Use case · App downloads

One link for your app, wherever it gets tapped.

Put a single short URL on your site, your packaging and your launch post. A device rule sends phones to the store page and desktops to your site, and the QR code comes free with the link.

Devices Mobile · tablet · desktop
Redirect One 302
QR code Every link
Link · /app
acme.link/app 1 rule · 1 fallback
1
if device = mobile
store listing
⋮⋮
⤿
Fallback · desktop & rest
acme.com/download
Last 24h · by OS
iOS
58%
Android
39%
other
3%
Scan to install
acme.link/app
device-aware
QR included · one 302
How it works

Three steps, one URL on everything.

Shorten once, add a device rule, ship the same link and QR across every surface. Picolink picks the destination on the redirect, so nothing on your pages changes.

1
shorten
New link
acme.link/app
acme.com/download destination · fallback
speakable slug

Point a link at your site.

Create a short link to your download or landing page and give it a slug worth saying out loud, like /app on your own domain. That destination doubles as the fallback for everyone the rules don't catch.

2
route
if device = mobile
store listing
else · everyone
acme.com/download
first match wins

Send phones to the store.

Add one routing rule: device = mobile goes to your store listing. Add tablet too if your app ships there. Desktop visitors fall through to your site, where they can read more or scan the QR with their phone.

3
ship
Taps · by OS
iOS
2,841
Android
1,910
macOS
132
bots filtered
QR on the box

Ship it, then watch it land.

Download the QR code, drop it on packaging and slides, say the short URL in the podcast read. Analytics show every tap by device, OS and country, with bots already filtered out.

Where teams use it

The same link, on every surface.

The point of routing the link is that you only need one of them. Print it, say it, paste it: the redirect sorts out who goes where.

Packaging and unboxing.

A QR inside the box sends the phone that scans it straight to the store listing. No "search for our app" instructions.

Podcast and video reads.

One short, speakable URL for the ad read. Listeners on their phone land in the store; listeners at a desk land on your site.

Booths and conference decks.

The QR on your last slide and your booth banner is the same link. Scans show up in analytics by country, so you know which event delivered.

Country-aware store pages.

Stack a country rule on top: German visitors get the localized listing, everyone else the global one. Same link, same QR.

The fine print

Specs, in plain numbers.

Device types 3classes Mobile, tablet and desktop, read from the request User-Agent on the redirect.
Rules per link 10max Walked in order, first match wins. Combine device and country conditions in one rule.
QR code 1per link A downloadable PNG encoding the short URL, included with every link at no extra cost.
Redirect 1hop Rules are evaluated inline. The visitor sees a single 302 straight to the chosen destination.

Give your app one good link.

Shorten the page, add a device rule, download the QR. The whole setup takes about two minutes, and the link keeps working after every reprint and repointing.