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Add to SafariWhen comparing ABBYY Business Card Reader vs CamScanner, the Slant community recommends ABBYY Business Card Reader for most people. In the question“What are the best iOS apps for scanning business cards?” ABBYY Business Card Reader is ranked 2nd while CamScanner is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose ABBYY Business Card Reader is:
In addition to having reasonably good OCR performance it can try to discern between 3 (of 21 available) different languages at a time.
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Pros
Pro Good, multilingual OCR
In addition to having reasonably good OCR performance it can try to discern between 3 (of 21 available) different languages at a time.
Pro Excellent UI
This app has a good looking, easy to navigate and use user interface.
Pro Discounted prices
It regularly offers the full app for free, or much cheaper during special times, festivals and the like.
Pro Salesforce integration
Salesforce integration requires either purchasing the professional version or a subscription.
Pro LinkedIn integration
Pro Scan border recognition
Nearly perfect scan border recognition – and related adjustment possibilities
Pro Small Scan file size
The best small scan file size results so far (when adjusted correctly)
Pro PDF conversion
CamScanner scans documents directly into multi page PDF format.
Pro Ad-less free version
Pro Batch scanning
CamScanner allows users to scan multiple documents at the same time.
Pro Scanned documents can be stored in cloud storage
Free CamScanner accounts have access to 200 MB of free storage space. 10 GB storage space is available for full version license (monthly subscription).
Pro Secure
This app offers password protection for scanned documents.
Pro Balance indicator
Cons
Con Pricy Premium
The premium version is really expensive when not on sale. Always keep an eye out during holidays when they offer significant discounts with regular free premium offers.
Con Very dated display and not user-friendly
Con No export options
Con Limited free version
The free version allows to scan 15 business cards.
Con Not appealing to use
Con Nagging badges even in paid version
Even in the paid version disturbing badges for gaining "gifts" one cannot switch off.
Con Scan workflow not optimized
Scan (and saving results) workflow needs several more steps than it should.
Con Pro features requires subscription
Either monthly or yearly subscriptions are available at either $4.99/month or $49.99/year.
Con Free version has no OCR functionality
Con Buttons are not labeled
