Business Card Reader vs Estimo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
Estimo
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Know the value. Know the cost. Pay with confidence. Estimo is your friendly estimation and decision-making companion, helping you understand what things could be worth, what projects and repairs might cost, and whether a quote looks reasonable. Whether you’re planning work on your home, checking a repair quote, valuing an item or comparing different options, Estimo helps turn confusing numbers into useful information you can actually understand. ESTIMATE PROJECTS & REPAIRS Planning some work? Tell Estimo what you’re considering and add useful details or photos. Estimo gives you an estimated cost range to help you understand the potential budget before you commit. VALUE ITEMS Take a photo or upload an image and Estimo can help you understand what an item could be worth. Add more information to improve the context behind your estimate. CHECK A QUOTE Not sure whether a quote looks reasonable? Use Quote Checker to review the price and understand it in context. Estimo helps you spot the questions worth asking before making a decision. COMPARE QUOTES Put different quotes side by side so you can look beyond the headline price. Compare what’s included, understand the differences and make a more informed choice. UNDERSTAND YOUR ESTIMATE Estimo doesn’t just give you a number. See an estimated range, likely value and confidence information, with helpful explanations designed to make the result easier to understand. REFINE AS YOU GO Add project details, specifications, dimensions, locations or photos and refine an estimate as you learn more. Estimo can help you see how your latest estimate compares with earlier versions. ASK ESTI Esti is your friendly guide inside Estimo. Ask questions such as: • Why this price? • What should I check? • What could change the estimate? • Does this look like a good deal? KEEP EVERYTHING TOGETHER Organise estimates and projects, keep useful notes and tasks together, track budgets and return to the information when you need it. MAKE BETTER-INFORMED DECISIONS Estimo is built to give you useful context before you spend. It can help you understand possible costs, compare options and approach conversations with tradespeople, sellers or suppliers with better questions. One app. Every angle. Estimate it. Value it. Compare it. Estimo provides estimates and informational guidance only. Results are not guaranteed prices, valuations or professional quotations. Actual prices and values can vary depending on condition, location, specification, market conditions and other factors. For important financial or purchasing decisions, consider obtaining appropriate professional advice or quotations. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Business Card Reader and Estimo are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Business Card Reader sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Estimo sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Business Card Reader | Estimo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (21K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ABBYY USA Software House Inc | SDA Digital Labs |
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
Estimo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Business Card Reader
- 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
- [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
Estimo
- Estimo Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
- Estimo Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Estimo Plus Annual$49.991 Year
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- Estimo Pro Annual$99.991 Year
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