QR Code Attendance — Zero Setup, Zero Apps

QR code attendance replaces paper sign-in sheets with a scannable code. Attendees point their phone camera at the code, the camera opens a check-in form in their browser, they fill it in, and their attendance is recorded — all without downloading an app.

It's the modern alternative to clipboards, spreadsheets, and roll-call. You get real-time visibility into who's arrived, automatic timestamps, and a clean export when the event ends. No manual data entry, no lost forms, no transcription errors.

A one-way scan answers "who came?". Plenty of places need the harder question — "who is here right now, and how long were they here?". That needs two scans: one in, one out.

AttendPad handles this with Rooms rather than sheets. A Room is a permanent space — an office, a classroom, a shelter, a gym — with one QR code that never changes. You print it once and mount it at the door. People scan it when they arrive and scan the same code when they leave, and the room keeps a running record of who is currently present, when each person arrived, when they left, and total time on site.

Because the code is persistent, you don't create anything new each day. Attendance rolls over automatically at midnight and each day gets its own record in the room's history.

You don't need a separate QR code generator. Generic generators produce a code that points at a static URL — they can't record who scanned it, so you still need somewhere for the data to land. AttendPad generates the code and owns the record behind it.

When you activate a sheet or create a room, the QR code is generated automatically and tied to that specific record. You can download it as a PNG at print resolution, or copy the check-in link if you'd rather send it by email, Slack, or text message.

Practical notes for printing: A5 is large enough for a code people scan from arm's length, A4 or bigger if they'll scan from a queue. Keep the white margin around the code — trimming it too close is the most common reason a scan fails. Matte paper beats glossy under bright entrance lighting.

Plenty of people run QR attendance specifically to stop typing names into a spreadsheet by hand. Every sheet and room exports to CSV, which opens directly in Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers, or anything else that reads a spreadsheet.

The export includes every field you collected, plus timestamps in your chosen timezone, late-arrival flags, and — for rooms — check-out times and total duration. Signatures export as a separate column, and photo verification images are referenced per row.

If your reporting needs a document rather than a spreadsheet, PDF export produces a formatted attendance report with totals and your branding on it.

If the check-in page is the first thing a visitor sees, it usually needs to look like it belongs to you rather than to us.