Comparison

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro vs Haystack Business Cards

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

Haystack Business Cards

Create stylish digital business cards to make a premium first impression. Share your details instantly and contactless, and automate lead management with CRM integrations. It's a secure, scalable, and sustainable way to network.

Highlights
  • Customizable digital business cards
  • Instant contactless sharing
  • CRM and marketing tool integration
  • AI-powered business card scanner
  • Networking analytics
  • Email signature generator
Features
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Haystack: The World's #1 Digital Business Card Platform Join 8 million professionals and top global enterprises like Vodafone and the UN who trust Haystack to upgrade their networking. Haystack is more than just a digital business card; it is a powerful marketing tool designed to boost sales efficiency, automate lead management, and showcase your brand identity—all while eliminating paper waste. Whether you are an individual consultant or managing a global sales team, Haystack provides the most secure, scalable, and sustainable way to connect. WHY BUSINESSES CHOOSE HAYSTACK: Make a Premium First Impression Create stunning, contactless digital business cards that reflect your professional brand. Customize your design with logos, headshots, and social links to stand out in every meeting. Share Instantly & Contactless Share your details with a single tap via QR code, email, text, or more. Your new contacts don't need the app to view or save your card — it saves directly to their phone contacts. Automate Your CRM & Leads Stop manual data entry. Haystack integrates seamlessly with hundreds of CRM and marketing tools (including Salesforce, HubSpot, and Slack) to sync new contacts and automate your follow-up workflows instantly. Enterprise-Grade Security & Scale Built for business, Haystack offers best-in-class security (SOC2 Type 2 compliant), SSO integration, and an Admin Dashboard for central management. Perfect for teams of 10 or 100,000. All language support Haystack cards support all languages to cover your global presence. Smart Business Card Scanner Digitizing your physical stack of cards? Use the built-in AI scanner to instantly convert paper business cards into digital contacts within your phone and CRM (our AI scanner understands all languages). Powerful Analytics Track your networking ROI. Measure card views, shares, and click-through rates on your links to understand how your prospects engage with your brand. 100% Sustainable Reduce your carbon footprint with a zero-waste solution. We plant a tree for every paid user, helping your company meet its ESG goals while you network. KEY FEATURES: - Smart Widget: Share your card directly from your iPhone Home Screen. - Lead Capture: Define unique activation flows to capture prospect details. - Email Signatures: Generate branded email signatures that link to your digital card. - Privacy First: Your data is yours. We are fully GDPR and CCPA compliant. Download Haystack today to modernize your networking and make every connection count.

Screenshots

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro4 screens
Haystack Business Cards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Haystack Business Cards at Free against ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro's $59.99. Haystack Business Cards also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 170). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Haystack Business Cards 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro has 2.6K ratings behind it against 170, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro's written reviews are positive against 71% of Haystack Business Cards's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro ships an update every 2 months, Haystack Business Cards monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro versus Haystack Business Cards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABBYY Business Card Reader ProHaystack Business Cards
Price$59.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (2.6K ratings) — better4.3 (170 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better71.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2.6K — better170
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#39 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB35 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperABBYY USA Software House IncHaystack 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%

Haystack Business Cards

All ratings170 ratings
Positive80.6%
Neutral6.5%
Negative12.9%
Written reviews155 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral7.7%
Negative21.3%

Bugs and requests

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Haystack Business Cards

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when trying to edit contact details
  • Syncing issues causing loss of scanned business cards
  • Compatibility problems on older devices and tablets
  • Incorrect formatting of contact information after scanning

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for more social media platforms
  • Improve OCR accuracy for business card scanning
  • Provide more customization options for digital cards
  • Implement a bulk export/backup feature for contacts
  • Add Apple Wallet integration for digital cards

In-app purchases

None

ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Haystack Business Cards

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 Haystack Business Cards free?
Haystack Business Cards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro or Haystack Business Cards?
ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro is rated higher. ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while Haystack Business Cards averages 4.3 from 170 ratings.
Do ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro or Haystack Business Cards have ads?
Neither ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro nor Haystack Business Cards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro or Haystack Business Cards?
ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Haystack Business Cards monthly. Most recently, ABBYY Business Card Reader Pro was updated on October 27, 2026 and Haystack Business Cards on October 24, 2026.

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