Scan a whole stack of business cards at once

cardlio for iPhone, iPad and Mac · October 2026

cardlio, for iPhone, iPad and Mac, reads several business cards from a single photo. Lay the cards out side by side, take one picture, and each card is found, straightened and read into its own contact — name, title, company, every phone number and e-mail, the website and the full street address.

How it works

  1. Point the live camera at the cards. On-device detection marks each card it finds.
  2. Or import what you already have: photos, screenshots, a PDF of scans or a whole folder of them. On the Mac, drag them into the window.
  3. Every card arrives in one review sheet. Fields cardlio was not sure of are flagged, and tapping one zooms the photo to the spot it was read from — you check the one field that needs it, not all twelve. Nothing is saved until you have looked.

What it reads

Title, company, every phone and e-mail, the website, and the address down to the building and postcode, in the local format, with multi-office cards kept apart. Each address is then checked against Apple Maps. cardlio reads cards in 28 languages, from Japanese and Chinese to Arabic, Thai and Vietnamese, all of it on your device.

Duplicates

Met someone twice? cardlio spots the duplicate and merges the two into one contact, keeping every e-mail and note from both.

Questions

How do I lay out the cards?

Side by side on a plain surface, each fully in the frame and not overlapping. cardlio finds and straightens every card it sees.

Does it work without internet?

Yes. Detection and recognition run on your device. Only the Apple Maps check of the address needs a connection.

Can it read a PDF of scanned cards?

Yes. Import a PDF or a folder of scans and every card in it is read in one go.

Get cardlio

A free download on the App Store for iPhone and iPad and for Mac. Your first 10 cards are free. Questions: support@cardlio.app.

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