Guide
An app download QR code is device-aware store routing in scannable form. Follow these steps to create a QR code for app download, print it, and update destinations later without reprinting. For product fit (when to use a store-routing QR), see the QR use-case page.
Step 1
A dynamic QR encodes a short link, so start by making one AnyLinks link with your App Store, Google Play, and fallback destinations.
Confirm the short URL works on iPhone, Android, and desktop before you generate artwork. The QR will only be as correct as this link.
Step 2
In the dashboard, generate a QR image from that link and download SVG or PNG for print. Prefer SVG when your designer needs crisp scaling on posters and packaging.
Because the code points to a link you control, you can change where it goes later without reprinting.
Step 3
Put the QR on posters, packaging, or a display with enough quiet space around the code. Test a printed proof with both an iPhone and an Android camera before a large print run.
Scanning on iPhone should open the App Store; on Android, Google Play. A desktop webcam or laptop camera should open your fallback page.
Step 4
Track scans and clicks by device in the dashboard. On Pro, break down by country and campaign tag for 90 days.
When a store URL changes, update the link destinations in place. Printed codes keep working because they still encode the same short URL.
Common mistakes
Printing a static QR that hard-codes one store URL, using a free tool that later injects an ad interstitial, or skipping a real-device scan test before mass printing.
Also avoid tiny print sizes and busy backgrounds that reduce scan success at distance.
Create a smart store-routing link with App Store and Google Play destinations, generate a QR from that link, download the image, and print it. One code routes each scan by device.
No. One smart app download QR code routes iPhone to the App Store and Android to Google Play automatically.
Yes. Because the QR encodes a link you manage, you update the destination in the dashboard and the printed code keeps working.
Open the camera app, scan the code, and follow the store listing that opens for your phone. The publisher’s QR should send iPhone and Android to different stores automatically.
Yes. This guide is the how-to for creating an app download QR code. The use-case page explains the product fit for device-aware store QR codes.
