Location QR Code Generator
One scan opens your address in the phone's maps app, ready for directions, or a pin at exact coordinates for places that have none. Generated entirely in your browser.
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Everything a printed code should be able to do
Once a code is on a menu, a box, or a billboard, reprinting is the expensive part. Dynamic links move the decisions into your account instead.
Per-scan analytics
ProEvery scan recorded with approximate city, device, OS, and time, exportable to CSV. Free plans keep aggregate counts by day, device, and country.
Repoint any time
FreeChange where a printed code goes in seconds. 3 links free with unlimited scans; unlimited links on Pro.
Your domain on the code
ProScanners see your name, not ours, with custom endings you choose instead of a random slug.
A file behind the code
ProHost a PDF or image at the code itself and swap the file without reprinting. Menus, spec sheets, price lists.
replaced, same code
Smart routing
ProOne code, many destinations: route each scan by country, language, device platform, or time of day.
Pages
ProA hosted page of blocks behind one code, editable any time. One QR for everything you do.
How Reticle compares: vs QR Tiger vs Bitly vs Flowcode best free generator
Made in your browser
Static codes are generated entirely on your device. Nothing is uploaded unless you create a dynamic link or host a file, and we say exactly what those store.
No scan-count paywall
Free dynamic links have unlimited scans, and a link you actually use never expires. A free link with no scans at all for 90 days is reclaimed after two email warnings; one scan or one click keeps it. A code that is out in the world doing its job keeps working; we do not hold it hostage.
Data you can erase
Free plans keep aggregate counts only. Pro per-scan records are kept about 90 days, and you can export or delete them at any time.
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Describe it. Reticle AI plans the link.
Tell Reticle AI what your code should do. It drafts the dynamic link, smart routing, page, and password setup for you to review and apply.
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- Unlimited static codes, full styling, every export
- 3 dynamic links with unlimited scans
- Aggregate scan stats and email digests
- 100 saved codes, synced to your account
- Your own domain on printed codes, with custom endings
- Unlimited dynamic links, bulk CSV, API and scan webhooks
- Per-scan analytics, exportable to CSV
- File codes, smart routing, pages, passwords, scheduling
Address or coordinates
The Location picker defaults to an address: type a street address and it becomes a Google Maps link, https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=..., that opens your address in the Maps app when it's installed and the web map otherwise, ready for directions. Switch to Coordinates for a geo: pin at an exact spot, for places that have no address at all.
How the coordinates mode works
A location QR code encodes a geo:latitude,longitude link, for example geo:37.7749,-122.4194. Scanning it opens the phone's maps app with a pin dropped at that exact spot, ready for directions. Unlike a typed address, coordinates can't be misheard, misspelled, or ambiguous, and they work for places that have no address: trailheads, festival gates, boat ramps, parking lot corners, loading docks, campsites, booth 214 in a fairground.
Getting your coordinates
Open Google Maps, press-and-hold (or right-click) the exact spot, and copy the two decimal numbers it shows: latitude first, longitude second. Paste them into Reticle's fields. Four to five decimal places is plenty: five decimals pins the location to about a meter. Negative latitude means southern hemisphere; negative longitude, west of Greenwich; keep the minus signs.
Where it shines (and one tip)
Event parking signs, wedding venues down unnamed roads, Airbnb check-in instructions, delivery notes for tricky sites, geocaching, and "meet here" posters all beat an address with a pin. Coordinates are a tiny payload, so the code stays crisp even printed small. One tip: if you'd rather send people to a named place with reviews and hours, its address in the Location picker's address mode does that; use coordinates when the exact point is what matters.
Frequently asked questions
Where do I get the coordinates?
In Google Maps, press-and-hold (on phone) or right-click (on desktop) the exact spot and copy the decimal numbers shown: latitude first, then longitude. Paste them straight into the fields.
Which maps app opens when it's scanned?
For coordinates, the phone's default handler for geo: links, Google Maps on Android and Apple Maps on iOS. For an address, Google Maps opens on both platforms, the app when it is installed and the web map otherwise; it never opens Apple Maps.
How precise are the coordinates?
Each decimal place adds precision: four decimals is about 11 meters, five is about a meter. Five decimal places is more than enough for any sign or invitation.
Does it work without internet?
The code itself decodes offline, but the maps app needs a connection (or offline maps) to render the map and route. The pin location is never lost; it's in the code.
Should I use coordinates or a Google Maps link?
Both live in the Location picker. An address is right for anywhere with one: a shop, a venue, an office. Coordinates are best for exact points, especially unaddressed ones such as trailheads, gates, and parking corners.