gives you access to all of our tools” for “7 days,” and after that, “you can continue using the platform by subscribing to one of our plans.” Graklink runs the other way: a dynamic code is a one-time $7.99, no trial, no subscription, no countdown.

Buy a code with no clock running at graklink.com.

Credit where it’s due: no credit card, no static catch

Two things QRFY gets right, worth saying plainly. The 7-day trial requires no credit card, so nobody gets quietly charged for forgetting to cancel something they never meant to keep, a real courtesy plenty of “free trial” software skips. And QRFY’s static QR codes are genuinely free and genuinely permanent, no trial, no catch, matching what Graklink offers on its own free static generator.

The catch is narrower than a hidden charge. It’s the word “free” doing work on the homepage that the fine print quietly walks back.

The catch: the trial ends in a week

QRFY’s plans don’t scale with how many codes you have. All three give “access to all the tools on our platform,” the only difference is how long you commit to and how much you pay per month. That means the moment your 7-day trial ends, every dynamic code you made, whether it was one or fifty, goes dark at once. QRFY’s FAQ: “Your QR codes will be stored for three months after the trial period has ended. During this period you will not be able to access them until you contract one of our plans.” The code stays printed on your menu or your flyer. It just stops going anywhere.

Skip the trial and own the code instead.

What it costs to keep a QRFY code alive

	QRFY	Graklink
Free tier	None for dynamic codes, 7-day trial only	Static code, unlimited scans, no account
Dynamic codes	Unlimited codes included in any plan, but none work without an active subscription	$7.99 each, or $4.99 each in a 10-24 bulk order
Cheapest way to stay active	$19/month, billed $228 annually	Nothing ongoing, it’s a one-time purchase
Trial ends or subscription lapses	Every dynamic code goes inaccessible, all at once	Not applicable, nothing to cancel
10 codes, total cost	$228/year, every year, same price whether it’s 1 code or 100	About $49.90, one time
Code stops if you miss a renewal	Yes, all of them, simultaneously	No, never

Ten codes isn’t even the relevant number with QRFY. One code, past the trial, costs the same $228 a year as a hundred.

Graklink’s answer: every code, owned, not rented

• Free static code: unlimited scans, forever, no account. Matches QRFY’s genuinely free static tier.
• Dynamic code, $7.99 once: no trial clock, no subscription keeping it alive. Bulk pricing: $5.99 each for 2 to 9, $4.99 each for 10 to 24, $3.99 each for 25 or more.
• Optional Pro analytics ($9.99/month or $99/year, unlimited codes) adds deeper tracking, and never decides whether the code still works.

Not sure you need dynamic at all yet? Start here: static vs dynamic QR codes.

Buy your code once, and skip the renewal date entirely.

The math on a QRFY subscription

QRFY’s annual plan is $228 a year, every year, whether you’re keeping one dynamic code alive or fifty. That $228 buys 28 Graklink codes outright in year one alone. Run it three years and QRFY has cost $684 for codes that stop the moment you miss a payment. The Graklink side of that math doesn’t grow, because there’s nothing left to pay.

When QRFY is the right call

If a static code covers what you need, QRFY’s free static generator is a fine, genuinely free option, use it. QRFY starts making sense as a subscription once you need its actual platform features while you’re paying anyway: custom domains, Google and Facebook pixel integration for ad tracking, multiple team members managing codes together. If that’s the job, the monthly cost is buying real software, not just a redirect. The moment you’re weighing that against a code that just needs to keep working on a printed menu or sign, the math above is the actual decision.

Weighing Hovercode’s free-3 tier instead? It’s a more honest free plan with a narrower catch: see how that one breaks down.

Seven days is real. Everything after that, you can just own.