Comparison

PMU Forms vs CardLens

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

Head to head
About

PMU Forms

This app digitizes consent forms and client management for permanent makeup artists. It allows clients to fill out forms online, submit images, and provides secure digital signatures. The app helps artists manage appointments, store client information, and access forms easily.

Highlights
  • Digital consent forms
  • Client image submission
  • Digital signature capture
  • Client record management
  • Appointment tracking
  • PDF form export
  • Aftercare instructions
Features
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We're excited to announce our NEW iOS Mobile App & Web App for Permanent Makeup Artists! Finally, you can bring all your paper consent forms ONLINE!We're excited to announce our NEW iOS Mobile App & Web App for Permanent Makeup Artists! Finally, you can bring all your paper consent forms ONLINE! With PMU Forms you can: 1. Configure your business and select which services you offer via the iOS mobile app 2. Get clients to fill out 100% digital forms before their appointment on your own personal PMU Forms page in our web app! 3. BOOST YOUR BRAND by configuring your business name and information in the iOS app to show up on your PMU Forms web page 4. Take digital signatures with the digital signature kept on file 5. Get clients to send you IMAGES of their brows, lips, skin BEFORE coming in for their appointment! 6. Upload an UNLIMITED number of BEFORE photos, after-procedure photos, and HEALED photos for each of your clients using our notes feature 7. Track form fill status for ALL OF YOUR UPCOMING APPOINTMENTS 8. Download forms your clients complete as PDF files to your mobile device 9. Print forms your clients complete from your mobile device 10. Email yourself, or your client, PDFs of forms your clients complete 11. Get consent and model release forms filled BEFORE YOUR CLIENT'S APPOINTMENT 12. Provide your clients with AFTERCARE instructions from DIRECTLY INSIDE THE APP 13. Keep client signatures and records on file for future protection in case clients come after you in the future 14. Be confident that CLIENTS CANNOT TAMPER WITH DOCUMENTS AFTER SIGNATURE! (Signed documents are IMMEDIATELY locked to prevent edits by the client.) 15. 37+ different consent forms cover everything you need in consent forms (Note: With PMU Forms you don't have to waste time customizing your consent forms. Our forms are already created for you when you sign up for the app and almost all forms have been recently reviewed by health officials.) 16. Keep private notes on each client so that you can keep track of what you did, client problems, and any other details you need to keep track of 17. Email and call clients directly from the app 18. When you open a client, you immediately see today's appointment for that client 19. We're the easiest app to use with a setup time between 81 to 141 seconds (we've timed it) and 23+ help articles in our "Help Center" 20. Email and text support. Whenever you have issues or questions, you can email us (see our website for the email address). Or you can text us at 512-521-1052. How many apps do you know that provide text message support? DON'T LET YOUR BUSINESS FALL BEHIND! Over 1,887 PMU ARTISTS have created an account. And over 56,079+ forms have been filled out for appointments using this app. Subscribe NOW while you can still get our current prices. Prices for new subscriptions will be going up soon. Prices will not go up for artists who subscribe by the deadline.

About

CardLens

Features
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Point your iPhone at a business card and the contact fills itself in — name, company, title, email, phone, address and website — ready to save in seconds. All the reading happens on your iPhone. Card images, and the details printed on them, never leave it. No account to create, no ads. NO MORE DUPLICATE CONTACTS Most scanners add a new entry every time. CardLens looks first. If you already have the person, it tells you before it writes anything — and shows you, field by field, what updating them would change. New details are ticked and ready to add. Anything that would overwrite a value you already have starts switched off, shows both versions side by side and what accepting it costs. You make the call; CardLens writes only what you agreed to. Decline the contacts permission and CardLens hands the finished card to the Contacts app's own save sheet: no duplicate check, but the card still gets in. SCAN A WHOLE STACK Work through a stack in one session, a card at a time, and each becomes its own contact to review and save. Pick one of your Contacts lists and the whole pile from a conference is filed into it. If a card carries a QR code with contact details, CardLens reads them straight off. DETAILS THAT ARRIVE INTACT Three numbers come in labelled mobile, work and fax, not as three identical entries, and each is saved exactly as the card prints it, extension and all. A link to LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok or YouTube is filed as a social profile, not dumped in with the websites. A card carrying a company and no person is saved as an organization, not as a nameless record. EVERY FIELD IS YOURS Email, phone, address and website are read straight off the card. Name, company and title are worked out on-device by Apple Intelligence, and every value is checked against the text printed on the card before it is accepted. On a device without Apple Intelligence, the tray below is how you label those three. Each field shows where its value came from, so you know where to look. Anything left over waits in a tray at the bottom — tap a line to file it under the right field, or press and hold to split a line holding two facts, or join one that wrapped. Clearing a field puts its text back in the tray. SEE WHAT IT SAW Tap Recognized Text and the card comes back with every line CardLens read drawn over it, numbered, beside what each line became — so when a value looks wrong, you can tell whether the card was misread or the line was filed under the wrong label. THREE WAYS IN The scan screen opens straight into the camera: a card-shaped window, a shutter, and a light for a dim table. CardLens finds the card's edges and straightens the shot. A stack, or corners to drag by hand, is one tap away beside the shutter. A card someone emailed you, or a screenshot of a signature, comes in from Photos. One saved out of Mail, iCloud Drive or a scanner app comes in from Files. A CONTACT PHOTO, NOT A PHOTO OF PAPER If the card carries a headshot, CardLens can crop to just the face and use that as the contact photo, so the entry looks like the person, not a scanned rectangle. Optional, and off by default. BUILT PROPERLY Cards in other languages are read properly, including Japanese and Chinese company forms and name order — and CardLens itself speaks English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and French. VoiceOver reads every field with its confidence attached, confidence is never signalled by colour alone, and the layout holds at the largest text sizes. CardLens keeps no library of its own: the contact goes into Contacts, nothing about the card stays behind, and one tap opens the new contact there. FREE TO TRY Your first 10 saved contacts are free. After that, one purchase unlocks unlimited scanning for good — no subscription, no sign-up. CardLens collects anonymous usage statistics and crash reports so problems get fixed; you can turn that off in Settings. Neither ever includes card images, contact details, or anything read off a card.

Screenshots

PMU Forms4 screens
CardLens3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CardLens at none against PMU Forms's shown. PMU Forms's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PMU Forms sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and CardLens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PMU Forms ships an update every 2 weeks, CardLens every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PMU Forms versus CardLens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPMU FormsCardLens
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (37 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPMU FormsLiang Shao

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PMU Forms

Subscriptions2
  • Standard Subscription$14.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$119.991 Year
1 purchases

CardLens

One-time1
  • CardLens Pro$4.99

Questions

Is PMU Forms free?
PMU Forms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CardLens free?
CardLens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PMU Forms or CardLens have ads?
PMU Forms shows ads; CardLens does not.
Which is updated more often, PMU Forms or CardLens?
PMU Forms ships an update every 2 weeks, and CardLens every 3 weeks. Most recently, PMU Forms was updated on October 24, 2026 and CardLens on October 22, 2026.

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