Covve - Business Card Scanner

I purchased this scanner over the other 10 I tried because of the .csv export file is the one that works best for my needs, but boy, the scanner needs major improvement. I have to correct every single card I scan in one way or another. It constantly puts the business name everywhere but in the business name field. It will put descriptions or other information written on business cards as one long text thread in the address field or job field. It puts square business card rotated right instead of the way I scanned them in and the photo editor doesn’t fix it. I can rotate the image in the editor but the edit will never save. I like that I can have my own fields that I create, because I need Facebook and Instagram fields but I’m surprised that they don’t automatically have these fields for the scanner to read, so I have to manually input that information every time. There is a LinkedIn field, so why not other social media fields that people actually use? If the scanner function actually worked the way it is supposed to and read in and inputted the correct information in the correct spot, I would be able to scan 10x as fast. This is why it only gets 3 stars.

I can’t thank enough those who developed this application. It made my business life so much easier and efficient. I don’t need to keep tones of business cardes on a folder and to dig into piles of them whenever I need to pull one out. I can retrieve them by name, by phone numbers or through a tag which classifies them by category. On top of that, I can transfer the data on my phone as contacts. I can show off to my clients and suppliers and scan the cards in front of them and return the cards back as a gesture to reduce waste and to save the planet. I also subscribed to Cove Card which gives me the option of having a digital business card which is awesome. It shows to all my contacts my commitment in saving the planets by using e-cards rather the carton cards. The customer service is excellent. I get a response within minutes of my inquiry. It is a good application to have on your phone.

I’ve only scanned one card so far but the app’s done pretty well. I’d like to see the ability to crop the image of the card after it’s initially been accepted. The crop view that appears right after you take the picture is too small to be able to tell where you want the crop lines to be. The card view that appears on the subsequent editing page is bigger (and tapping the picture gives you a still bigger view that would be perfect to crop in) but you can’t crop in either of these views. Other than that the app seems to work well so far. Further bulletins as events warrant. 😬