Free vCard QR code: share a contact card in one scan

A paper business card still usually means manually retyping a number or email into your phone. A vCard QR code removes that step: scanning the code offers to add the complete contact card to the address book directly, ready to use.

A format recognised everywhere

The vCard standard, used here in its 3.0 version, is the standard contact card format recognised by nearly every address book — Android, iPhone, and most desktop email software. A contact added from this QR code behaves exactly like one entered by hand: editable, exportable, syncable following the phone's usual settings.

Which fields to fill in

Full name and phone cover most needs; email, organisation, and title add useful professional context without being essential. This generator doesn't support embedding a photo in the card: beyond the technical complexity, an image would noticeably bloat the QR code, at the expense of reading reliability — a deliberate trade-off in favour of a code that scans consistently.

A natural fit for a business card

This is one of the most obvious places for this kind of code: printed a few centimetres wide on a business card, in vector format to stay sharp at that small size, it lets anyone who receives the card add the contact instantly with no retyping. The same code also works well on a printed email signature, a conference badge, or any material where quickly adding a contact provides real value.

Frequently asked questions

What is a vCard?
It's a standard format (vCard 3.0 here) for representing a contact card — name, phone, email, organisation — recognised by nearly every address book, on phones and computers alike.
What happens when someone scans this QR code?
Their phone offers directly to add the contact card to their address book, with every field already filled in — name, phone, email, organisation — no manual retyping.
Which fields are actually useful on a business card?
Full name and phone cover the essentials; email, organisation, and title add useful professional context but stay optional. The more complete the card, the more immediately usable the added contact will be, but a QR code with just name and phone is perfectly valid.
Can I put this QR code on a physical business card?
Yes, it's one of the most common uses: printed in vector format (SVG or PDF) a few centimetres wide, it fits easily on a standard business card while staying scannable at short range.
Does the vCard include a photo?
No: this tool sticks to text fields (name, contact details, organisation), with no photo embedded in the code itself — a photo would significantly bloat the QR code, making it harder to scan reliably.
Does this format work equally well on Android and iPhone?
Yes, the vCard 3.0 standard is natively supported by both systems' address books, with no third-party app needed to add the contact.

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