Use Cases
Can a QR Code Count Scans?
A static QR code — the type this site generates — has no built-in scan counter, by design: there's no server involved, so there's nothing to log a scan event. Counting scans requires a dynamic/redirect-based QR service instead, which routes every scan through a server first.
This is a genuine tradeoff, not a missing feature: a static code's simplicity (free forever, no dependency on a server staying online) is exactly what makes scan tracking impossible — there's no request being made to anywhere that could log it. If scan analytics matter more than permanence and cost for a specific use case, that's the scenario where a paid dynamic QR service is the right tool instead.
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