About QRbolt
A small team in Vancouver decided that Canadians deserved to know whether the QR codes they scan every day are safe.
The problem we're solving
QR codes are everywhere: restaurant menus, product packaging, parking meters, bank lobbies. And the vast majority of them use a format that offers no way to verify where they actually lead. Anyone with a printer can create a QR code that looks identical to a brand's official code but points to a fraudulent website.
Quishing (QR phishing) is now one of the fastest-growing forms of digital fraud in Canada. Existing consumer tools focus on links in emails and texts. They miss the QR codes people encounter in the physical world.
What QRbolt does
QRbolt is a mobile app that checks any QR code before you visit its destination. It runs the destination URL against threat intelligence, checks whether the code follows verified GS1 standards, and gives you a clear answer: safe, caution, or flagged.
Every anonymous scan contributes to the Shelf Index: a public, aggregated database of QR code safety across Canadian product categories and brands. The more Canadians scan, the more accurate the Index becomes for everyone.
Built in Vancouver, for Canada
QRbolt is built by IncudoLabs Inc., a software company based in Vancouver, BC. All data collected by the app stays in Canada, on Canadian infrastructure, in compliance with PIPEDA.
We're a small team. We don't have a massive marketing budget or a VC-backed growth mandate. What we have is a genuine conviction that the shift to QR codes in physical retail shouldn't come at the cost of consumer safety, and that the data to track that shift should be public.
For businesses
QRbolt also offers enterprise tools for brands and retailers: QR code management, GS1 Digital Link generation, and compliance tracking. If you're working on your Sunrise 2027 readiness, that's what qrbolt.com is for.