LinkerCard vs XCard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LinkerCard
Manage contacts, set event reminders, and create personalized digital business cards. Link events to multiple friends, record memories, and rate interactions. Share your digital card remotely or via NFC.
- Friend management with ratings
- Event reminders and progress tracking
- Note-taking for memorable moments
- Personalized digital business card creation
- Remote and NFC sharing options
- Lock screen widget for business card QR code
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Your user management tool is also a character-based note-taking application. In short, it can help you link all events related to your friends. Main Features Friend Management Event Reminders: Easily add reminders for events related to friends (e.g., birthdays, gatherings) and track progress. Note Taking: Record beautiful moments with friends and save precious memories. Friend Ratings: Rate friends and manage your interaction experience. Friend Map: Generate a friend map to visually display friends' locations and related events. Event Management Multiple Friends Linking: An event can be associated with multiple friends, comprehensively recording every moment. Memorable Moments Recording: Record every memorable moment with your girlfriend and friends. Digital Business Card Personalized Business Card Creation: Create a unique digital business card in one minute, integrating social accounts like Weibo, WeChat, TikTok, Bilibili, Taobao, etc. Remote Sharing and Tap to Share: Share all social pages and content via a link or NFC trigger. Lock Screen Widget and NFC Card: Place the business card QR code on the lock screen widget interface, or write it into an NFC card for easy sharing. Membership Subscription Information: To enhance user experience, ads will not be added to the app now or in the future. Currently, payment methods include subscription or one-time purchase to unlock some value-added services in the app, but basic functionality will remain unaffected. As a member, you can unlock all features. If you subscribe, after purchase and payment, the subscription will automatically renew through your iTunes account. The Apple iTunes account will be charged within 24 hours before the end of the current period. To cancel the subscription, please manually turn off the auto-renewal function in the Apple ID settings 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. User Agreement: https://linkercard.github.io/web/appAgreement.html Privacy Agreement: https://linkercard.github.io/web/privacy.html
XCard
Easily transform text into visually appealing cards with customizable backgrounds, fonts, and styles. Supports full Markdown and offers features for creating quote cards, notes, and social media content.
- Markdown syntax editing
- Customizable background images
- Long text pagination
- Custom font colors and sizes
- Card preview and generation
- Multiple background styles
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XCard is a native style card maker app designed for iOS that transforms text content into beautiful cards. It supports full Markdown syntax editing and provides user-defined background images, long text pagination cards, custom font colors and font sizes, and more. Whether it's creating quote cards, reading notes, or social sharing content, XCard can help you create impressive visual works. Core Features: 1. Card preview and generation 2. Preview the rendering effect of Markdown content in real time 3. Support multiple background styles (picture background, solid background, gradient background) 4. Customizable card styles (font, color, line spacing, margins, etc.) 5. Support frosted glass effect and rounded corner bezel Graphic background picture management 1. Image selection and management function 2. Sort and classify pictures 3. Image size caching and preloading Subscription model Free version: Basic editing features Subscription system: monthly subscription and annual subscription One-time buyout: Lifetime access ------ in-app purchase instructions----- No subscription required, no auto-renewal The cost will be charged to the iTunes account at confirmation of purchase Unlock all Pro features immediately after purchase All subsequent new Pro features are free to use ------XCard Subscription Service Description----- 【Subscription Period】 XCard Pro (continuous monthly): The subscription period is 1 month XCard Pro (continuous annual subscription): The subscription period is 12 months XCard Pro (Lifetime Membership): Perpetual 【Subscription Price】 The specific price is subject to the App Store. 【Payment】 Once the user confirms the purchase and payment, the fee will be charged to the iTunes account. 【Renewal】 Subscriptions automatically renew. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is manually turned off 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. The account will be deducted within 24 hours before the expiration of the current subscription period, and the subscription cycle will be extended by one cycle after the deduction is successful. 【Cancellation of Renewal】 To cancel auto-renewal, manually manage or cancel your XCard Pro subscription in iOS Settings - > Apple ID > Subscriptions 24 hours before the expiration of the current subscription period. Already a paid subscriber does not affect the use ------ Relevant Agreements------ Privacy Policy: https://www.notion.so/leilei0091/XCard-1fa5e372803f802798bcc1eca184ebe5 Terms of Service: https://leilei0091.notion.site/2245e372803f80809ac7dd27948cafb8?pvs=74 ------ contact information------ email:leilei0091@icloud.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LinkerCard at every 3 days against XCard's weekly. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. LinkerCard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and XCard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LinkerCard against 5.0 for XCard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
LinkerCard ships an update every 3 days, XCard weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LinkerCard | XCard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 晓庆 张 | 雷雷 张 |
Customer experience
LinkerCard
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In-app purchases
LinkerCard
- Monthly Membership$0.991 Month
- 购买会员$3.991 Year
- Lifetime Membership$7.99
- Membership$7.99
XCard
- Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Annual Subscription1 Month trial$4.991 Year
- lifetime$5.99









