Comparison

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro vs Houfek

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

Head to head
About

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro

This app quickly scans and stores contact information from business cards using advanced OCR technology. It offers features like auto-focus, data verification, and integration with device contacts and other services, supporting 25 languages.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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!

About

Houfek

Features
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Houfek a.s. is a European manufacturer of industrial machines for woodworking, metalworking, and CNC applications, with a long-standing focus on technical precision, efficient production, and customer-oriented solutions. The company produces approximately one thousand machines per year and supplies customers in more than fifty countries worldwide. This application provides a digital platform for presenting and exploring the Houfek machine portfolio. Users can browse detailed product information, view machines in augmented reality, and submit inquiries directly to Houfek representatives. Augmented reality features allow users to visualize machines at real scale within their own environment. On supported devices, LiDAR-based functionality enables more accurate spatial evaluation, helping users assess installation requirements, clearances, and accessibility. Visit our interactive showroom designed to complement traditional product presentation and configuration workflows.

Screenshots

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro4 screens
Houfek4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Houfek at Free against ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro's $59.99. ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro's advantage is chart position (#118 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Houfek is free to download; ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro costs $59.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro ships an update every 2 months, Houfek every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro versus Houfek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABBYY Business Card Reader ProHoufek
Price$59.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (2.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#118 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB197 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperABBYY USA Software House IncStudio 301 s.r.o.

In-app purchases

None

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Houfek

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro free?
ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro costs $59.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Houfek free?
Houfek is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro or Houfek have ads?
Neither ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro nor Houfek shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro or Houfek?
ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Houfek every 3 months. Most recently, ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro was updated on November 1, 2026 and Houfek on October 25, 2026.

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