Blinq
From $9.99/mo
- Price
- From $9.99/mo, checked 2026-10-29
- Best for
- You already run a CRM
The best digital business cards, compared honestly.
It depends what breaks for you: Blinq if you run a CRM, Wave for the biggest free tier, Popl for event teams, Cardr for the follow-up.
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Cardr
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Example of what happens next: Megan Hollis scans Daniel’s card, saves Daniel to their contacts and chooses to send their own details back. The next morning at 9 a.m., Cardr Pro reminds Daniel to follow up, with the email already drafted.
There is no single best digital business card, and the honest answer depends on what breaks for you. If you already run a CRM, Blinq. If you want the most on a free tier, Wave Connect. If you run events with a team, Popl. If your problem is that you never send the follow-up, that is the one we built Cardr for. Every price below was read from the vendor’s own page on 29 October 2026.
Wave Connect
From $7/mo
- Price
- From $7/mo, checked 2026-10-29
- Best for
- The most on a free tier
Popl
From £5.99/mo
- Price
- From £5.99/mo, checked 2026-10-29
- Best for
- Events, with a team
Cardr
Free; Pro £12/mo
- Price
- Free; Pro £12/mo, checked 2026-10-29
- Best for
- Actually sending the follow-up
How it works
What Cardr does after the scan.
Every product here shares a card. This is ours, step by step, so you can compare it with the others.
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They scan your code
Your QR is on the pass in your Wallet. Their phone camera reads it, no app.
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They save you
Your page opens. Save puts you in their contacts, then they can send you their email or number.
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You follow up
What they send lands in your list with your note. Pro writes the follow-up for you.
ExampleDaniel Osei’s card is the example in the hero, and Daniel Osei and Megan Hollis are both invented. Every screen is drawn from the product: the pass, the card page and the email Pro sends.
The ten
Who each one is actually for.
Including, in our case, what we are worse at. A round-up written by one of the entrants is worth very little without that.
Cardr (that’s us)
Ours, so read it with that in mind. The free tier is the complete card with no limit on exchanges or contacts, and the paid tier is built around the message you send three days later rather than around the card itself. No CRM integrations, which Blinq does better.
Price: Free forever. Pro £12/mo, or £9/mo billed annually (£108 a year).
Apple Wallet: Yes, Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, on the free tier
- Free plan
- Yes
- Google Wallet
- Yes
- CRM link
- None
- NFC hardware
- None sold
Blinq
The deepest integration layer here. Blinq lists native connections to 20+ CRMs, an AI notetaker on paid tiers, contact enrichment and a scanner for badges and paper cards, which is a serious amount of machinery if you already run a CRM and want cards feeding it. It also lists Google Wallet on every tier.
Price: Premium $9.99 a month, or $7.33 a month billed annually. Business $6.99 per card a month, or $4.99 billed annually, with a "minimum of five" cards. Enterprise is quoted. In its iPhone app Blinq also sells Pro at $22.49 a month or $199 a year (App Store, US, in-app purchases, read 29 October 2026).
Apple Wallet: Yes, on every tier including Free
- Free plan
- Yes
- Google Wallet
- Yes
- CRM link
- Yes
- NFC hardware
- Yes
HiHello
The cleanest free tier design here, with both an Apple and a Google Wallet pass on the free Personal plan and two free cards. Professional adds card analytics and contact enrichment; Business adds Salesforce, HubSpot and Dynamics.
Price: Professional $8 billed monthly, or $6 a month billed yearly ($72 a year). Business $6 per user billed monthly, or $5 per user a month billed yearly ($60 per user a year), with a five-seat minimum. Enterprise is quoted.
Apple Wallet: Yes, and Google Wallet too
- Free plan
- Yes
- Google Wallet
- Yes
- CRM link
- Yes
- NFC hardware
- See their site
Popl
Popl is built around events at scale: an “AI-native Universal Badge Scanner”, “unlimited events & conferences”, enrichment, CRM integrations and SOC 2 Type 2. It also already drafts follow-up emails with AI, so that is not something only Cardr does. For a company running a conference stand with a team of fifteen, that is the right shape of product. For one person, Popl Pro in its app costs less than Cardr Pro.
Price: Individuals: Popl Pro £5.99 a month or £56.99 a year; Pro+ £14.49 a month or £139.99 a year (App Store, UK, in-app purchases, read 29 October 2026). Teams: "we quote pricing over a meeting".
Apple Wallet: Yes: their QR code (the “PopCode”) can be added to Apple or Google Wallet from the dashboard, without the app, per their help centre
- Free plan
- Yes
- Google Wallet
- Yes
- CRM link
- Yes
- NFC hardware
- See their site
Wave Connect
Wave gives away more on its free tier than anyone else here: both wallets, unlimited contacts, a lead capture form, a personal email signature and ten free credits of AI lead capture. It has an iPhone home-screen widget, native CRM integrations from Pro, team admin from three seats, badge and paper-card scanning for events, and its own NFC cards. It also publishes a great deal more than we do, which is worth knowing when you are searching.
Price: Pro $9 billed monthly, or $7 a month billed annually. Teams $7 per user a month, or $5 billed annually, minimum 3 users. Enterprise is a custom quote. In US dollars as served on 29 October 2026; the page redraws prices in the visitor’s currency.
Apple Wallet: Yes, on Free: “Add to Google or Apple Wallet”
- Free plan
- Yes
- Google Wallet
- Yes
- CRM link
- Yes
- NFC hardware
- Yes
Mobilo
Mobilo prices low and builds for teams: a free digital card that goes into Apple or Google Wallet, Pro at “$3 /month”, team management, lead enrichment, a paper card scanner, native integrations with major CRMs plus “6,000 Integrations through Zapier”, and its own NFC cards in plastic, wood and metal. Mobilo AI scores leads against your ideal customer profile. For a sales team that meets people at events, that is a lot of product for the price.
Price: Pro "$3 /month". Teams "$4 /month, Billed Annually". Business "$5 /month, Billed Annually", through sales. Shown in US dollars.
Apple Wallet: Yes: a “Digital Wallet Card (iOS and Android)”, made in their app or web app
- Free plan
- Yes
- Google Wallet
- Yes
- CRM link
- Yes
- NFC hardware
- Yes
Linq
Linq sells a full range of NFC hardware, from a $14.99 card to an engraved metal one, plus hubs and event badges, and its shop lists CRM integrations, follow-up reminders and a customisable wallet card. Linq for Teams adds “admin management, deeper CRM integrations, and HR/SSO syncs”. For an event team that wants hardware and an app from one company, that is a coherent kit.
Price: Not published. Linq’s own pages do not state the card subscription price. Cards cost $14.99 to $59.99, and "All products require an active subscription before activating to your account."
Apple Wallet: Apple Wallet, through the Linq iPhone app, per their help centre; we found no article for Google Wallet
- Free plan
- Not stated
- Google Wallet
- Not documented
- CRM link
- Yes
- NFC hardware
- Yes
Dot
Dot sells tap devices (cards, stickers, wearables and a stand for a counter) and every order comes with lifetime access to the free dot.Profile, which already has a two-way contact exchange and both phone wallets. dot.Profile+ adds an AI paper card scanner, a map of where you met people and bulk contact export, and its team plans add templates, admin controls and CRM integrations.
Price: dot.Profile+ $15 a month billed monthly, or $12 a month billed annually ($144 a year), with a 7-day free trial. Teams: Essential $8 and Growth $15 per member a month, billed annually.
Apple Wallet: Yes: “Apple and Android Wallet Integration” on the free dot.Profile
- Free plan
- Yes
- Google Wallet
- Yes
- CRM link
- Yes
- NFC hardware
- Yes
V1CE
V1CE sells a tap card bought once and gives its software away with it: a two-way contact exchange, a built-in CRM synced to yours, follow-ups that send themselves, booking links and services with checkout. Client Capture OS adds an AI assistant that researches contacts and an agent that drafts a note to each one for you to approve. It also publishes its prices, in pounds.
Price: Cards “From £60 once, then £0 a month”; the metal card is £110. Client Capture OS £49.99 a month. Teams “get up to 30% off” cards. Shown in pounds.
Apple Wallet: Yes: an Apple Wallet pass and a Google Wallet pass on the free plan
- Free plan
- Yes
- Google Wallet
- Yes
- CRM link
- Yes
- NFC hardware
- Yes
Uniqode
Uniqode runs dynamic QR codes and digital business cards from one platform, with Salesforce built in, other CRMs through APIs and Zapier, and wallet sharing on Apple and Google. For a marketing team that already manages its QR codes there, adding cards for the sales team is one more product on the same account.
Price: Team $6 per user a month. Business+ is custom pricing. “No, we do not offer monthly plans.” “All our plans are billed in USD.”
Apple Wallet: Yes: shared “via your Apple or Google Wallet”, per their pricing FAQ
- Free plan
- Yes
- Google Wallet
- Yes
- CRM link
- Yes
- NFC hardware
- See their site
The free one costs a minute to try.
The Cardr free tier is the whole card, with no expiry and no limit on exchanges or contacts. If another one suits you better, the list above says which.
The correction
They all do Apple Wallet.
An earlier version of our own site claimed the major digital business cards did not offer Apple Wallet passes. That was wrong, it was to our advantage, and it is the sort of claim the UK advertising code exists to stop. Blinq, HiHello and Wave Connect publish Apple Wallet support on every tier including free, Popl and Mobilo document it in their help centres, Linq adds its card to Apple Wallet through its iPhone app, and Dot, V1CE and Uniqode name it on their own pages. The pass is not the difference between these products. What happens after the handshake is.
- Cardr
- Blinq
- HiHello
- Popl
- Wave Connect
- Mobilo
- Linq
- Dot
- V1CE
- Uniqode
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By trade Best for lawyersCardr, Popl, Wave, Uniqode, KADO, compared for lawyers: dated, with a verdict.
By trade Best for small businessCardr, Uniqode, HiHello, Popl, Blinq, compared for small business: dated, with a verdict.
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Go deeper
One at a time.
One person, one year
| Product | 1 year | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Cardr | Free | the whole card, free forever, checked 2026-10-29 |
| Mobilo | $36 | Pro, twelve months, checked 2026-10-29, https://www.mobilocard.com/pricing |
| HiHello | $72 | Professional, billed annually, checked 2026-10-29, https://www.hihello.com/pricing |
| Popl | $76.99 | Pro in the app, US App Store, checked 2026-10-29, https://popl.co/pages/pricing |
| Wave Connect | $84 | Pro, billed annually, checked 2026-10-29, https://wavecnct.com/pricing |
| Blinq | $87.96 | Premium, billed annually, checked 2026-10-29, https://blinq.me/pricing |
| Dot | $144 | dot.Profile+, billed annually, checked 2026-10-29, https://dotcards.net/pages/dot-profile |
Hub
Every comparison in one place
Each head-to-head, each “alternatives” list and each price page, grouped by product.
Alternative A Blinq alternativePaid plans from $9.99/mo. Checked 29 October 2026.
Alternative A HiHello alternativePaid plans from $6/mo. Checked 29 October 2026.
Alternative A Popl alternativePaid plans from £5.99/mo. Checked 29 October 2026.
Alternative A Wave Connect alternativePaid plans from $7/mo. Checked 29 October 2026.
Alternative A Mobilo alternativePaid plans from $3/mo. Checked 29 October 2026.
Alternative A Linq alternativePricing not published. Checked 29 October 2026.
Alternative A Dot alternativePaid plans from $15/mo. Checked 29 October 2026.
Alternative A V1CE alternativePaid plans from £60 once. Checked 29 October 2026.
Alternative A Uniqode alternativePaid plans from $6/mo. Checked 29 October 2026.
Free and Pro
Cardr’s free plan, row by row.
So you can set it beside the others’ free tiers. Everything in the first column stays free, with no expiry and no limit on exchanges or contacts.
| FreeForever, no card details | Pro£12 a month, or £9 a month billed annually (£108 a year) | |
|---|---|---|
| Nothing to install for the person you meet | Included | Included |
| A no-signal code that holds your contact itself | Included | Included |
| Pass designs | One: Oxford | IncludedAll 16 |
| Your follow-ups, written and ready | One draft and reminders about your first three people | IncludedEverything |
| Every lead, sorted | Your list, notes, tags, who replied, the timeline, search and export | IncludedEverything |
| See what your card wins you | Views, scans, swaps and saves, counted | IncludedEverything |
| A page that gets you booked | Booking, WhatsApp and review links on your page | IncludedEverything |
Questions
Choosing between them.
Which digital business card is best?
There is no single answer, and anyone giving you one is selling something. On the evidence as published on 29 October 2026: Blinq is the strongest if you already run a CRM and want cards feeding it. Wave Connect gives away the most on its free tier, including Google Wallet. HiHello has the simplest free card on both wallets. Popl is aimed at teams working events. Mobilo is built for teams that want cards feeding a CRM for little. Linq sells NFC cards, badges and hubs with an app around them. Dot sells tap devices with a free profile included, V1CE a card bought once with free software, and Uniqode runs digital business cards beside a company’s QR codes. Cardr is built for the follow-up after the meeting.
Do all of them offer an Apple Wallet pass?
Yes. Blinq, HiHello and Wave Connect state it on their pricing pages, on every tier including free, Popl and Mobilo document it in their help centres, Linq’s help centre adds its card to Apple Wallet through the Linq iPhone app, Dot lists Apple Wallet on its free dot.Profile, V1CE names an Apple Wallet pass and a Google Wallet pass on its free plan, and Uniqode’s pricing FAQ says cards are shared through Apple or Google Wallet, all as read on the date above. Blinq, HiHello, Popl, Wave Connect, Mobilo, Dot, V1CE and Uniqode also list Google Wallet, as Cardr does. Any comparison table telling you the major products lack Apple Wallet passes is wrong, and we know because our own previous site got this wrong.
Which has the best free plan?
Blinq and Wave Connect publish a free tier with no limit on exchanges or contacts stated, Cardr’s free tier has no limit on exchanges or contacts (it has no paper card or badge scanner on the web), and Wave’s includes both wallets, unlimited contacts and a lead form. HiHello’s free Personal plan caps card and badge scanning at five a month. Popl’s pricing page covers team plans; its individual Pro is sold in its app at £5.99 a month (read 29 October 2026). Dot’s free dot.Profile has a two-way exchange and both wallets, with its paper card scanner and contact export on dot.Profile+. Uniqode’s first card is free forever, and V1CE gives a free digital card and free software with the card it sells. The thing to check is not whether a free plan exists but where it is capped, because the cap is almost always on collecting contacts, which is the part that matters.
What happens to my contacts if I cancel?
Ask this before you choose any of them. On Cardr, nothing is lost: your card moves to the free plan, and every contact, note and tag stays, ready to export to CSV or vCard. For the others, read their help pages before you collect a year of contacts there.
Do I need to buy an NFC card?
No. Every product here works with a QR code or a link, and none of them require hardware. If you want a physical card, buy one from any NFC vendor you like the look of. If you already own an NFC card or tag from anyone, you can usually point it at your card’s address and keep using it.
| Product | Page read | Read on |
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| Blinq | blinq.me/pricing | |
| HiHello | hihello.com/pricing | |
| Popl | popl.co/pages/pricing | |
| Wave Connect | wavecnct.com/pricing | |
| Mobilo | mobilocard.com/pricing | |
| Linq | buy.linqapp.com | |
| Dot | dotcards.net/pages/dot-profile | |
| V1CE | v1ce.co/pricing | |
| Uniqode | uniqode.com/pricing?product=dbc | |
| Cardr | cardr.co/pricing |
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