Lynkarr vs QRCode Monkey
For a code that will never need to change, QRCode Monkey is free and genuinely good. The whole comparison is about what happens if it does.
A free static QR code generator with a good design editor.
What QRCode Monkey does well
- Free, with no account, for as many codes as you like — and their own site states the codes may be used for any purpose including commercial ones.
- A careful design editor: colours, corner styles, logo placement, high-resolution output.
- Nothing to cancel and nothing to keep paying for, because there is no service behind the code.
Side by side
| QRCode Monkey | Lynkarr | |
|---|---|---|
| Editable after printing | No. Their FAQ states: you cannot edit the content of the QR codes again. | Yes, on a dynamic code, for as long as the account exists — including on the free plan. |
| Scan tracking | None on the free generator; scan statistics are a paid upgrade to their PRO product. | Included on every plan, free included. |
| Cost | $0 for static codes. | $0 for static codes too, with no cap on how many. |
| What you depend on | Nothing. The destination is in the pattern, so the code works whether or not they exist. | A dynamic code depends on our redirect. A static code from us has the same independence theirs does. |
Figures for QRCode Monkey read from qrcode-monkey.com on 29 August 2026. Ours were checked against the running product on the same day. Prices change — if you find one of these out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
A static code is not a worse code
It is a different thing. The destination is encoded in the pattern itself, so nothing has to stay running for it to work, and no company can take it away. If you are printing your own homepage on a business card, that is the right answer and it is free from them and from us.
What you give up is everything that comes from the code pointing at a redirect: changing where it goes, knowing it was scanned, and retiring it when the campaign is over.
The question is whether the destination is really permanent
It usually is not. A menu moves, an event page is archived, a product line is renamed, a domain changes hands. With a static code every one of those means reprinting whatever it was printed on.
That is the whole argument for a dynamic code, and it is why ours are editable forever rather than for as long as you keep paying.
When QRCode Monkey is the better choice
Use QRCode Monkey if the destination genuinely will not change and you do not want to know how often it is scanned. It is free, it is quick, and there is nothing to sign up for.
And one thing we do not solve at all: if you need to know who scanned a code — a named person, an audience to retarget — we cannot do that and will not add it. Our analytics identify nobody by design. That is a reason to look elsewhere and we would rather say so here than after you have paid.