Card Scanner vs Business Card Reader 4 GSheets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Card Scanner
Effortlessly capture business card details in 14 languages. Automatically sync contacts and leads with popular CRM and cloud services. Enhance your contact management with AR features and quick editing tools.
- Scan business cards in 14 languages
- Sync contacts with Zoho CRM, Salesforce, Google Cloud
- Augmented Reality for lead/contact identification
- Quick editing of scanned data
- Store and sync contacts locally
- Contextual reminders and CallKit integration (iOS)
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Scan business cards in 14 languages. Save leads and contacts to Zoho CRM, Salesforce, Google Cloud, and more. Scan Cards Scan business cards in 14 languages, including English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, Chinese, Russian. Quick Fixes Sometimes lighting isn't ideal and not all your data gets added perfectly. Make quick edits by dragging boxes of suggested data onto the proper fields. Augmented Reality Automatically see if the person whose card you scanned is a lead or contact in Zoho CRM, or how many support requests they've submitted in Zoho Desk. If their photo is in Zoho CRM, or if they supply a Twitter handle, we can pull their image as well. Store and Sync Contacts Store scanned contacts locally. Sync contacts with: -Zoho CRM, -Salesforce -Google Cloud -Zoho Invoice -Zoho Book -Zoho Desk iOS 10 -Use Contextual Reminders to link back to a lead or contact at a specific time. -With CallKit, contacts saved in Card Scanner will pop up when calling you. -Ask Siri to search for photos of business cards. -Share scanned business cards right from iMessage. We recommended using Card Scanner in well lighted areas, with cards placed on flat surfaces.
Business Card Reader 4 GSheets
Effortlessly capture and save business card details directly into Google Sheets. This app uses OCR technology to extract contact information, allowing for quick organization and access to client data.
- Scan business cards with OCR
- Export data to Google Sheets
- Recognize multilingual cards
- Add text and voice notes
- Navigate contact addresses on map
- Secure encrypted server connection
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Business Card Reader for Google Sheets is the easiest and quickest way to save your business cards info into Google Sheets. Snap a photo of the business card and Business Card Reader instantly exports all card data directly into Google Sheets. Moreover, this innovative solution allows you to find out more information about your potential client, partner, or colleague. Business Card Reader for Google Sheets is a Certified product by Google Sheets Connect Program. Just two taps and you get a bird's eye view of the following information: - personal info: Company Name, Job Title, Department, Address, Social Network Profiles, Messengers etc. Simply follow these easy steps to make your cards work: 1. Snap a photo of a business card - the app will recognize it automatically 2. Preview and save results 3. Now the information is stored and you can work with it! Let’s see how this business solution can assist in your business process: ---------- FEATURES ---------- - It has a simple and intuitive interface; - Built-in integration wizard exclusively for Google Sheets; - Ability to recognize business cards from card images saved earlier; - Multilingual cards recognition supported; - Automatically adds country phone code when a code is missing in business card phone number; - Fast recognition process (improved recognition speed for UltraHD business cards photos); - Precise conversion of business card data (using the technology of intellectual OCR); - Preview results and make necessary changes before saving; - Add text and voice notes for each business card; - Navigate to contact address on the map; - Instantly save results by one touch (into Google Sheets, phone contacts or Gmail contacts); - Encrypted recognition server connection for maximum data security; - It doesn't violate any laws or privacy rights; - It always keeps your contacts secure and in one place. ------------------- UNIQUE FEATURES ------------------ - Among the scanned info about your prospect, customer, business partner or potential colleague, you can get more extended person’s information fast as lightning from the database of daaata.io such as Company name, Position, Job Title, Address, Social network profiles (Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter), messengers and much more;* - Send a letter with your contact information to the saved contact; - Save the location of a business card recognition process. * works best for USA, Canada and Europe The application supports 25 recognition languages which include: - Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) - Czech - Danish - Dutch (Netherlands) - English - Estonian - Finnish - French - German - Greek - Indonesian - Italian - Japanese - Korean - Norwegian (both Bokmal and Nynorsk) - Polish - Portuguese (Portugal) - Portuguese (Brazilian) - Russian - Spanish - Swedish - Turkish - Ukrainian -------- PRICING -------- Business card scanner application is completely FREE with the limited amount of storage slots to use, but additional in-app business card recognitions will require payment. ------------------------ CORPORATE LICENSING ------------------------ You can use Business Card Reader for the group of people – within your company or your team. Read more about corporate licensing on magneticonemobile website. ---------------------------------- Follow us to get news and updates: ---------------------------------- Facebook - magneticonemobile Twitter - @M1M_Works You can find our site in Google "MagneticOne Mobile Works" Need help? Send request from the application (Preferences=>Support Request) Tackle YOUR business card clutter and turn YOUR prospects into paying customers!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Card Scanner at 47% against Business Card Reader 4 GSheets's 0%. Card Scanner also leads on ratings volume (136 vs 2). Business Card Reader 4 GSheets's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Card Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Business Card Reader 4 GSheets sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Business Card Reader 4 GSheets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Card Scanner has 136 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of Card Scanner's written reviews are positive against 0% of Business Card Reader 4 GSheets's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Card Scanner | Business Card Reader 4 GSheets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (136 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 136 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zoho Corporation | MagneticOne |
Customer experience
Card Scanner
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In-app purchases
Card Scanner
- CardScanner Salesforce Monthly$4.991 Month
- CardScanner Salesforce Yearly$49.991 Year
- Card Scanner for Salesforce$4.99
Business Card Reader 4 GSheets
- 100 personal recognitions$14.99
- 200 personal recognitions$27.99
- 500 personal recognitions$59.99
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- 1000 personal recognitions$99.99
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