QR.io Reviews

Beware of this company. They make it weird to cancel, as well. You have to select an option to continue your "subscription", which you never agreed to before getting to a place where you can cancel.

Somehow, I wound up paying $102.00 to use 1 free qr code. The upcharge was for multiple uses. How can they charge the $2 and then charge me for a subscription? This is about a sketchy as it comes. If you are going to sign me up for a subscription, don't upcharge me for something I will already be paying for. They are scammers.

I cannot locate 1 single email confirmation nor receipt in my email. Not 1 notification that they were charging my card.

They are criminals and charged me without any notification at all.

This company is a fraud. They do not make it clear on their website that the "free" QR code you generate with them will only work during a trial period. After that time, you get a message saying "Paused: You need to choose a plan to reactivate this QR code." And they you are supposed to fork over $35 per MONTH. Unfortunately, I used the QR code on printed flyers which are now useless. Several attempts to contact customer service via email asking for a solution received no answer. In the end, I had to reprint the flyers using a different QR code. Save yourself the headache and stay away from this company!

Easy to use. You can set colors, design, background, etc. But that is about it. Nothing else to recommend. See the big drawbacks below.

It is NOT free! They do not make it clear on their website that the "free" QR code you generate with them will only work during a trial period.

I was suckered by this total scam. You create what they call "free" QR codes and about the time you get them printed up in your literature, they disable the codes and demand a high subscription price to re-enable them.

What they advertised (free QR codes) sounded good. It was relatively easy to create them. But using them was another matter.

The "free" QR codes you create expire after a short period of time (just long enough for you to print them up in your promotional literature) and they demand a high "subscription" price (which you aren't told up front) to make them work again.

Awful!! As I said before it's a scam to get your cc number and keep you charging for something you didn't ask for.

There's Nothing good about this company! It's a scam! Stay away from them if you don't want to loose your time and money.

It's a fraud!! My team have generated 2 QR Codes in July/August because they make it look like it's free. Then realized it wasn't, but the QR Codes were printed and we needed a few days to sort it out. We had to buy 2 different plans, with the promise that we could cancel up to 7 days. We did it. They charged this 2 accounts and invented another 3rd account to charge for. They said the 2 accounts were canceled, but are still charging us for a 3rd account, and haven't refunded anything! Take care and stay away from them. I'll have to cancel my cc because of them!

We are still awaiting a response from customer service despite having a premium account. The features are extremely limited, and it appears there is no service available. Unfortunately, qr.io has proven unhelpful in advancing our needs; instead, the lack of features and services has set us back.

We are still awaiting a response from customer service despite having a premium account. The features are extremely limited, and it appears there is no service available. Unfortunately, qr.io has proven unhelpful in advancing our needs; instead, the lack of features and services has set us back.

We are still awaiting a response from customer service despite having a premium account. The features are extremely limited, and it appears there is no service available. Unfortunately, qr.io has proven unhelpful in advancing our needs; instead, the lack of features and services has set us back.

They don't say anything about a tree trial then 7 days in the send an email about trellis ending. I had already printed a huge banner. I will be seeking compensation

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This is horrible.

They do not have a customer support number. Buyer beware.

None.

I signed up for the QR code service mid 2022. I canceled my subscription in November of 2022. I am still being charged for this service and the "company" has refused to refund their erroneous charges, even after providing proof of cancellation, and has stopped replying to my email.

$35 for a QR code? Absurd. Literally a scam, should be appalled, misleading website. Worst site in existence.

Nothing it sucks don't use it ever, don't fall for it's purposely misleading web design. No Pros!

It's a rip off, the web design is misleading. $35 QR code.

An absolutely despicable business which makes money by tricking it's users.

QR.io does not mention anywhere during the creation of QR codes that it's only valid for a certain amount of time. The company tricks you into thinking it's free so you create the QR code, and then create hundreds or thousands of business cards, or in my case, wedding invitations, which are then rendered useless a couple weeks later when the QR code is deactivated unless you pay a MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION OF $35!!!

Are you kidding me??? Now my guests can't RSVP unless I pay a monthly subscription!

I'm now stuck having a stack of useless wedding invitations, that have already been sent out to guests, unless I pay $35 a month, which was never stated to me during the creation of the QR codes.

This is absolutely absurd and this business needs to either make some changes in their practices or be shut down. This is unbelievably deceptive and there is no way this is legal.

Pretty QR Codes. That's it.

An absolutely despicable business which makes money by tricking it's users.

Pure garbage, I was just scammed out of my money after fake advertising and fake promises.
They should be sued into hell.

The 7 days I thought this was free.
Absolutely nothing else.

After 7 days they revealed that they lied to me and now I had to fork out 35 bucks so that the magazines I printed and were sent to circulation don't have busted qr codes.
This should be illegal.

Do not trust QR.io. There is nothing positive I can say about them. Avoid at all costs - there are numerous better alternatives.

Easy to create a QR in the colors and design you want but that's it. Total scam afterwards and no other pros.

Force you to pay $35 even for a single QR code
Does not indicate clearly the difference between static and dynamic QR codes and by default creates a dynamic code which redirects though their domain. To keep this one active, you need to pay after 7 days
Very misleading website.

It makes out that it's free but it's only a free trial for 7 days and then you have to pay $35 A MONTH which is a ridiculous cost for such a basic service.

I have to write 100 characters minimum but I do not have 100 characters of positive things to say about this product.

It makes out that it's free but it's only a free trial for 7 days and then you have to pay $35 A MONTH which is a ridiculous cost for such a basic service.

I will start a formal complaint with an official authority.
Do not use this website!

No Pros at all.

Worst customer service ever.
Almost two months trying to cancel my trial subscription. Nobody help me. The website does not allow me to cancel.
They are still charging me every month.

Do not touch this service with a barge pole! Avoid avoid avoid! There is literally nothing positive I can even remotely say to endorse this service.

Nothing, absolutely terrible service. There is literally nothing positive I can even remotely say to endorse this service.

Says it's free but turns out it's only free for 7 days, after which they want to charge an absolutely ludicrous $35 a month! Totally misleading.

Do not use this service.

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It is a scam. Says its free, then after 7 days they demand $35 USD monthly or $400 USD annually. No where did it state id have to pay after using the service. i now have useless business cards with their BS QR code on it. DO NOT USE!!!

The worst thing is your CUSTOMERS who click on the QR code get shown that in order to use the QR code it will cost $35 - they actually give them the link to the subscription payment. How about that!!!!!!

So your own customers who you are trying to market to think you are a complete ******* trying to bill them to use the QR code.
Do not fall for these criminals! They are complete rip off merchants, they clearly don't even care about their product or how its viewed by customers, given the many negative reviews I've now read.

none, and I mean absolutely no pros to using this software. Yes you can create and download the QR code easily enough, they made it so quick that you don't even notice anywhere that after 7 days you are going to be well and truly shafted!

I needed some QR codes for some Artwork I prepared, not realising the "Free" QR Code wasn't free. over £100 of leaflets wasted as although the QR code initially worked fine, by the time I received the leaflets the 7 days trial was up and as soon as you click on the QR code, you get sent to a paywall that asks you for $35 MONTHLY subscription. I had to pay for the first month since my store was opening and I needed the codes, but what a rip off! It was flat out extortion!

I've just had to pay another £50 for stickers with new QR codes on to cover up their useless ones!

I despise them. I hope the owner literally loses everything... He/She deserves the worse in life to happen to them when they are praying on people. I hate them with a passion!

It sucks hate. Their existence. Do yourself a favor and report the purchase as a faulty transaction. With enough people doing that they'll lose the ability to use it!

I signed up by mistake and got tricked into using their new QR code, and I was obligated to pay for their horrible service at these unreasonable prices. I despise this company with all my might, and I am going to do everything I can to tell everyone just how deceitful their business practices are! I demanded a refund immediately. I was unaware that my QR code was directed to their site, and after I printed it, when I scanned it, it prompted me to pay for their terrible service. It is literally the worst, most deceitful way of operating I have ever seen. The people they are taking advantage of are small businesses that aren't tech-savvy enough to recognize when they're being taken advantage of. They should be ashamed of themselves!

Not worth the trouble, and the code you create during the trial becomes useless and redirects to a paywall after the trial ends.

The website is fairly easy to use, but other than that I can't think of a single "Pro" or anything else to recommend.

The "free code generator" is essentially a scam. If you're just looking for a basic static code, DO NOT USE QR.io because after a week your code will redirect to a paywall. Who knows where the fine print is buried, but it's a very deceptive tactic. There are tons of other free QR code generators out there, so unless you think analytics are worth $350/year to create and use a QR code, I would steer clear of this service.

They should use ads or another type of business model. I DO NOT recommend using this company. Now I will recreate and need to send my team a NEW piece - after some have been using with external customers. The WORST scenario.

Easy to use - but that's it. I have never written a review for a work-related vendor. I want to save others from this experience, so this is my first.

The site lied about being free. It's free for a limited time, then they ask for ridiculous amount of $ to continue use. Unfortunately, after 7 days AFTER I produced a piece for my team to use externally, the code went dead. UNREAL.

Very smart scam.

They invite you to create a QR code, it's very easy and you don't see any price.

Then one week later they block it and ask you to pay $35, crazy overpriced. But when you have it on your flyers it's complicated.