How to add your business card to Apple Wallet and Google Wallet

Your phone's wallet already holds your boarding passes, loyalty cards, and event tickets. It can hold your business card too — and once it does, sharing your details is a single tap from the lock screen, no app to open and no link to dig up. Here's exactly how to add a digital business card to Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, and what to check so the person you share with can receive it on any phone.

What a wallet pass actually is

A wallet pass is a small file your phone stores in Apple Wallet (iPhone) or Google Wallet (Android). For a business card, the pass holds your name and a link to your hosted card. When you want to share, you pull up the pass and show its QR code — the other person scans it with their camera and your full card opens in their browser. They install nothing.

The important part: the pass points at a card you control, not a frozen snapshot. Change your title, photo, or company in the app and the link still resolves to the current version. You add the pass once and it stays correct for as long as you use it.

Step 1: Create your card and generate the pass

You need a card before you can add it to a wallet. Set up your name, title, company, photo, and the links you want to share so the card has a permanent URL. On Vyne your card goes live at your own link the moment you save it, and the wallet pass is generated for you automatically — there's no design step. The five-minute version is in getting started.

Step 2: Add it to Apple Wallet (iPhone)

• Open your card's share screen on your iPhone and choose Add to Apple Wallet.
• Apple shows a preview of the pass — tap Add in the top corner.
• The pass lands in your Wallet app. Open Wallet anytime, tap your card, and show the QR code to share.
• Optional: turn on lock-screen suggestions so the pass surfaces automatically when it's handy.

If you don't see an Add to Apple Wallet button, you're likely on a card app that skips wallet support — a good sign to switch. Every Vyne card generates the pass by default.

Step 3: Add it to Google Wallet (Android)

• Open your card's share screen on your Android phone and choose Add to Google Wallet.
• Google shows the pass preview — tap Add.
• The card now lives in your Google Wallet app alongside your other passes; open it and present the QR code to share.

The flow mirrors Apple's on purpose: one tap to save, one tap to show. A full rundown of every sharing method — wallet, QR, link, and NFC — is in sharing your card.

Why the wallet pass beats a saved screenshot

People sometimes screenshot a QR code and call it done. A real wallet pass is better for three reasons:

• It always shows the current card. A screenshot freezes whatever was true the day you took it; the pass links to live details.
• It's one tap from the lock screen. No scrolling your camera roll mid-introduction.
• It can update. Apple and Google can refresh a pass, so a changed link or detail can propagate without you re-sending anything.

Don't rely on the wallet alone — keep a QR and NFC option

A wallet pass is fast, but the smart move is to have more than one way to share. A QR code works for anyone with a camera, and an NFC tag lets you tap your card to someone's phone. Together they cover every situation — and none of them ask the recipient to install anything. If tap-to-share appeals to you, here's how to set up an NFC business card, and if you're wondering whether any of this works for someone with no app, the answer is yes — see do digital business cards work without an app?.

What it costs

Adding your card to Apple or Google Wallet is free on Vyne's Individual plan, along with sharing, contact capture, and free CSV export on every plan. If you need multiple cards or want to roll branded cards out to a team, Vyne Pro is $4.99 per user per month — about half of Blinq at $9.99 and well under Popl. The full breakdown is on the pricing page.

The short version

Make your card, tap Add to Apple Wallet or Add to Google Wallet, and your business card lives next to your boarding passes — one tap to share, always current, and free. Going to an event soon? Read how to make the most of it in digital business cards for conferences and trade shows.

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