Comparison

Business Card Reader vs 名片簿

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

Head to head
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!

About

名片簿

Features
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名片簿是個人 / 小型團隊用的離線名片管理工具。 【為什麼做這個 App】 名片堆滿桌、見過誰、上次聊什麼、下次什麼時候跟進,全靠記。這個 App 就一個目的:拍進來 → 記下互動歷程 → 月底整理客戶名單不再亂。 【功能(全部免費、無內購)】 • Vision OCR 拍名片自動填欄位(姓名 / 公司 / 電話 / Email / 地址) • 手動補完任何 OCR 漏的欄位 • 標籤分類:客戶 / 廠商 / 同行 / 自訂 • 搜尋:姓名 / 公司 / 電話 / Email 任意欄位 • 一鍵打電話 / Email / 地圖開地址 • 拜訪紀錄 Timeline:每張名片下記錄見面、電話、訊息互動歷程;每筆可設下次跟進日、逾期紅字提醒 • 群組篩選:依標籤分眾、廠商一組、客戶一組 • 多選名片批次匯出 Excel / CSV • 民國紀年 / 西元切換 【100% 免費、零廣告、零內購】 • 所有名片資料只存在你這台手機、不會上傳雲端 • 不需要註冊、不需要登入、不需要網路 • 無收費項目、無訂閱、無廣告 【注意】 • 本 App 為個人聯絡簿與互動紀錄工具、非企業 CRM / ERP 系統 • OCR 辨識準確率視名片清晰度、字體、排版而異、請務必檢查補正 • 拍照需要使用相機權限

Screenshots

Business Card Reader4 screens
名片簿4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 名片簿 at none against Business Card Reader's 10. Business Card Reader's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Business Card Reader sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. 名片簿 asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Business Card Reader versus 名片簿: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBusiness Card Reader名片簿
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (21K ratings) — better—
Number of ratings21K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperABBYY USA Software House IncSu YI-HUNG

Bugs and 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

名片簿

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

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
None

名片簿

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Business Card Reader free?
Business Card Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 名片簿 free?
名片簿 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Business Card Reader or 名片簿 have ads?
Neither Business Card Reader nor 名片簿 shows ads.

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