QRist: QR Codes on Your Wrist
Invoices, tickets & check-ins
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Import a ticket, invoice or screenshot, and its QR code waits at the top of your Smart Stack. Raise your wrist and show it. No account, nothing uploaded.
The QR codes stuck in your screenshots, PDFs and emails, on your wrist and ready to scan.
A QR app reads codes. QRist presents codes you own.
When you scan it yourself: an invoice PDF has a payment QR code, but your banking app wants to scan it with the same iPhone the PDF is open on. QRist gets the code off your phone and onto your Apple Watch, or into your clipboard.
When someone else scans it: the gym check-in, the parcel return, the conference badge, the library card. Your phone is in your bag and someone is waiting in line behind you. Wrist up. Scanned. Done.
FROM ANYWHERE TO YOUR WRIST
• Import a screenshot or photo, or a PDF from Files
• Or tap Share in any app and send it to QRist
• QRist finds every QR code in it, even on page 7 of a PDF
• Small printed codes in PDFs are read too
• A code on paper? Import it with your iPhone camera
• Your Apple Watch keeps its own copy, so codes work without your iPhone nearby
ALREADY THERE WHEN YOU RAISE YOUR WRIST
• After an import, QRist shows when the code has reached your Apple Watch
• Right after an import, a Live Activity sits at the top of your Smart Stack. Tap it and the code opens full-screen
• On iPhone, the same Live Activity appears on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island
• Turn the Digital Crown or swipe to move between your codes
• Add the “Latest QR Code” widget to your watch face or Smart Stack
• Rather keep your wrist quiet? Turn off “Show new codes on Apple Watch” in Settings
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
QRist finds codes on your device. There's no account, no tracking, no ads and no network access at all. Your original photos and PDFs are never stored, only the text inside each code, and every code is redrawn sharply from that text.
Free to download.
REQUIREMENTS
Requires iOS 18 or later. The Apple Watch app requires watchOS 11 or later and an Apple Watch paired with your iPhone. On iPad, QRist keeps your library and imports codes; the wrist hand-off needs an iPhone.
Questions or ideas? Write to qrist@palaplu.com.
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What's new in 1.1
• Select several codes at once, then delete them together
• Opening a saved code now shows its own name at the top, not the same generic title every time
• Your Apple Watch card now looks the same everywhere: the Smart Stack widget and the moment a code arrives
Found a code QRist can't read? Tell me at qrist@palaplu.com.
The developer, Palaplu BVBA, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Palaplu BVBA
- Size
- 4.3 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 11.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 11 more
- English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Bram De Geyter