Comparison

CardKeeper App 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

CardKeeper App

Digitize and organize your business card collection. This app allows you to quickly scan cards, add captured information to your contacts, and manage your collection efficiently. Share cards with other users and enjoy a smooth interface.

Highlights
  • Scan and add business cards
  • Add captured info to contacts
  • Manage business card collection
  • Share cards via AirDrop
  • Slick and snappy interface
Features
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CardKeeper is the best Business Card Reader and Storage Application. Tired of carrying all those numerous Business Cards with you? CardKeeper is here to scan, digitize, organize and help you manage your entire Business Card Collection. - Quickly scan and add Business Cards - Easily add the captured information to iPhone's Address Book - Efficiently Manage your Business Cards - Send your Cards to other CardKeeper users via AirDrop - Enjoy CardKeeper’s slick and snappy interface Please feel free to use this email in order to contact us: ck@bontq.com If you think feel like CardKeeper has changed your life, then please feel free to leave an App Store review!

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

CardKeeper App4 screens
Business Card Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Business Card Reader at 21K against CardKeeper App's 2.9K. Business Card Reader also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 61%) and device support (4 vs 2). CardKeeper App's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CardKeeper App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for CardKeeper App against 4.6 for Business Card Reader. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Business Card Reader has 21K ratings behind it against 2.9K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of CardKeeper App's written reviews are positive against 70% of Business Card Reader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CardKeeper App ships an update every 3 months, Business Card Reader every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CardKeeper App versus Business Card Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardKeeper AppBusiness Card Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.9K ratings) — better4.6 (21K ratings)
Positive reviews60.9% of reviews70.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.9K21K — 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 iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBergTech, LLCABBYY USA Software House Inc

Customer experience

CardKeeper App

All ratings2,857 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.5%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews138 reviews
Positive60.9%
Neutral10.9%
Negative28.3%

Business Card Reader

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

User reviews

CardKeeper App

From 2.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Seamless performance
  • 👍 Very easy to use
  • 📚 Great organizer
  • 💾 Digital Rolodex
  • 🗂️ Useful and handy

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Connectivity issues with Dropbox
  • 🐛 Crashing and app not working
  • 🗣️ Lack of customer support
  • 💰 Paid version required after 10 entries
  • 🖋️ Difficulty editing text

Business Card Reader

From 21K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Efficient scanning
  • 📁 Convenient storage of business cards
  • 🔗 Integrates with contacts and social media
  • 🔍 Accurate OCR recognition
  • 💾 Saves time and space

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent OCR accuracy
  • 🔍 Requires manual editing of scanned data
  • 💰 Subscription model is expensive
  • 📤 Issues with exporting/transferring data
  • 🔌 App crashes and freezes

Bugs and requests

CardKeeper App

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Dropbox sync issues causing data loss
  • Crashing on launch after recent updates
  • Inability to transfer data to new devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to organize cards into groups
  • Auto-scan capability
  • Cross-device sync
  • Dial phone numbers directly from the app
  • More customization options

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

1 purchases

CardKeeper App

One-time1
  • Unlimited Cards$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 CardKeeper App free?
CardKeeper App 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, CardKeeper App or Business Card Reader?
CardKeeper App is rated higher. CardKeeper App averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.9K ratings, while Business Card Reader averages 4.6 from 21K ratings.
Do CardKeeper App or Business Card Reader have ads?
Neither CardKeeper App nor Business Card Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CardKeeper App or Business Card Reader?
CardKeeper App ships an update every 3 months, and Business Card Reader every 2 months. Most recently, CardKeeper App was updated on October 26, 2026 and Business Card Reader on October 26, 2026.

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