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Scan Any Business Card

Scan Any Business Card

Point your iPhone camera at any business card and instantly save every detail as an organized contact.

The smartest business card scanner for iPhone. Scan, save, and manage contacts effortlessly.

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SCANNER & CONTACT FEATURES

Why Starrise for Business Card Scanning?

Notes

After scanning a business card, add notes about where you met and what you discussed. Each note is timestamped, so you never lose context from networking events.

Birthday Reminders

Turn scanned contacts into lasting relationships. Set birthday reminders for people you meet, so you always have a reason to follow up and stay connected.

Custom Sorting

Organize scanned contacts your way. Sort by when they were added, company name, location, or any field — making it easy to find contacts from specific events or meetings.

Get Starrise Contacts on the AppStore

Stop losing business cards. Scan, save, and manage every contact digitally on your iPhone.

Archive & Favorite

Scanned too many cards at a conference? Archive contacts you don’t need daily while keeping important ones front and center. Favoriting ensures you always reach the right detail.

Map

See all your scanned contacts on a map. Visualize your professional network geographically and get directions to any contact’s office or meeting location.

Quick Action Buttons

Follow up with scanned contacts instantly. Call, email, message via WhatsApp or Telegram, or create a calendar event — all one tap away from the contact you just scanned.

PROFESSIONAL CONTACT CAPTURE

Beyond Business Card Scanning…

Creation Location

Every scanned business card gets tagged with the date, time, and location of scanning — so you always remember which event or meeting led to each contact.

Calendar Events

See all meetings and events tied to each scanned contact, helping you prepare for follow-ups and track your professional relationship history.

File Attachments

Attach proposals, presentations, or meeting notes directly to scanned contacts. Keep every business document linked to the right person.

Gift Ideas

Build rapport with professional contacts. Save gift ideas and preferences for key business relationships, so you’re always prepared for client appreciation.

Anniversaries

Track business milestones. Remember work anniversaries, partnership dates, and other professional occasions with timely reminders.

List Management

Organize scanned contacts into lists — by event, industry, company, or priority. Create smart groups to manage your growing professional network.

Display Settings

Display professional contacts your way. Customize name formats, show company names prominently, and adjust phone number formats for international contacts.

Multi-language Support

Scan business cards in any language. The app supports 16 languages including English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, and more for both the interface and OCR.

Custom Theme

Match the app to your professional style. Pick your favorite colors and switch between light and dark mode for a polished look.

Mac App

Starrise Contacts now runs natively on your Mac, with a three-column layout, keyboard shortcuts and ⌘F to find anyone. Free on iPhone, iPad and Mac. More about the Mac app

Siri & Shortcuts

Ask Siri whose birthday is next, add a note hands-free, or hear what’s happening today. Ready-made shortcuts work in 15 languages and in the Shortcuts app.

Tag Contacts in Notes

Type @ in a note to mention someone. The note is linked to their profile automatically, and tapping the name takes you straight there.

Spotlight Search

Find contacts and notes right from Spotlight on iPhone, iPad and Mac, by name, company, nickname, email or phone number.

Arrange Your Favorites

Put your favorites in exactly the order you want. Choose the Manual sort and drag the people you reach for most to the top.

Widgets & Controls

Open a favorite person’s WhatsApp or Telegram chat, add a contact, or start a note straight from your Home Screen, Lock Screen and Control Center.

BUSINESS CARD SCANNER PRO

Go Pro — Professional Contact Capture

Moments from Notes

Your meeting notes become automatic follow-up reminders. After scanning a business card and adding notes, the app recognizes dates and plans you’ve mentioned. When the day arrives, you get a gentle notification to follow up — turning business cards into real professional relationships.

Business Card Scanner

The heart of professional contact capture. Our Business Card Scanner uses advanced OCR to read names, phone numbers, emails, companies, and titles with remarkable accuracy. Point your iPhone camera, tap to confirm, and the contact is beautifully structured and ready to use. No manual typing required.

Contacts App iPhone - Business Card Scanner

AI Notes Summary

Before a meeting, catch up on any professional contact in seconds. AI Note Summary condenses all your notes about a scanned contact into a clear briefing — who they are, what you discussed, and what’s next. Walk into every meeting prepared.

iCloud Sync

Scanned contacts sync across all your Apple devices. Access your business contacts, notes, and attached files on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Scan a card at a conference, and it’s ready on your laptop when you get back to the office.

Voice Add

No business card? No problem. Add contacts using your voice — simply speak a name, phone number, or company, and Starrise creates the contact automatically. The perfect complement to scanning when you get details verbally.

Keep in Touch Reminders

Decide how often you want to catch up with someone: every week, every month, twice a year, or any rhythm you like. Starrise counts from the last time you were in touch and reminds you when it’s time.

REVIEWS

Our users speak for Starrise Contacts

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Point your iPhone camera at any business card and tap to scan. Starrise Contacts uses advanced OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to read the card and extract names, phone numbers, email addresses, company names, and job titles. The scanned information is automatically organized into a beautifully structured contact on your iPhone. You can review and edit before saving.

The scanner captures details with remarkable accuracy across multiple languages. It handles various card layouts, fonts, and designs. After scanning, you can review the extracted information and make any adjustments before saving the contact.

Yes. All data stays securely on your device and within your accounts. We do not upload or share any of your contact information as we strongly believe that these only belong to you. If you turn on iCloud Sync, your notes and other app data sync through your own private iCloud account, which we can’t access.

Yes! In addition to business card scanning, Starrise Contacts can scan QR codes that contain contact information (vCards). You can also generate QR codes for your own contact information to share with others.

After scanning, the contact is created with all the extracted information organized into the right fields. You can then add notes about where you met, set follow-up reminders, attach files, and use quick action buttons to reach out via call, email, WhatsApp, or any other app.

Yes, you can view and edit your contacts without internet. If you are using iCloud, GMail or Outlook as an account, the changes will sync once you are back online.

Starrise Contacts is free to download on the App Store, and the core features are free to use without a subscription. Advanced features for power users are available via an optional subscription. The core contact management functionality will continue to receive updates and new features over time.

Yes. Starrise Contacts runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and it’s free on all of them. With Starrise Contacts Pro, iCloud Sync keeps your notes, gift ideas, to-dos, Moments, files and Keep in Touch reminders up to date on every device, through your own private iCloud account. Your contacts themselves keep syncing the way they always have, through iCloud, Google or whichever account they live in.

Yes. Starrise Contacts works on iPhone and iPad, and as a native Mac app with a three-column layout, keyboard shortcuts and ⌘F search (macOS 14 Sonoma or later). It’s free on all your devices, and one Pro subscription unlocks Pro everywhere. More about Starrise Contacts for Mac.

We’d love to hear from you! You can send feedback directly through the app’s settings, or email us directly at support@coinlex.com.

PRICING

Our Transparent Pricing

Standard
Freeon the App Store
  • All Basic Features, excl. Pro
  • iPhone, iPad & Mac: one app, every device
  • No subscription needed
  • Upgrade to Pro anytime
Pro (Monthly)
$0.99per month
  • All Basic Features
  • iCloud Sync
  • Keep in Touch Reminders
  • To-dos
  • Name Days
  • Moments from Notes
  • AI Note Summary
  • Restore Deleted Contacts
  • Business Card Scanner
  • Voice Add
Pro (Yearly)
$5.99per year
  • All Basic Features
  • iCloud Sync
  • Keep in Touch Reminders
  • To-dos
  • Name Days
  • Moments from Notes
  • AI Note Summary
  • Restore Deleted Contacts
  • Business Card Scanner
  • Voice Add
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