Free vCard QR Code Generator

Type your contact details. Someone scans the QR, taps Add to Contacts, you're in their phone. Skip the typing, skip the misspelled names.

Static: encodes the contact card directly - never expires.  |  Dynamic: shortens a personal-landing URL you control - editable later.

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Coming soon: logo overlay for the vCard QR code, like on the homepage.

How to create a vCard QR (under a minute)

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Pick static or dynamic. Static encodes the contact directly - the QR works forever, but you can't change it without reprinting. Dynamic shortens a personal-landing URL you control - you can swap the destination later. For most business cards: static. For a personal brand or a job in flux: dynamic.
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Fill in your contact details. Name, phone, and email are the minimum. Add company and title if it's a work card; add a website if you've got one worth visiting. Leave a field blank to skip it - we'll only encode what you fill in.
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Click "Generate QR code". The QR renders to the right. Customize the cell shape, finder shape, and colors until it matches your brand. The color picker accepts any hex value.
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Test it before you print. Open your phone's camera and point it at the QR on screen. iOS and Android both pop a "Add Contact" banner. If you see your details correctly, you're ready to download.
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Download as PNG or SVG. PNG for screen sharing and quick prints. SVG for business cards, signage, or any print job over 5 cm where you want crisp edges.

Where a vCard QR earns its keep

Business cards

One QR replaces the typed-into-phone ritual. Print on the back of your card and let people add you in one tap. Pairs especially well with a small white margin around the code for cleaner scans.

Conference badges

Put your QR on the back of the lanyard so other attendees can save your contact without exchanging cards. Dynamic mode lets you point at your event landing page during the conference, then your portfolio after.

Email signatures

Drop the QR into your email footer so recipients can save your contact card without copying details by hand. Especially useful if your name spelling trips people up.

Talk slides

End every talk with a slide containing your vCard QR. People who liked the talk can save you in 2 seconds without writing your name down or trying to spell it correctly.

Storefronts & offices

Print the QR on a small placard near the entrance so visitors and walk-ins can save your contact without ringing a doorbell. Pair with your operating hours and a "thanks for stopping by" message.

Social profiles

Add the QR to your LinkedIn banner, Instagram bio image, or Twitter header. Anyone visiting your profile can save your contact details to their phone without leaving the app.

vCard QR FAQ

A vCard QR encodes a contact card in the vCard 3.0 format - the same format the entire address-book ecosystem agrees on. Scan it with your camera; the OS recognizes it as a contact and offers to add it in one tap. No app required - iOS and Android both handle this natively.

Static if your contact details are stable. The QR encodes the contact card directly, never expires, works forever. Dynamic if you expect changes or you'd rather point people at a personal landing page (LinkedIn, About.me, your website) - you can update the destination later without reprinting your cards. Dynamic mode requires a free whew.cc account so the short link doesn't expire.

Yes - first generate the QR here, then head to our homepage QR generator to upload a logo and run the built-in readability check. The check verifies your QR still scans cleanly with the logo placed on top.

Yes, both. iOS has handled vCard QRs since version 11 (2017); Android picks it up via the native camera or Google Lens. After scanning, the OS shows the contact details and offers an "Add to Contacts" button in one tap.

Aim for at least 2 cm square on a standard business card. Smaller works in good lighting, but 2 cm gives reliable scans even at arm's length on a dim conference floor. The single best thing you can do is leave a clear white margin (quiet zone) around the code - at least 4 cells wide. We add that automatically when you download.

When someone scans your QR, the contact saves to their address book as a fresh entry they own. They can edit, delete, or share it freely - their copy is independent of yours. In dynamic mode, you can change what the QR points to going forward, but copies already saved to people's phones don't update retroactively.

Static QRs scale with payload size - more data means a denser QR. The 8 fields on this page comfortably fit in a low-density QR that scans cleanly from across a table. If you have a very long company name, multiline address, or notes, the QR may get denser; we automatically pick the right error-correction level. For very long content, dynamic mode keeps the QR small regardless of how much contact data you have.

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