Digital Business Cards

Contents

1. 01WelcomeWhat these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing
2. 02Our top threeThe three we'd look at first, and who each one suits
3. 03What they costWhat paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans
4. 04The gradesThe highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject
5. 05Keep or make?Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself
6. 06Every toolAll of them, best graded first, with what each costs
7. 07Quick answersThe questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two
8. 08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from each tool’s own pages, their app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on the Digital Business Cards page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 24, 2026.

Share your contact details with a tap or a QR code, and keep the contacts you meet.

Before you choose, here are 7 things to know about digital business cards, worked out from every one we grade.

1. 1

   We grade 11 digital business cards

   9 of them are free or have a free plan, and 1 more let you try before paying. Everything in this guide comes from their own pages and our grades.

2. 2

   Paid plans start at $5 a month in the middle

   From $2.50 (Haystack) to $29 (Linq), going by what each one's paid plans start at.

3. 3

   Best value: Blinq and Haystack

   Nothing on our chart scores higher than these without costing more.

4. 4

   8 of 11 have iPhone and Android apps

   11 run in a web browser and 0 have a Windows app. Check the one you need before you fall for anything.

5. 5

   The middle GPA is 2.6

   4 score 3.0 or higher. The highest is Blinq, at 3.0.

6. 6

   Best free option: Blinq

   Blinq has the highest GPA of the free ones, 3.0. Digital business cards with contact scanning and event lead capture.

7. 7

   11 worth keeping, 0 you could make

   By our keep-or-make rules, 11 do something you couldn't reasonably build yourself, 0 are simple enough to make with an AI app builder, and 0 are a close call.

Part 02 · Top three

Our top three

The three we'd look at first, and who each one suits

The three digital business cards we'd look at first. First place suits the most people; second and third are the best picks for the people it leaves out. Each has an Insider's Guide of its own.

1. 1st

   

   3.0GPA

   Blinq

   Free plan · from $4.99/mo

   For: Most people, from one card to a sales team

   Blinq's free plan gives two cards with unlimited sharing and contacts, shared by QR code, link, email, SMS or Apple and Google Wallet, and the person receiving one needs no app. An NFC card is $24.99 once. Its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.9 from about 133,000 ratings. Know the limits: the contact scanner and contact export need Premium at $7.33 a month billed yearly ($9.99 monthly); CRM sync and lead capture need Business, which bills five cards at least, about $24.95 a month; each lead captured and enriched there costs $9.99 more; and cards are set up in the phone app.

   The Blinq Insider’s Guide

2. 2nd

   

   3.0GPA

   Haystack

   Free plan · from $2.50/mo

   For: Anyone who wants to pay nothing, card scanner included

   Haystack's free Personal plan puts no cap on cards, shares, contacts or AI scans of paper cards, with your logo, photos, notes and tags and the iPhone and Android apps. Pro is $4.50 a user a month billed yearly ($7.95 monthly), and Business is $2.50 a user for teams of 10 or more, and larger companies can create staff cards from Entra ID or Google Workspace. It is second because it sells no NFC cards, custom card design, email signatures and CRM links need Pro, the prices don't say whether they are US or Australian dollars, the 14-day trial charges your card when it ends, and no store rating is on record.

   The Haystack Insider’s Guide

3. 3rd

   

   3.0GPA

   Popl

   Free plan · from $76.99/yr

   For: Event and trade show teams scanning badges

   Popl's free card comes with a lead capture form, an email signature and insights, and its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.8 from about 103,000 ratings. Its team plans read any event badge by the printed name, even when the badge's code is encrypted, enrich the contact and sync it to Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo, Dynamics, Zoho or monday.com, with no per-seat or per-scan charge. It is third because team plans are priced only by quote after a demo, Pro ($76.99 a year) and Pro+ prices appear only in the App Store, free leads can't be exported, and the site now puts event teams ahead of one person's card.

   The Popl Insider’s Guide

Going by our grades, Blinq and Haystack give the most for the money among digital business cards: no tool on this chart scores higher without costing more.

Paid plans start at a middle price of $5 a month across the 9 that charge, from $2.50 (Haystack) to $29 (Linq).

3 of the 9 score above the category's average while starting at or below its middle price. 3 cost more than the middle price and score below the average.

Every tool gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. Here are the 11 highest graded digital business cards, then how the whole category does on each subject.

Tool	Value	Free	Features	Ease	Platforms	GPA
Blinq	C	B	B	A	B	3.0
Haystack	B	A	C	B	B	3.0
Popl	C	B	B	A	B	3.0
Wave Connect	C	B	B	A	B	3.0
HiHello	C	B	C	A	B	2.8
Mobilo	B	C	C	B	B	2.6
V1CE	B	B	C	C	B	2.6
Dot	C	B	C	B	C	2.4
Tapt	A	F	B	C	B	2.4
Linq	D	C	C	C	B	2.0
OVOU	C	D	C	C	B	2.0

Some software does something you couldn’t reasonably build yourself. Some is simple enough that an AI app builder could make the core of it in an afternoon. Here’s where digital business cards land, by the same rules for every tool.

• 11

  Keep it

  It does something you could not reasonably make for yourself, or it costs nothing.

• 0

  Your call

  You could make the core of it, and you would give something up.

• 0

  You could make this

  What it does is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well, and it charges every month.

Every digital business card we grade, with its GPA and what it costs. Each one has a page of its own on toolgpa.com, with its Insider’s Guide.

1. 1BlinqFree plan · from $4.99/mo3.0
2. 2HaystackFree plan · from $2.50/mo3.0
3. 3PoplFree plan · from $76.99/yr3.0
4. 4Wave ConnectFree plan · from $5/mo3.0
5. 5HiHelloFree plan · from $5/mo2.8
6. 6MobiloFree plan · from $3/mo2.6
7. 7V1CEFree plan · from $82 one-time2.6
8. 8DotFree plan · from $8/mo2.4
9. 9TaptFrom $25 one-time2.4
10. 10LinqFree plan · from $29/mo2.0
11. 11OVOUFree trial · from $90/yr2.0

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

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