A free HiHello alternative, compared.
myQR and HiHello on what matters when you switch. Every HiHello answer links to HiHello's own page, checked on 25 October 2026.
Where each one fits.
HiHello
Pick HiHello for email signatures, virtual backgrounds and two free cards. Removing its branding, and the app offer the people you meet see, need a paid plan.
myQR
Free. The person you meet installs nothing and makes no account. Your number stays hidden until you approve them or they scan you in person.
What HiHello changed.
Before you switch.
Does the other person need an app?
Yes: myQR. No app and no account. The card opens in their camera's browser.
Yes: HiHello. No app and no account.18
Does the person you meet see an app pitch or an ad?
Yes: myQR. No. Your card and the save come first. The myQR mark and a link to make a card sit at the very end.
Partly: HiHello. By default the last step offers them the app. Turning that off is a contact exchange setting on Professional and above.19
Is there a free plan?
Yes: myQR. Yes. One card, one code, unlimited sharing.
Yes: HiHello. Yes. Two cards. Scanning other people's cards and badges is capped at five a month.15
Can you keep and export your contacts for free?
Yes: myQR. Yes. Export everyone as a contacts file or a spreadsheet, any time.
Yes: HiHello. Yes. The export guide emails you every contact as a spreadsheet and names no plan.35
Does a printed code keep working?
Yes: myQR. Yes. It keeps opening your card after you edit or replace it. Replacing it and then changing your username retires it.
Partly: HiHello. Until you renew the card's link. Renewing stops the old link and QR code, and can't be undone.34
Is the free card free of vendor branding?
Partly: myQR. No. A small myQR mark sits on the card.
No: HiHello. No. Branding is removed on paid plans.21
What does the cheapest paid plan cost?
myQR. None. myQR is free.
HiHello. Professional at $6 a month billed yearly, $8 monthly.15
What users report.
“No one has been able to add my contact. I end up texting them my info. I feel foolish when I try to use this.”
Google Play review, 5 May 2024“functionality that was free is now metered.”
Google Play review, 25 September 2026“the free version should let you review at least 2-5 people who saved your card”
App Store review, 16 October 2026
Free, with no catch.
- Yes: The person you meet gets your card with no ad, app pitch or paywall in the way.
- Yes: The people you've connected with are never locked behind a paywall.
- Yes: Your printed code keeps opening your card. We never switch it off.
- Yes: There's no trial that starts charging you.
- Yes: You can export everyone you've connected with, any time.