> What each kind of QR code actually encodes, what a phone does when it scans one, and which one you want. Eleven types, free to make, no signup. Canonical HTML: https://repoint.studio/qr-code-types Site index for agents: https://repoint.studio/llms.txt --- # The 11 kinds of QR code, and what each one holds. A QR code is a container for a short string of text. What makes a WiFi code different from a vCard is nothing but the shape of that string, and the convention a phone follows when it recognises it. Here is every type Studio makes, what it puts inside the code, and what a phone does with it. Specimen · This page ## [URL](/url-qr-code-generator) Opens a web address. The common case: a code that opens a web page. Point it at a product page, a menu, a form, a video — anything with an address. [Read →](/url-qr-code-generator) ## [Text](/text-qr-code-generator) Shows a plain text note. A code that holds words and nothing else. No address, no app, nothing to open — the phone simply shows the text. [Read →](/text-qr-code-generator) ## [WiFi](/wifi-qr-code-generator) Joins a Wi-Fi network. A code that joins a network. Guests point a camera at it and are on the WiFi without anyone reading a password out loud. [Read →](/wifi-qr-code-generator) ## [Email](/email-qr-code-generator) Starts a pre-filled email. A code that starts an email. The recipient, the subject and the body can all be filled in before the person types a word. [Read →](/email-qr-code-generator) ## [Phone Number](/phone-number-qr-code-generator) Calls a phone number. A code that starts a call. The phone brings up the dialler with the number in it, ready to ring. [Read →](/phone-number-qr-code-generator) ## [SMS](/sms-qr-code-generator) Opens a pre-filled text message. A code that opens a text message. Useful for short-code sign-ups, service requests and anything where you want the wording to be exact. [Read →](/sms-qr-code-generator) ## [vCard](/vcard-qr-code-generator) Saves a contact to the phone. A code that saves a contact. For a business card, an email signature, a conference badge or a sign on a door. [Read →](/vcard-qr-code-generator) ## [Location](/location-qr-code-generator) Opens a point on the map. A code that points at a place. Not an address that has to be looked up — a pair of coordinates that opens directly on a map. [Read →](/location-qr-code-generator) ## [Event](/event-qr-code-generator) Adds an event to the calendar. A code that puts an event in someone’s calendar. For posters, invitations, tickets and anything with a date people will otherwise forget. [Read →](/event-qr-code-generator) ## [WhatsApp](/whatsapp-qr-code-generator) Opens a WhatsApp chat. A code that opens a WhatsApp conversation with you, optionally with the first message already written. [Read →](/whatsapp-qr-code-generator) ## [EPC Payment](/epc-payment-qr-code-generator) Starts a euro bank transfer (EPC). A code that opens a euro bank transfer with the details filled in. This is the EPC standard European banking apps read — on an invoice, a donation card or a market stall sign. [Read →](/epc-payment-qr-code-generator)