# ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro — Biz Cards Scanner app with OCR

> Business card scanner and contact manager with OCR for iOS devices. (iPhone/iPad app by ABBYY USA Software House Inc.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abbyy-business-card-reader-pro/id347345474 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [ABBYY USA Software House Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/347345477)
- Category: Business, Productivity
- Price: $59.99
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 2,551 App Store ratings · 455 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 75 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, European Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish
- Released: 2009-12-23
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abbyy-business-card-reader-pro/id347345474/reviews.md

## What is ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro?

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro –The World’s Fastest Business Card Scanner & Contact Management App for iPhone and iPad! 

Recommended by The New York Times, CNN, The Telegraph, Computer Business Review, Macworld. 
Winner of the RISING STAR Award in the Mobile Star Awards 

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro easily & simply captures & stores contact from business cards in 25 languages to your iPhone and iPad. The recognized data can be saved in either your device contacts or the app digital storage.

KEY FEATURES
• QUICK AND ACCURATE SCANNING
ABBYYs optical character recognition technology provides quick & accurate recognition of all contact information: names, organizations, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, etc. 	 
• AUTO-CLICK PHOTO FEATURE
Automatically focuses on the business card, detects its edges, crops any extraneous background & captures an image of the card all by itself. 
• EASY CHECK OF RECOGNIZED DATA
The app highlights “unusual” characters with blue color and displays the original image so that you can quickly confirm the output of the app.
• APPLE WATCH APP. You won’t need to reach for your iPhone or iPad to remember somebody’s name. View contacts and make phone calls right from BCR on your Apple Watch! 
• AUTOMATIC NORMALIZATION OF PHONE AND EXTENTION NUMBERS
BCR will automatically put in all the missing parts so that you can reach the contact even if the country code was omitted in print. 
• AUTOCOMPLETION OF ADDRESSES
BCR corrects any typos and fills in the missing address fields so you can easily find it on the map.
• MANUAL BACKUPS. Manual backups to archive and restore to another device.
• Export contacts to Salesforce Leads (premium account required). BCR can export business cards to Enterprise, Unlimited, and Performance Editions of SF license.  Professional Edition does not allow BCR export. 
• Set up voice commands in Siri Shortcuts app to open business cards by voicing the name of the owner.
• Spotlight Search to find business cards from BCR 
• Export business cards to MS Excel in .CSV format.
• Smart Facebook and LinkedIn search: connect social media account to the business card and auto upload photo of contact from Facebook.
• Search in iPhone Maps for the address of your contacts.
• Exchange digitally and forward recognized contacts via e-mail as VCard or JPEG files or via SMS as a plain text.
• Share your contacts using QR code.
• Support 25 languages including recognition of multilingual cards.
- French
- German
- Greek
- Japanese
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Korean
- Norwegian (both Bokmal and Nynorsk)
- Polish
- Portuguese (Portugal)
- Portuguese (Brazil)
- Russian
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Turkish
- Ukrainian


Read us:
abbyy.com/blog/mobile
Facebook.com/ABBYYsoft
Twitter @ABBYY_Software
YouTube.com/ABBYYvideos

Privacy Policy abbyy.com/privacy
Terms of Use abbyybcr.com/en/eula

Looking forward to your feedback on the App Store!

## Key features

- Quick and accurate OCR scanning
- Auto-click photo feature
- Easy check of recognized data
- Apple Watch app integration
- Automatic phone number normalization
- Address autocompletion
- Export to Excel and Salesforce

## Chart rankings

- #132 in Top Paid · Business (US App Store)

## Recent user reviews (10 of 455)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abbyy-business-card-reader-pro/id347345474/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Excellent

*2026-05-03*

J’utilise cette application depuis bien des années et n’ai jamais été déçu.
Quelques corrections mineures à faire parfois et le non maintien des majuscules (car j’enregistre le nom des contacts et de l’entreprise en majuscule), mais vraiment au top

**Developer response:** Merci pour votre commentaire positif. Nous sommes ravis d'apprendre que l'application vous plaît ! Si vous souhaitez que nous examinions la question des majuscules, veuillez nous décrire la situation plus en détail et nous envoyer un e-mail à l'adresse mobile_support@abbyy.com.

### 1/5 — This app is awful

*2025-11-17, version 9.8.10*

Save your money

### 5/5 — Awesome

*2025-10-16, version 9.8.10*

Great app

### 1/5 — Names Never Correct

*2025-08-02, version 9.8.9*

I have to spend more time editing the scan than I would spend entering the data myself. That defeats the purpose, doesn’t it?

### 2/5 — The data capture inaccurate.

*2025-05-30, version 9.8.9*

The picture taking of business cards from both sides is good. However, the app loads street names on the name and more often than not populates the second name with some data.   Titles and other info are also confused with the first name. 

The app works but it requires close attention and relatively significant time investment per each capture.

I cannot find how to synchronize. It no longer seems to have the option of logging into an account for data retrieving. Cannot delete the app as I already invested hours saving 200+ business cards and paid for the pro version. I still have to correct a lot of the mis-captured cards.

### 2/5 — Fairly handy

*2025-04-16*

Works pretty well. A lot of editing after. Never gets everything right. Ex part of road address gets used as city. So, not a clarity of picture issue.  Email addresses frequently spelled wrong. Overall handy though because you still have the picture.  The picture is clear enough to easily read - no reason at all for imported typos and info in the wrong place.

**Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. If there are still any issues in the application, please write us an email at mobile_support@abbyy.com with a more detailed description of the issue.

### 1/5 — So many errors

*2025-04-11, version 9.8.9*

Múltiple errors in the same card, over and over. Pls, don’t waste your money.

### 1/5 — A Ripoff

*2025-04-07*

With no free trial, you have to buy blind—only to find it is useless. I wasted $60 and had to get a different card scanner—one that actually works. This one couldn’t read *a single thing* on the first card I tried. The other one got the same card perfect and has more features. With no free trial and no refunds (which I didn’t learn until I tried to get one) this seems like a scam. Just a way to rip us off. Boo.

**Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. The trial is available in the ABBYY BCR Free app.
The recognition quality depends on the image quality of the captured photo. To get better recognition results, please consider the following tips when taking photos: https://support.abbyy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001141229. Also, make sure you have set the correct recognition language in Settings - Recognition Languages. If the OCR quality is not good enough, please contact us at mobile_support@abbyy.com.

### 5/5 — Effortless

*2025-02-02*

The ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro is a must-have app for anyone looking to streamline contact management. It quickly and accurately scans business cards in over 25 languages, automatically focusing and capturing images with ease. The app highlights any unusual characters for quick edits, making it simple to verify data. With flexible storage options and an intuitive interface, it’s an efficient tool for organizing business connections. Highly recommended!

**Developer response:** Thank you for your positive feedback. We are glad to know that you like the application!

### 5/5 — C’est formidable

*2025-01-16, version 9.8.9*

C’est formidable

## Frequently asked questions about ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro

### What does ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro do?

This app is designed to quickly scan and store contact information from physical business cards using advanced optical character recognition (OCR) technology. It captures details like names, organizations, phone numbers, and email addresses, making contact management efficient.

### What are the key features of this app?

Key features include quick and accurate OCR scanning, an auto-click photo feature that handles focusing and cropping, easy verification of recognized data, an Apple Watch app for quick access, automatic normalization of phone numbers, address autocompletion, and the ability to export contacts to various formats and services like Excel and Salesforce.

### Is this app free to use?

The app is free to download and use, but it offers in-app purchases for advanced features. Some functionalities, like exporting contacts to Salesforce, may require a premium account or specific Salesforce license editions.

### What devices is ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro compatible with?

The application is available for iPhone and iPad. It also features an Apple Watch app for convenient contact viewing and calling directly from your wrist.

### How can I use this app for networking or sales?

This app is ideal for networking by allowing you to instantly digitize and organize business cards you receive. For sales professionals, it facilitates efficient lead management by enabling quick data entry, export to CRM systems like Salesforce, and easy sharing of contact information.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 9.8.10 — 2025-09-18

Bug fixes and performance improvements

### 9.8.9 — 2024-05-27

Dear users, thank you for choosing ABBYY BCR.

In this release, we've made changes to fix a few bugs and enhanced stability.

Here are the key highlights from previous releases:

+ Updates for iOS 17 support.
+ Fixed localizations for numerous countries.
+ Introduced the ability to share your contact data as a QR code.
+ Enhanced the capability to edit separate fields of recognized addresses.
+ Removed synchronization feature for scanned business cards.

If you enjoy Business Card Reader, we invite you to leave a review on the App Store.

### 9.8.8 — 2023-11-30

Dear users, thank you for choosing ABBYY BCR.

In this release, we've made changes to support iOS 17, fixed a few bugs, and enhanced stability.

Highlights from previous versions:

+ Fixed localizations for numerous countries.
+ Introduced the ability to share your contact data as a QR code.
+ Enhanced the capability to edit separate fields of recognized addresses.
+ Removed synchronization feature for scanned business cards.

If you enjoy Business Card Reader, we invite you to leave a review on the App Store.

### 9.8.7 — 2023-09-21

Dear users, thank you for choosing ABBYY BCR Pro.

In this release, we have removed the synchronization feature for scanned business cards to ensure the safety of your data.

The most important in previous versions:

+ Fixed localizations for many countries.
+ Share your contact data as a QR-code.
+ You can now edit separate fields of recognized addresses.

If you enjoy Business Card Reader Pro, leave a review on the App Store.

### 9.8.6 — 2023-03-13

Dear users, thank you for choosing ABBYY BCR.
In this release, we fixed a few bugs and improved stability.
The most important in previous versions:
+ Fixed localizations for many countries.
+ Ability to delete the ABBYY account with all synchronized business card data: Application Settings> ABBYY Account> Delete Account.
+ Share your contact data as a QR-code. 
+ You can now edit separate fields of recognized addresses. 
If you enjoy Business Card Reader, leave a review on the App Store.

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