Comparison

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro vs Doc Scan Pro

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

Doc Scan Pro

Transform your device into a portable scanner and PDF editor. Easily capture documents, extract text with OCR, fill forms, sign, and share files in various formats. Organize and secure your important papers with advanced features.

Highlights
  • High-quality scanning with auto-detection
  • OCR for text extraction and editing
  • Business card scanning and contact export
  • PDF editing, form filling, and signing
  • Secure document organization with folders
  • Seamless sharing via email, cloud, and fax
  • QR code scanning
Features
Currently charting
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Scan, OCR, Edit & Share PDF Documents with Ease Transform your iPhone or iPad into a powerful pocket scanner, PDF editor, and business card scanner. Quickly scan multi-page documents, recognize text, edit PDFs, fill forms, sign documents, scan business cards, and share files anytime, anywhere. Key Features ● High-Quality Scanning & OCR • Auto-detect document borders and correct perspective distortion • Enhance images by removing shadows and sharpening text • Extract text from scanned images with OCR and export as TXT or DOCX • Smart Formatting: The OCR function detects and restores font styles and colors on a line-by-line basis. ● Business Card Scanner • Scan business cards and automatically extract contact information with OCR • Save scanned business cards as searchable digital contacts within the app • Export contacts directly to the iOS Contacts app with a single tap ● Edit & Annotate • Fill out forms, highlight important details, or sign documents • Add text, lines, and images to scanned documents • Merge multiple scans into a single PDF ● Organize & Secure Your Documents • Easily search and manage files with folders and custom naming rules • Protect sensitive documents with password encryption ● Seamless Sharing & Cloud Integration • Share scans as PDF, JPEG, TXT, or DOCX via email, fax, SMB, WebDAV, and cloud storage (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Box, Evernote, and more) • Print with AirPrint or save directly to Photos ● Advanced Features • Photo Collage: Combine multiple pages into a single sheet (for example, both sides of an ID card on one A4 page) • QR Code Scanner: Scan from the camera or photo library to open URLs, call phone numbers, send emails, or add contacts • Fax Anywhere: Send and receive faxes worldwide with real-time delivery status notifications ● Import & Export • Import PDFs and JPEGs from other apps or cloud storage • Export searchable PDFs • Export documents to iTunes, Reminders, and Apple, Google, or Outlook Calendars ● Receive Faxes (Non-Renewing Subscription) • Purchase a dedicated fax number to receive faxes • Disable fax reception whenever you no longer need to receive faxes Subscription Plans Unlock premium features with Bronze, Silver, or Gold plans, including: • Cloud Backup & Restore: Access previous versions of your documents anytime • Flexible monthly and annual subscription options • Subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. The renewal price depends on the selected plan • You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription before the trial ends Terms of Service: https://ifunplay.com/legal.html

Screenshots

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro4 screens
Doc Scan Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Doc Scan Pro at $39.99 against ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro's $59.99. Doc Scan Pro also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 601). On review sentiment, ads, monetization model 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

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro costs $59.99 and Doc Scan Pro $39.99 up front. Doc Scan Pro sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Doc Scan Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.6K and 601 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro's written reviews are positive against 85% of Doc Scan Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro ships an update every 2 months, Doc Scan Pro every 8 days. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro versus Doc Scan Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABBYY Business Card Reader ProDoc Scan Pro
Price$59.99$39.99 — better
Rating4.6 (2.6K ratings)4.8 (601 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews84.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.6K — better601
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#30 — better#129
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB267 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperABBYY USA Software House IncIFUNPLAY CO., LTD.

Customer experience

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro

All ratings2,551 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral4.9%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews455 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.6%
Negative13.4%

Doc Scan Pro

All ratings601 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.3%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews168 reviews
Positive84.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative12.5%

Bugs and requests

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Doc Scan Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes and freezes after recent updates
  • Scanning issues with poor lighting or blurry images
  • Compatibility problems with older devices
  • Unreliable faxing functionality

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to password-protect scanned files
  • Improved folder organization and color-coding
  • Automatic file naming and better metadata handling
  • Seamless sync across all devices
  • Enhanced OCR capabilities

In-app purchases

None

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Doc Scan Pro

Subscriptions3
  • DocScan Pro SILVER (Monthly)$5.991 Month
  • DocScan Pro GOLD (Monthly)$7.991 Month
  • DocScan Pro SILVER (Annually)7 Days trial$44.991 Year
One-time7
  • Fax Pack 1$0.99
  • 1 Fax Credit$0.99
  • Backup Restore$3.99
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  • 5 Fax Credit$4.99
  • Fax No. For One Month$5.99
  • 10 Fax Credit$7.99
  • 20 Fax Credit$14.99

Questions

Is ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro free?
ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro costs $59.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Doc Scan Pro free?
Doc Scan Pro costs $39.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro or Doc Scan Pro?
Doc Scan Pro is rated higher. ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while Doc Scan Pro averages 4.8 from 601 ratings.
Do ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro or Doc Scan Pro have ads?
Neither ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro nor Doc Scan Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro or Doc Scan Pro?
ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Doc Scan Pro every 8 days. Most recently, ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro was updated on November 1, 2026 and Doc Scan Pro on November 1, 2026.
Which is more popular, ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro or Doc Scan Pro?
ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro currently peaks at #30 in the App Store charts, and Doc Scan Pro at #129. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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