Comparison

Card Scanner vs Business Card Reader

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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.

About

Business Card Reader

This app quickly scans and stores contact information from business cards in 25 languages. It automatically corrects and normalizes data, offers an Apple Watch app, and allows for easy export and sharing of contacts.

Highlights
  • Quick and accurate business card scanning
  • Auto-click photo feature
  • Automatic phone number normalization
  • Address autocompletion
  • Apple Watch app integration
  • Export contacts to Excel and Salesforce
  • Multilingual card recognition
Features
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ABBYY Business Card Reader –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 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 The free version provides 10 card recognition. Enable Premium to get unlimited functionality: • Unlimited business card recognition • Export to Excel • No ads Premium Account auto-renewable subscription allows using all functions of this app. Subscription length periods: 1 month with 7 days free trial, and 1 year. The subscription is automatically renewed at the end of the period unless you choose to cancel the subscription at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. You can manage your subscription and switch off the auto-renewal by accessing your Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription to that publication. 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!

Screenshots

Card Scanner4 screens
Business Card Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Business Card Reader at 4.6 against Card Scanner's 4.2. Business Card Reader also leads on ratings volume (21K vs 135) and review sentiment (70% vs 47%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Card Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Business Card Reader sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Business Card Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Business Card Reader has 21K ratings behind it against 135, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Card Scanner's written reviews are positive against 70% of Business Card Reader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Card Scanner ships an update every 3 months, Business Card Reader every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Card Scanner versus Business Card Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCard ScannerBusiness Card Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (135 ratings)4.6 (21K ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.7% of reviews70.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13521K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZoho CorporationABBYY USA Software House Inc

Customer experience

Card Scanner

All ratings135 ratings
Positive83.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative14.1%
Written reviews122 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral11.5%
Negative41.8%

Business Card Reader

All ratings20,550 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews1,264 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral8.9%
Negative20.7%

Bugs and requests

Card Scanner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Business Card Reader

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Scanning sometimes assigns text to wrong fields
  • App crashes when trying to export contacts
  • Location data incorrectly attached to business cards
  • Syncing issues between mobile and desktop versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow scanning of both sides of business cards
  • Improve OCR accuracy, especially for international cards
  • Provide more flexible export options (CSV, vCard, etc.)
  • Offer a one-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Add ability to sort and organize contacts into groups

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Card Scanner

Subscriptions2
  • CardScanner Salesforce Monthly$4.991 Month
  • CardScanner Salesforce Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Card Scanner for Salesforce$4.99
10 purchases

Business Card Reader

Subscriptions6
  • BCR Premium monthly promo7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • BCR Premium monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • BCR Premium monthly$7.991 Month
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  • BCR Premium yearly$14.991 Year
  • BCR Premium yearly$29.991 Year
  • BCR Premium yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time4
  • [ARCHIVE] No Ads$2.99
  • [ARCHIVE] 50 business cards$3.99
  • [ARCHIVE] Export to Excel$5.99
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  • BCR Premium no time limitation$59.99

Questions

Is Card Scanner free?
Card Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Business Card Reader free?
Business Card Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Card Scanner or Business Card Reader?
Business Card Reader is rated higher. Card Scanner averages 4.2 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while Business Card Reader averages 4.6 from 21K ratings.
Do Card Scanner or Business Card Reader have ads?
Neither Card Scanner nor Business Card Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Card Scanner or Business Card Reader?
Card Scanner ships an update every 3 months, and Business Card Reader every 2 months. Most recently, Card Scanner was updated on October 20, 2026 and Business Card Reader on October 20, 2026.

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