Cardhop and Covve both scan business cards on iPhone, but they treat your contacts very differently. Cardhop works on your own address book; Covve keeps contacts in an app of its own. Here is a factual comparison, and a third option.
Updated October 2026
We make Starrise Contacts, so we are not neutral. Facts about Cardhop and Covve come from their makers’ websites and App Store listings, checked on 11 October 2026 (US prices).
Cardhop is a contacts app by Flexibits, the makers of Fantastical, that works directly on your existing contacts. Business card scanning is part of Flexibits Premium, which costs $6.99 per month or $56.99 per year, is shared with Fantastical and comes with a Flexibits account.
Covve is a personal CRM for business contacts. It scans business cards and reminds you to follow up. You sign in, and Covve keeps your contacts in its own app, with a card export to your address book. Covve PRO starts at $4.99 per month.
| Starrise Contacts | Cardhop | Covve | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business card scanner | Yes (Pro) | Yes (Premium) | Yes |
| iPhone, iPad and Mac | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Works on your iPhone address book | Yes, directly | Yes, directly | Own app, with card export |
| Account | None needed | Flexibits account for Premium | Covve sign-in |
| Reminders to follow up | Yes (Pro) | No | Yes |
| Paid plan | $0.99/month or $5.99/year | Premium $6.99/month or $56.99/year | Covve PRO from $4.99/month |
Cardhop saves scanned cards to your own address book, but scanning needs Premium and a Flexibits account, and it has no reminders to follow up. Covve reminds you to follow up, but your contacts live in its own app, behind a Covve sign-in.
Starrise Contacts scans business cards straight into your iPhone address book and reminds you to follow up, with no account. Both are part of Pro, which costs $0.99 per month or $5.99 per year. More on the business card scanner.
Facts about other apps were checked on 11 October 2026 on the pages below.
Yes. In Cardhop, card scanning is part of Flexibits Premium. Covve scans business cards as well. In Starrise Contacts, the business card scanner is part of Pro.
Cardhop and Starrise Contacts work directly on your iPhone address book. Covve keeps contacts in its own app and can export a card to your address book.
The business card scanner is part of Starrise Contacts Pro, which costs $0.99 per month or $5.99 per year in the US and also includes Keep in Touch reminders.
Starrise Contacts works on the contacts already on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. No account, nothing to import. Free to download, with an optional Pro subscription.
Free on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Pro costs $0.99 per month or $5.99 per year in the US.
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