A small note from the person who built this.
qr-cow is not a startup. There's no team page, no VC deck, no "we" — it's one person writing code between coffee runs. The "we" you sometimes see in copy is a habit I'm trying to break.
How it started
In late 2025 a friend of mine opened a small café. She paid a designer to print her menu with a QR code on the bottom. Two weeks later she changed the menu. The QR still pointed at the old PDF. She paid the designer again. Then again. After the third reprint I wrote her a script: one short URL she could edit herself, and the printed code kept working.
That script became this site. The mascot is a cow because the placeholder I drew while testing the studio happened to look like one, and removing it felt wrong.
What I care about
- Cheap. Real analytics for $3/mo, not $19/mo. Indies and small teams shouldn't subsidise sales reps they'll never talk to.
- Portable. Static codes work with no account. Designs export as SVG. If you ever outgrow qr-cow, take everything with you.
- No third-party trackers. I run my own analytics. Nothing leaks to Google, Facebook, or anyone else.
- Crypto-only. Because cards don't really work where I live, and because chargebacks on $3 subscriptions aren't a business I want to run.
What's next
A few things on the list, in rough order:
- Bulk CSV import — five people have asked; I want it too.
- Brand kits — save a palette + logo, reuse across codes.
- A real iOS app, not just the installed PWA.
- An "is this code still scannable?" checker.
If you have a QR-code problem qr-cow doesn't solve, write to [email protected]. I read everything.