Cardly - Business Card Scanner
On-device OCR. Stays private.
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
No sign-up, no ads. Snap a card and it becomes a contact. When an unsaved number calls, you see the name and company from the card. All on device; 50 cards free.
Cardly is a business card manager you can use instantly — no sign-up, no login, no ads.
■ Snap a card, get a contact
Shoot a card or pick one from your photo library. Cardly recognizes name, company,
title, phone, mobile, email, address, and website, and lets you review and edit
every field before saving. The original image is kept, so you can re-scan anytime.
■ Recognition never leaves your device
OCR runs on Apple Vision and on-device ML Kit. Card images are never uploaded —
everything works the same in airplane mode.
■ A CRM, not just a card holder
Search by name, company, title, notes, or tags. Organize with tags and groups,
attach free-form notes, and get automatic role/industry tag suggestions.
■ Never miss a follow-up
Set a follow-up date per contact and get a local notification at that time,
with a today queue, done/snooze, and next-step suggestions.
■ Duplicates, merged
Received the same person's card twice? Cardly detects duplicates by email and
mobile number and merges them into one.
■ Export, import, back up
Export to Excel (XLSX), CSV, and vCard — whole list, a group, or search results.
Import CSV/vCard, and back up everything to a JSON file you keep yourself.
■ Save to iPhone contacts
One tap adds a card to your address book. Write-only access, only when you tap —
Cardly never reads your existing contacts.
■ Caller name on incoming calls
See whose card it is when they call, even if you never saved them to Contacts.
Turn it on once in Settings; numbers and names never leave your device.
■ Free and Cardly Pro
Save up to 50 new cards for free. Cardly Pro (optional one-time purchase, not a
subscription) removes the limit. Cards you have already saved always stay
viewable, searchable and exportable, and export and backup stay free.
Privacy is the architecture, not a promise
Cardly has no server and makes no network requests at all. Card images, contacts,
notes, and tags stay on this device and are never transmitted anywhere.
No ads, no analytics, no tracking.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://creativelab-lee.github.io/cardly-privacy/
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• Caller name on incoming calls: see whose card it is even if you never saved them to Contacts (turn it on once in Settings; numbers never leave your device)
• Cardly Pro, a one-time purchase (not a subscription): new installs save up to 50 cards for free, Pro removes the limit
• If you were already using Cardly before this update, you keep saving unlimited cards for free
• Cards you have already saved always stay viewable, searchable and exportable, and export and backup stay free
• Fixed empty screens and the Groups tab getting cut off with large text sizes
The developer, INPHIL CHOI, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- INPHIL CHOI
- Size
- 71.9 MB
- Category
- Business
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.5 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.5 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.4 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 3 more
- English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Cardly Pro $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 INPHIL CHOI