Comparison

Digital Business Card Reader vs ACQUA

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Digital Business Card Reader

Features
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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 β€’ 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. β€’ 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. β€’ EASY CHECK OF RECOGNIZED DATA The app highlights β€œunusual” characters with blue color and displays the original image so that you can quickly confirm the output of the app. β€’ 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. β€’ AUTOCOMPLETION OF ADDRESSES BCR corrects any typos and fills in the missing address fields so you can easily find it on the map. β€’ BCR can export business cards to Enterprise, Unlimited, and Performance Editions of SF license. Professional Edition does not allow BCR export. β€’ Exchange digitally and forward recognized contacts via e-mail as VCard or JPEG files or via SMS as a plain text. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Try PRO with 3 auto-renewing subscription options on either a 1, 3 or 12 month basis. Payment will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase.Subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hour prior to end of the SUBC. Terms of Use: https://www.privacypolicies.com/terms/view/68237bda8beeae140d2d63c47874716a β€’ Support 7 languages including recognition of multilingual cards. - French - German - Italian - Russian - Spanish - Turkish

About

ACQUA

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Supports creating active care observation and quality observation for shipping manufacturing industry

Screenshots

Digital Business Card Reader4 screens
ACQUA3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ACQUA at none against Digital Business Card Reader's 4. ACQUA also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 17 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Digital Business Card Reader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. ACQUA asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digital Business Card Reader ships an update every 17 months, ACQUA every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Digital Business Card Reader versus ACQUA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital Business Card ReaderACQUA
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 6 months β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better16.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size111 MB292 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbdulla YasinQatarEnergy LNG

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Digital Business Card Reader

Subscriptions3
  • One Month$2.991 Month
  • Three Month$3.993 Months
  • One Year$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Life time - One time$14.99
None

ACQUA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Digital Business Card Reader free?
Digital Business Card Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ACQUA free?
ACQUA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Digital Business Card Reader or ACQUA have ads?
Neither Digital Business Card Reader nor ACQUA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Digital Business Card Reader or ACQUA?
Digital Business Card Reader ships an update every 17 months, and ACQUA every 6 months. Most recently, Digital Business Card Reader was updated on October 11, 2026 and ACQUA on November 4, 2026.

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