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Capturing contacts

Scan a card from a photo

Create a contact from a photo of a card that is already in your gallery.

FreeUpdated October 2026

If you already took a photo of a card, or someone sent you one, you can turn it into a contact without rescanning.

  1. Tap + to open the scanner on Single.
  2. Tap the gallery icon at the bottom left of the scanner.
  3. Choose the photo of the card.
  4. Review the card, add context and tap Submit, as with a camera scan.
The gallery icon sits at the bottom left of the scanner.
The gallery icon sits at the bottom left of the scanner.

Several photos at once

  1. Tap + and switch the scanner to Batch.
  2. Tap the gallery icon at the bottom left.
  3. Select all the card photos you want and confirm. Habsy reads them as one batch, and you can follow them in Drafts.

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