# business card scanner-sam pro

> Business card scanner -camcard

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id468090416](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id468090416)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id468090416`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** 娜 林
- **Category:** Business
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (5,047 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.6.56
- **Last updated:** 2021-10-12
- **First published:** 2011-09-30
- **Size:** 152 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-04
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/business-card-scanner-sam-pro/id468090416)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://samcard.net/privacy.html](http://samcard.net/privacy.html)

## Description

SamCard Pro is a business card scanner that uses OCR to instantly extract contact details from a photographed card. It supports recognition in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Swedish, and can save results directly to your Contacts. Key features include high-accuracy recognition, anti-shake photo capture, auto-rotate and auto-orientation, and support for both portrait and landscape shots.

Tips to maximize recognition accuracy: take a clear, well-lit photo, hold the camera steady, and align the card edges with the viewfinder. You can edit the captured image and the card data will be populated into your address book. Subscriptions are available with monthly and yearly plans, and privacy terms are provided by the developer.

## Rankings

- #25,896 — Overall
- #12 — email extractor business leads
- #15 — data extraction
- #38 — ocr
- #58 — business
- #77 — card

## Review summary

Users praise the app for its convenience, time-saving scans, and centralized digital storage of cards with automatic contact syncing. However, recurring issues include OCR inaccuracies, blurry focus on cards (especially on newer iPhones), crashes or the app failing to open, and dissatisfaction with ongoing pro payments. Card data occasionally fails to transfer properly to contacts. Overall, it’s a strong organizer and time-saver when it runs smoothly, but reliability and pricing concerns hinder frequent use.

### Pros

- Highly convenient for digitizing cards, saving time by avoiding manual entry.
- Centralizes stored cards and keeps a photo of each card, reducing physical clutter.
- Automatically adds/updates contacts in the phone's address book from scans.
- Easy to use and continues to be user-friendly with years of use.

### Cons

- OCR accuracy issues: cards are often misread or require manual corrections.
- Scan focus problems and blurry images, especially on newer iPhone models.
- Stability issues: frequent crashes or the app won’t open.
- Pricing concerns: pro features require additional payments.
- Occasional failures to map scanned data to the correct fields or contacts.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id468090416)