A URLgenius alternative with a flat price

Both tools link to apps without an SDK. URLgenius focuses on deep links into apps like Amazon, Instagram and YouTube and charges per click; SetLinks focuses on getting people to your own app’s store page at a flat price.

URLgenius builds app links for creators, sellers and brands: a link that opens Amazon, Instagram, YouTube or your app instead of a browser, plus QR codes, smart banners and deferred deep linking on custom plans. Its pricing is pay as you go.

SetLinks has a narrower job — one link and QR code for your own app that open the right store on every phone — and a simpler bill: unlimited traffic, flat monthly plans. Which fits depends on what your links point to.

The pricing models pull in different directions. Paying per click is cheap while traffic is small and grows with every post that works; a flat plan costs the same in a quiet month and in a viral one. If you can estimate your monthly clicks, the comparison below takes a minute.

Side by side

Feature	URLgenius	SetLinks
Pricing model	Pay as you go: Starter $0, Growth $0.02 per click (discounts after 10,000 clicks), custom plans	Flat monthly or yearly price, unlimited traffic
Free to start	Starter tier at $0	3 links, no card
SDK in the app	No	No
Deep links into other apps (Amazon, Instagram, YouTube)	Yes	No
Deferred deep linking	On custom plans	No
Your own domain	One for +$49 on Growth; several on custom plans	From $9 a month
QR codes	Yes	Yes, with every link

Facts about other services as of October 2026, from their public pages: URLgenius pricing

What it costs

As of October 2026 URLgenius lists a Starter tier at $0 a month, Growth at $0.02 per click with discounts after 10,000 clicks and one branded domain for an extra $49, and custom plans at a lower price per click. At 50,000 clicks a month, $0.02 per click is $1,000 before discounts.

SetLinks does not charge by the click. It is free for 3 links, and paid plans start at $9 a month with unlimited traffic — the bill does not change when a post or a QR code takes off.

Pick SetLinks if

Your links point to your own app in the App Store, Google Play, AppGallery or RuStore.
You expect a lot of traffic and want a bill that does not grow with it.
You want click and scan statistics by platform, country and source, and an API.

Pick URLgenius if

You link into third-party apps — Amazon products, Instagram profiles, YouTube videos — from social posts.
You need deferred deep linking or smart app banners without an SDK.
You prefer paying only for the clicks you get, at low volume.

What SetLinks does

One short link and QR code per app: iPhone to the App Store, Android to Google Play, Huawei to AppGallery, RuStore for apps not on Google Play or AppGallery, computers to your website and everyone else to your fallback URL.
In-app browsers such as Instagram and TikTok, which often cannot open a store, get a page with an “Open in store” button instead of a dead end.
Click analytics by day, platform, country and source, with CSV export. QR scans count as clicks and are also shown on their own; link-preview bots are not counted at all.
Change destinations at any time — the address and printed QR codes stay the same.
On plans that include them: your own domain (go.yourbrand.com), opening your app when it is installed (iPhone on setlinks.io, iPhone and Android on your domain), campaign tags passed to the stores, teams with roles and a REST API with read and write keys.

What it does not do

There is no SDK, so no deferred deep linking: a link is not carried through the install into a screen inside your app.
It does not attribute installs to ad networks. It passes the campaign to the store, so App Store Connect and Google Play Console show installs per link.

Moving from URLgenius, step by step

Move the links that point to your own app; links into other apps stay where they are.

List your app store links Pick the URLgenius links whose destination is your app’s App Store or Google Play page.
Recreate them in SetLinks Create one link per app with both stores and a fallback, plus AppGallery or RuStore if you publish there.
Move your branded domain If those links ran on your own subdomain, point it at SetLinks and recreate the paths so printed codes keep working. Only paths that fit a SetLinks link address carry over — lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, 3 to 64 characters, no slashes; codes with other paths, such as mixed-case ones, need a reprint.
Swap and compare Replace the links in your bios, posts and print, and compare the first week’s clicks in SetLinks with what you saw before.

Questions people ask

Does SetLinks charge per click?

No. Traffic is unlimited (fair use) on every plan; you pay a flat monthly or yearly price, starting at $9 a month, or nothing for up to 3 links.

Can SetLinks open Amazon or Instagram links in their apps?

No. SetLinks links to your own app’s store pages, and can open your app when it is installed. Deep links into third-party apps are what URLgenius specialises in.

Do I need an SDK?

Neither tool needs one for store links. SetLinks never asks for code in your app; opening the installed app only needs your link domain added to the app’s associated domains.

Can I use my own domain?

Yes, from $9 a month, on a subdomain such as go.yourbrand.com.

What happens if my traffic suddenly spikes?

Nothing changes on your bill. Traffic is unlimited under fair use on every plan; if something looks unusual, such as a flood of bot traffic, we write to you before anything changes.

Which stores does SetLinks support?

The App Store, Google Play, Huawei AppGallery and RuStore, plus a desktop page for computers and a fallback address for everything else.

Is there an API?

Yes, a REST API with read and write keys to create links and pull click statistics, from $9 a month.

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