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What it’s for

An App Store QR code sends scanners straight to your app’s listing in Google Play or the Apple App Store — automatically picking the right store for the scanning device. It’s a Quick Code — a direct-action QR with no landing page. In the app, the tile for it reads “Send scanners to the right app store for their device.”
App Store is always a dynamic QR code — this is required for the automatic, OS-based redirect at scan time. You get a Scanova short URL (scnv.io/...) and can attach a custom domain, but there’s no landing page of its own.

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Redirect behavior

With Auto-detect device and redirect on (the default), a scan behaves as follows:
  • An Android device is redirected straight to the Google Play URL.
  • An iOS or Mac device is redirected straight to the Apple App Store URL.
  • Any other device sees a choice screen listing both links.
Turning the toggle off always shows the choice screen with both links, to every scanner, regardless of device.
If you only fill in one store URL, that’s the only link scanners on any device will be offered.

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Create an App Store QR code

1

Open Create QR Code and choose Quick Code

From the sidebar, go to QR Codes, then click Create QR Code (or navigate to /qr/create). Click the Quick Code card.
2

Pick App Store

On the Quick Code type grid, click Configure under App Store, in the Dynamic section at the top (this type has no Static option). This opens the form at /qr/quick/appStore.
3

Add your store links

Enter your Google Play Store URL and/or Apple App Store URL — add at least one. Leave Auto-detect device and redirect on unless you specifically want every scanner to see a choice screen regardless of device.
App Store Quick Code form with Google Play and Apple App Store URLs filled in, the auto-detect toggle on, and the dynamic QR code's auto-generated short URL

The App Store Quick Code form with both store URLs entered and auto-detect on

4

Review the short URL

Because this type is always dynamic, a Scanova short URL is generated automatically (for example scnv.io/6z02). Edit the slug, attach a verified custom domain, or enable UTM tracking parameters under Advanced settings.
5

Publish

Click Publish. A panel opens to confirm or rename the QR code, assign a folder or tags, and adjust QR design before confirming.

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Creating one via the API

To create an App Store QR code through the API rather than the UI, use category ID 10 (labeled App Store in the Create QR Code Category dropdown reference table, allowed_qr_types: "dy" — only "dy" is valid for qr_type), with an info payload shaped like:
data is an array with 0–2 entries (playStore and/or appleStore) — include at least one. An optional sibling settings: { "autoDetectDisabled": true } disables the auto-redirect and always shows the choice screen; omit it (or leave it false) to keep auto-detect on. See Create QR Code for the full request schema.