Business Card Reader, Scanner vs Pikos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Business Card Reader, Scanner
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Dream Business Card Reader –The Fastest Business Card Scanner & Contact Management App for iPhone and iPad! Dream Business Card Reader easily & simply captures & stores contact from business cards in 7 languages to your iPhone and iPad. The recognized data can be saved in either your device contacts or the app digital storage. KEY BENEFITS - BUSINESS CARD & CONFERENCE BADGE SCANNING APP * Unlimited business card scans * Easily add contacts to iPhone address book * Create new contacts or merge scans with existing records * Scan both sides of card--never lose a note! * Scan in any direction--it detects text automatically ADDITIONAL FEATURES • QUICK AND ACCURATE SCANNING Dream 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. • 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. • BCR can export business cards to Enterprise, Unlimited, and Performance Editions of SF license. Professional Edition does not allow BCR export. • Exchange digitally and forward recognized contacts via e-mail as VCard or JPEG files or via SMS as a plain text. • Support 7 languages including recognition of multilingual cards. - French - German - Italian - Russian - Spanish - Turkish
Pikos
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Features: - Create and track Maintenance Requests - Create Amenity Bookings - View Documents & Forms that have been uploaded by your Building/Facility Manager - View Notices and Announcements from your Building/Facility Manager - Track your signed in and signed out Keys - Receive notifications for new Parcel's awaiting Collection - Browse the Business Directory - View the contact details of Staff Members that (for example Concierge & Maintenance Staff) - Messaging We will be updating this app frequently and hope to introduce new features soon. Please feel free to provide us with your feedback!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pikos at Free against Business Card Reader, Scanner's $2.99. Pikos also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 19 months). Business Card Reader, Scanner's advantage is chart position (#111 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Pikos is free to download; Business Card Reader, Scanner costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Business Card Reader, Scanner ships an update every 19 months, Pikos monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Business Card Reader, Scanner | Pikos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Best chart rank | #111 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Abdulla Yasin | MYBOS |
In-app purchases
Business Card Reader, Scanner
No in-app purchases
Pikos
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Business Card Reader, Scanner free?
Is Pikos free?
Do Business Card Reader, Scanner or Pikos have ads?
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