FAQ:
Plain text, website links, Wi-Fi networks, phone numbers, email addresses, SMS messages, contact cards and calendar events. Each kind has its own editor, so you fill in fields instead of writing QR syntax by hand. Anything Display QR does not model stays editable as plain text, so an imported code is never lost — it is just edited as text.
Contact cards and events keep the fields the editor knows about. If you scan a contact card or an event that carries more than that, the extra fields are not preserved when you save it.
Yes — scan one with the camera, import one from a photo, or pull one out of a PDF document. Display QR recognises the kind of code it found and opens the matching editor.
Yes. Pick a square image and Display QR places it in the centre of the code. Before accepting it, the app scans the finished code back to make sure it still reads as the exact payload you entered, trying smaller logo boxes until one works.
If the editor shows a warning instead, no size worked — a longer payload leaves less room for a logo. Try a shorter payload, a simpler image, or save the code without one.
No. Your codes are stored on your device. If you are signed in to iCloud they sync privately between your own devices through your personal iCloud account — there is no shared or public database, and nothing is sent to us or to anyone else. The widget draws a preview image that your device generated locally; it never talks to iCloud itself. Display QR contains no analytics, no tracking and no advertising.
Details are in the Privacy Policy.
No. Display QR creates no account and asks for no email address or password. There is no subscription. Display QR Pro is a one-time purchase, not a recurring one.
Widgets are free and unlimited: every code in your library stays visible, previewable, shareable, and available to as many widgets as you like, whether or not you buy Pro. Nothing is ever hidden or deleted because of the limit.
For free you can build a library of up to five codes, and edit or delete the five newest ones. Once your library holds five codes, adding another one asks you to buy Pro.
Display QR Pro is a one-time purchase that removes the limits on creating, editing and deleting codes. It supports Family Sharing, and Restore Purchases brings it back on your other devices.
On the Home Screen:
- Long-press an empty area of your Home Screen until the icons jiggle.
- Tap the + button in the top corner.
- Search for Display QR and choose a widget size.
- Tap Add Widget, then tap Done.
- Long-press the new widget, choose Edit Widget, then pick a kind and the code it should show.
On the Lock Screen: long-press the Lock Screen, tap Customise, choose the Lock Screen, tap a widget area, pick Display QR, then tap the placed widget to choose its code.
Tapping a widget opens that code's detail screen in the app.
That placeholder means the widget's configured code is no longer in your library — usually because it was deleted, on this device or on another one. Display QR never quietly substitutes a different code. Long-press the widget, choose Edit Widget, and pick a code that still exists.
Widgets are refreshed by iOS, which decides when a widget redraws. Display QR asks for a refresh after you save a change, but the system may take a little while to run it. Opening the app and returning to the Home Screen usually speeds this up.
Sync is private and same-person only. Check that both devices are signed in to the same Apple Account, that iCloud Drive is on, and that the devices have a network connection. Sync is not instant; give it a moment after a change. If you sign in with a different Apple Account, the local library is reset before the new account's codes are downloaded.
Open the app's configuration screen and use Restore Purchases. Make sure the device is signed in to the Apple Account that made the purchase. Display QR Pro is a one-time purchase and supports Family Sharing.
For questions, feedback or bugs, email [email protected]. Please include your device model and iOS version if you are reporting a problem. We aim to respond within 5 business days.
Press enquiries are welcome at the same address.
