Opening Zappar from our app

We’re working with a local partner who wants to be able to launch an AR experience from their iOS app. You’re $8,000 SDK is outside of our budget, so we’re looking for ways to send our app users into the Zappar app.

Read the doc regarding deep linking. Would this require the jumping off point in our app to have each of our zapcodes in order to send the user into the correct experience? Or is there a way to send the user into zappar without the zapcode pre-scanned so that they can then scan whichever one is right in front of them?

Also, is this sort of deep linking still supported in recent versions of iOS? Either way, would setting up a universal link be a feasible alternative?

Thanks!