#9in Business Card ScanningBusiness Card Reader
What is Business Card Reader?
ABBYY Business Card Reader captures contact details from business cards in 25 languages on iPhone and iPad. Recognized data can be saved to device contacts or to the app's own digital storage. The listing also describes an Apple Watch app, CSV and Excel export, manual backups, and QR code sharing.
Pricing. Business Card Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Turning paper business cards into digital contacts
- Exporting saved cards to a spreadsheet in CSV format
- Viewing contacts and making calls from Apple Watch
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Why this app is in A tier
Business Card Reader scores 81 out of 100: rating 92, rating count 86, App Store search rank 100, update recency 46. The four parts are averaged with no weights, and A tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Description
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
Compare in Business Card Scanning
| Measure | Business Card Reader |  samcard- business card scanner |  business card scanner-sam pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier | A | A | C |
| Score | 81 / 100 | 82 / 100 | 63 / 100 |
| Rating | 4.6 ★ | 4.6 ★ | 4.6 ★ |
| Ratings | 20.6K | 7.7K | 5.1K |
| Last update | 396d ago | 330d ago | 1833d ago |
| Price | Free + IAP | Free download | $5.99 |
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Questions about Business Card Reader
Is the app free to use?
The app is listed as free. The free version provides 10 card recognitions. Premium adds unlimited recognition, Excel export and no ads. Subscription prices are Not stated on the App Store.
Which languages does it recognize?
The listing states support for 25 languages, including recognition of multilingual cards. Examples named include French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Turkish.
Can I export contacts to Salesforce?
Export to Salesforce Leads requires a premium account. The listing says it works with Enterprise, Unlimited and Performance Editions, and that Professional Edition does not allow export.
Is Business Card Reader free?
Business Card Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases.
What is Business Card Reader good for?
Business Card Reader is built for turning paper business cards into digital contacts, exporting saved cards to a spreadsheet in CSV format, viewing contacts and making calls from apple watch. It sits in the business card scanning list on AppTierList.
Is Business Card Reader worth it?
Business Card Reader is A tier, ranked #9 of 13 business card scanning apps with a score of 81 out of 100, from a 4.6 App Store rating across 20,583 ratings. It is in the list's top tiers; 8 apps rank above it.
How does Business Card Reader compare to samcard- business card scanner?
Business Card Reader is A tier at 81; samcard- business card scanner is A tier at 82. samcard- business card scanner ranks higher. Business Card Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases, samcard- business card scanner is free to download.
How often is Business Card Reader updated?
Business Card Reader was last updated over a year ago, on 2025-09-18, which holds its tier down.
All the facts
- List
- Business Card Scanning
- Tier
- A (Excellent)
- Score
- 81 / 100
- Rank in list
- #9 of 13
- Ranking certainty
- settled
- Price
- Free + IAP
- App Store rating
- 4.6 out of 5
- Number of ratings
- 20,583
- Current version
- (396 days ago)
- App Store data read
- App Store category
- Business
- Good for
- Turning paper business cards into digital contacts, Exporting saved cards to a spreadsheet in CSV format, Viewing contacts and making calls from Apple Watch
- Requires
- iOS 15.0 or later
- Size
- 82 MB
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 8
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- unclaimed
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
Ranking refreshed · how it is computed