vCard QR Code Generator

A vCard QR code is a QR code that packs the standard vCard contact file format, name, company, job title, phone, email, and website, into a scannable image. Scan it and the phone offers to save the whole contact at once, far faster than reading a card and typing it in.

It uses the same QR technology as our plain QR code generator, just with a structured contact payload instead of a URL.

This tool encodes contact details as vCard version 3.0, the IETF-standardized format with the broadest compatibility across iPhone, Android, and desktop contact apps. The newer vCard 4.0 adds features like multiple value types, but some phones, particularly older Android builds, parse it inconsistently or fail to show the "Add contact" prompt at all. 3.0 is the safer default when the code needs to work on whatever phone scans it.

There is also no photo field, by design. A small headshot embedded as base64 text can add tens of thousands of characters to the vCard, which pushes the QR code into a very dense, high-module pattern that struggles to scan reliably at normal print sizes. Keeping the vCard short, name, phone, email, company, is what keeps the resulting code easy to scan on a business card or badge.

The code here is static: your details are stored inside the image. That is ideal when your contact info is stable, it never expires and needs no account.

The catch is that a printed static code can never change. New job, new number, or you want to know how many people scanned your card? You would have to reprint every time. A dynamic QR code points to a link you control, so you can update your details anytime without reprinting and track scans. If your details change or you want analytics, dynamic is the better option.