A page with your words. Nothing else.
No login, no app prompt, no marketing site. The QR redirects to a page that shows the text you typed and a copy button. The customer reads, copies if needed, closes the tab. The whole interaction can be under three seconds.
WiFi: MountainCafe
Password: welcome2026
Checkout is 11am. Towel exchange in the lobby. Coffee downstairs from 7am.
Any issues, text +44 7700 900123
For the things that don't need a website.
Most "information QRs" don't need to be a full page — they need to be a paragraph. A text QR is the smallest possible artefact for the smallest possible message. Print it, the customer scans, the message appears.
Editable from your dashboard, so you can change the message without reprinting. Useful for instructions, prices, schedules — anything that updates more often than the sticker does.
As long as you need — within reason.
Because the text is stored on our side (not encoded into the QR itself), the QR stays sharp and easy-to-scan no matter how long your message is. The underlying short link is what fits in the QR; the text comes from the redirect page.
The text lives on a page we serve; the QR encodes a short link to it. Write as much as you want.
Full Unicode — Chinese, Arabic, Cyrillic, emoji, IPA, math symbols. All render correctly.
Change the text any time. Same QR, new message. The printed sticker keeps working.
Anywhere a paragraph would do.
The interesting thing about text QRs is the things they replace — laminated signs, multi-language menus, allergen cards, instructional placards. All replaced by a single sticker that points at a paragraph you can edit any time.
Hotel room info card
WiFi password, checkout time, breakfast hours, concierge number. Edit when anything changes — no reprint, no laminator.
Allergen / ingredient list
QR on the menu. Scanners get the full allergen breakdown. Update for seasonal substitutions without reprinting menus.
Exhibit captions
Each piece has a QR. Visitors scan, read context the curator wrote. Translations stored on the same URL via versioning.
Lost-and-found / found pets
"If you find this jacket, the owner's contact is below." Lost-pet collar tag. The text is editable if your phone number changes.
Quiz / treasure hunt
QR on each clue. Scanners read the riddle. Editable so you can rotate the puzzle without reprinting cards.
Equipment instructions
Sticker on the machine. Scanners get the operation notes, the service number, the last-maintained date. Edit when any of those change.
Pick the simpler artefact when simpler is enough.
A text QR is the lightest possible response to "I need to put information on this sticker". A link QR lets you build a whole page; sometimes that's overkill. Use the one that matches the message.
Text QR wins when
- The message is a paragraph, not a full page
- No links, photos, or formatted content needed
- Customer reads on the spot — they're standing in front of the sticker
- Frequent edits, infrequent printing
- Lost-and-found, allergen cards, room info, instructions
Link / URL QR wins when
- Customer needs to act — book, buy, sign up
- Content has photos, video, formatted tables
- Tracking which link, where, when matters
- Destination might be a different page tomorrow
- Short link generator covers the rest
Things people ask before they print the sticker.
What does the customer see when they scan?+
A plain page with your text rendered in readable type, plus a copy button. No marketing, no sign-up prompt — by default the page is just the text. On the lifetime tier you can run this on your own domain so the URL bar matches your brand.
Can I include line breaks and formatting?+
Line breaks: yes, the page respects them. Bold / italic / headings: not in plain-text mode — for that you'd want a small landing page. Plain newlines and indentation render exactly as you typed them.
Is the text stored privately?+
The text is stored on our servers and served at the redirect URL — same as any short-link destination. Anyone with the short link (or the QR that contains it) can read it. Treat the text as "publicly accessible to whoever scans the QR" — don't put passwords or sensitive data in a public text QR.
Can I edit the text later?+
Yes. Edit in your dashboard, save. The next scanner sees the new text immediately. People who scanned earlier see the new text if they scan again — there's no caching on our side beyond the browser's normal behaviour.
What about emoji and non-Latin characters?+
Full UTF-8 support. Chinese, Arabic, Cyrillic, Korean, Hindi, math symbols, IPA, emoji — all render correctly on every modern phone. Direction-of-text (right-to-left for Arabic / Hebrew) follows the content.
Will analytics show me how many people read it?+
Every scan logs a row with date, country, device family. Useful for working out which sticker placement (the menu, the wall, the parking meter) gets the most reads.
Print the sticker. Write the words.
Free to start. Lifetime tier for your own domain and unbranded redirect pages.
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