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My Business Cards · for iPhone

Met at a trade fair. Still in touch a year later.

MyBC reads business cards on your iPhone, tells you who has gone quiet, and keeps every call, meeting and promise on the record. There is no account and no server. Your contacts stay on your phone.

See how it works
Reads cards offline No sign-up iOS 18.6 or later
Scan tab

Point the camera at a card. Check the fields. Save.

MyBC uses Apple's document scanner, the same one as in Notes. It finds the card, straightens it and takes the picture on its own.

Then the phone reads it. Apple's Vision framework turns the photo into text. On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, an on-device model sorts that text into name, title, company, phone, email and address. Other iPhones use a built-in parser.

You see every field before anything is saved. Nothing is uploaded, there is no API key to set up, and it works on a plane.

A paper cardAuto-capture and perspective correction, then read on the phone.
An email signaturePaste it in. Same reader, no camera needed.
A QR codeSomeone's digital card, read straight from the camera.
Name order, detected
Family
Nguyễn
Middle
Thu
Given
Hà

Vietnamese and other family-first names are filed the right way round, so a greeting uses Hà, her given name.

Home tab

Opens on what needs you today.

Overdue to-dos, people who have gone quiet and birthdays coming up, in one list, sorted by what to deal with first.

Choose how often you want to be in touch with someone, from weekly to once a year, and MyBC tells you when it has been too long. New contacts start at Never, so importing a thousand cards doesn't fill the first screen on day one.

  • A morning digestA short summary at the time you choose, sent by the phone itself.
  • Meetings from your calendarMeetings with people already in MyBC are offered as log entries. Nothing is logged without you.
Logs and to-dos

Log the conversation while you still remember it.

Tell Siri “Log a conversation in MyBC”. It asks what happened and who it was with, then files the entry against that contact without opening the app.

Or open the composer. Pick Meeting, Call, Email, Trade fair or Note, dictate the gist and attach the brochure they gave you.

  • Dictation on the phoneIn every language that supports it. If a language needs Apple's servers, MyBC tells you.
  • Where it happenedStamped with your location once, when you open the composer. Nothing runs in the background.
  • To-dos in RemindersTo-dos sync both ways with a Reminders list called MyBC, so they reach your lock screen, Mac and Apple Watch.
With Siri
“Log a conversation in MyBC”
SiriWhat should I note down?
“Wants two extra nights in Phú Quốc for the March group.”
SiriWho was it with?
“Annika”
SiriLogged against Annika Vogel.
Your card

Hand over your details without a box of cards.

Fill in your own card once. MyBC sends it as a vCard, the format iPhone, Android and Outlook all open.

  • QR code. Any phone camera can read it. The one to use with a stranger at a trade fair.
  • AirDrop. iPhone to iPhone. They get your card, ready to add to Contacts.
  • NFC tag. Write your card to a sticker or blank card you carry. MyBC reads other people's tags too.
Analyse

Ask a contact what you left hanging.

Tap Analyse on a person or a company. The answer comes in three parts, in order of how far you can trust them.

  1. Checks, done in codeGone quiet, no way to reach them, two records at one address. Each one comes with a fix you can tap.
  2. A brief, written on this phoneA summary of your own notes, what was left open, and a first draft of the next email. The model only gets what your records say.
  3. The web, in your browserFor anything that is true today, MyBC opens a search instead of letting a model guess.
Contacts tab

Four looks. Business is the default.

The quiet palette is the one you want on screen when a client can see it. Default and Dark let you pick your own accent colour.

Slate and navy. Quiet, for a shared screen.

Also in MyBC

The rest of the address book, done properly.

Companies

People grouped under their company, with its logo, address, files and its own history.

Search from anywhere

One box covers names, companies, tags and groups. Contacts also turn up in iPhone search.

Tags and groups

Label people by market, segment or trip, then filter the list by them.

Duplicates, suggested

MyBC finds likely duplicates and offers to merge them. It never merges on its own.

Files on the record

Photos, PDFs, voice memos and spreadsheets, attached to a person, a company, a log or a to-do.

Dictation in your languages

The list comes from the keyboards you already use, and you can add any other language Apple supports.

Moving in

Bring the contacts from your old card app.

Import a CSV or Excel export, a vCard file, or the contacts already on your iPhone.

Every export names its columns differently. MyBC guesses which column is which and shows you the mapping before anything is imported, so phone numbers don't end up in the notes.

Likely duplicates are offered for merging, and the whole list is there to review before you commit.

Privacy

Your contacts stay on your iPhone.

MyBC has no account, no sign-up and no server of its own. The address book you built over years of trade fairs is not uploaded anywhere.

  • No accountOpen the app and start. There is nothing to sign up for.
  • Cards read on the phoneApple's Vision framework and the on-device model. No API key, no upload.
  • Location, onceAsked when you open a composer, and only if you allow it. Never tracked in the background.
  • Reminders from the phoneThe morning digest is a local notification. There is no push server behind it.
  • Backups you can openA dated folder in iCloud Drive or Files: one JSON file, plus every photo, logo, card scan and attachment.
  • Export whenever you likeYour contacts as a CSV, ready for Excel or another CRM.
Questions

Before you ask.

Do I need an account?

No. There is no sign-up and no MyBC server. Install it and start scanning.

Does scanning need an internet connection?

No. Cards are read on the phone, so it works in a fair hall with bad Wi-Fi, or on the flight home.

Which iPhones does it run on?

Any iPhone with iOS 18.6 or later. On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, an on-device model sorts each card into fields. Other iPhones use a built-in parser, which gets phone numbers, emails and websites reliably and names a little less so. Either way, you check the fields before saving.

Can I bring my contacts from another app?

Yes. CSV and Excel exports, vCard files and the contacts already on your iPhone. You see the column mapping and the possible duplicates before anything is added.

How do I get my data out again?

Export your contacts as a CSV at any time, or make a full backup with every photo, card scan and attachment. Backups are plain files in a folder you can open.

What happens if I lose my iPhone?

Your contacts come back from a backup. With iCloud Drive on, MyBC saves one each day to a MyBC folder there — every record, photo, card scan and attachment — and your iPhone's own iCloud Backup includes MyBC as well. On the new phone, install MyBC and restore the latest backup in Settings.

Does it work with Reminders and Calendar?

Both are optional. To-dos can sync with a Reminders list called MyBC. With Calendar switched on, past meetings with people you already know are offered as log entries.

What can I ask Siri?

Log a conversation, add a to-do, scan a card, or ask who is worth a message. The first two work without opening the app.

MyBC is coming to the App Store.

For people whose work runs on meeting people — in sales, consulting, events, at fairs and conferences. And for anyone whose company CRM belongs to the company: MyBC is the address book that stays with you when the job changes. One purchase, no subscription.

Coming to the App Store