Free vCard QR Code Generator

Free means free here

Many free QR code generators are free only until you download, or they quietly make a short link that stops working when a trial ends. This one makes a static code: the content is inside the code itself, so it works forever with no account, no watermark, no ads when people scan it and no expiry.

You still get the design tools people usually pay for: colors and gradients, rounded or dotted modules, round corners, your own logo in the middle, a frame with a label such as Scan me, and downloads as PNG up to 2048 px, SVG, EPS for print shops and a print ready PDF. A built in scan check reads the finished code back, so you know it works before you print it.

What a vCard QR code holds

A vCard QR code stores a contact card as plain text in the vCard format, the same format phones use when you share a contact. When someone points their camera at it, the phone offers to add a new contact with your name, number, email and company already filled in. Nobody has to type anything, and the code works without an internet connection.

This is the exact text the generator puts in the code for a typical card:

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:Doe;Jane;;;
FN:Jane Doe
ORG:Acme Realty
TITLE:Broker
TEL;TYPE=CELL:+1 555 123 4567
EMAIL;TYPE=INTERNET:[email protected]
URL:https://acmerealty.com
item1.URL:https://www.linkedin.com/in/janedoe/
item1.X-ABLabel:LinkedIn
END:VCARD

Commas and semicolons in your details are escaped automatically, so a company name like Smith, Jones and Co still saves correctly. The LinkedIn line is saved as a link labelled LinkedIn on iPhone and as a website on most Android phones.

How much you can fit

Every field you add makes the code denser, which means smaller squares at the same print size. These are real codes made with this tool:

A logo raises the error correction so the code still scans with the middle covered, which makes it denser: the full card with a logo needs about 4.2 cm (1.7 in). For the back of a standard business card, the name, mobile and email version is the safest choice.

How big to print it

The farther away people stand, the bigger the code has to be. A reliable rule is to make the code about one tenth as wide as the scanning distance, and never smaller than the minimum in the table above.

Keep a white margin around the code at least as wide as four of its squares, use a dark color on a light background, and avoid glossy lamination over small codes, because glare stops cameras from reading them.

Where a vCard QR code works best

• Back of a business card. Name, mobile and email only, printed 2.5 cm (1 in) wide in one corner, with your name printed next to it so people know whose contact it is.
• Conference badge or lanyard. Use the frame label Save my contact and print it 3 to 4 cm wide, so people can scan it during a handshake without asking you to hold still.
• Booth table or counter sign. Print it 10 cm wide for people scanning from a meter away, and add the label Save our contact.
• Real estate sign rider or open house flyer. Buyers save the agent straight to their phone instead of photographing the sign. On a yard sign seen from 2 m, print it at least 20 cm wide.
• Last slide of a talk. Download the SVG so it stays sharp on a projector, and make it fill about a third of the slide height so the back rows can scan it.
• Quotes, invoices and packing slips. A small code in the footer means customers always have the right number when they need to reorder or follow up.

Static vCard QR code or digital business card

This generator makes a static code, which is right when your details rarely change. A digital business card is better when they do. Here is how the two compare:

Social profiles, notes and print ready files

Add your LinkedIn and Instagram profiles and they are saved with the contact as labelled links, along with an optional note such as where you met. Most static vCard generators leave social profiles out entirely.

When the design is ready, download a PNG for screens, an SVG or EPS for print, a .vcf file to email, or print the code on its own sheet. Everything is generated on your device, so your details are never uploaded.

Test before you print

• Scan the preview with an iPhone camera and an Android camera, then open the new contact and check every field.
• Print one proof at the final size and scan it from the distance people will really stand.
• Check it in the real light, such as a dim venue or a bright window.
• If the scan check under the preview turns red, remove the logo, choose square dots or use a darker color.