Blinq vs Popl: what each one charges you for, and where POC Card fits

Updated November 1, 2026 · by POC Card

Blinq and Popl do the same basic thing: a digital business card that you share with a tap, a QR code or a link, and that the other person saves without installing anything. Where they differ is what they charge you for.

Where the Blinq and Popl facts come from: their own websites, help centers and App Store listings, read on October 31, 2026 (Popl’s pricing page, on October 18). Each source is linked at the end. Prices change: check the source before you decide. We make POC Card, the third option on this page, and say so up front.

The short answer

• Popl puts the contact form on every plan, free included, and charges for what you do with the contacts afterwards: exporting them takes a paid plan. It does not publish prices on its website; the individual plans are in its app.
• Blinq publishes every price, gives you two cards free, and charges per card on its team plan. On that plan, contacts captured and enriched through its lead forms cost US$9.99 each.
• POC Card is the one to look at if you would rather not pay every year: there is a yearly plan and a lifetime plan you pay once, and the card never turns into a dead link when you stop paying.

Side by side

What you want	Blinq, per its own site	Popl, per its own site	POC Card
A free plan	Yes, free forever: up to 2 cards, unlimited sharing.	Yes. Its site does not itemize the limits.	No free plan. A 14-day trial with no payment card.
The other person needs an app	No: saving works from the browser.	No: the other person does not need the Popl app.	No: one tap opens the contact in the phone book.
A form for their details	On the team plan, lead forms are charged per contact captured and enriched.	On every plan, free included. Export takes a paid plan.	On every plan and in the trial, with no charge per contact. You get an email the moment someone sends it.
Reading paper cards	Premium and above (cards, badges, QR codes).	Documented for the Teams plan.	Included: 20 a month on Personal, 500 on Company.
Prices on the website	Yes, every plan except Enterprise.	No. Individual plans are sold in the app; teams get a quote in a meeting.	Yes, below.
Teams	Business, per card, minimum 5 cards. Enterprise from 100.	Quote only.	Teams: one account, up to 15 profiles, one yearly price.
When you stop paying	Back to Free; you keep the cards you created.	Not stated on its site.	15 days of grace, then basic mode: name, phone, email and photo stay visible; links and the form switch off.
Languages	App Store listing: English.	App Store listing: English.	English, Spanish, French and Portuguese, for the card and the account.

What it costs over 1, 3 and 5 years

The cheapest paid plan of each, billed yearly, added up. They do not include the same things, so read the table above first.

Plan	Year 1	3 years	5 years
POC Card Personal US$29 a year	US$29	US$87	US$145
POC Card Lifetime US$129 once	US$129	US$129	US$129
Popl Pro (US App Store) US$76.99 a year	US$76.99	US$230.97	US$384.95
Blinq Premium US$7.33 a month, billed yearly	US$87.96	US$263.88	US$439.80

A team of 15, for one year

Plan	One year
POC Card Teams: one account, up to 15 profiles, US$149 a year	US$149
Blinq Business: US$4.99 per card a month, billed yearly	US$898.20
Popl Teams	Quoted in a meeting

Popl’s price is the one in Apple’s US App Store; its website does not list one, and the price on Android or the web may differ.

Which one, depending on what you need

You want to pay nothing. Blinq’s free plan is the clearest of the three: two cards, unlimited sharing, written on its pricing page. POC Card has no free plan.

You go to trade shows and want every visitor’s details. Popl gives you the form free and charges for export. Blinq’s team plan charges per contact captured and enriched, which adds up at a busy booth. On POC Card the form is on every plan, with no charge per contact.

You run a team of 5 to 100. Blinq publishes its per-card price, which lets you budget without a call. Popl’s team price comes from a sales meeting. POC Card Teams covers up to 15 profiles for one yearly price, but it does not have per-person logins or single sign-on; if you need those, that is what Blinq charges per card for.

You hand out printed cards and keep them for years. Ask any brand what happens to the printed card when you stop paying. Blinq says you keep your cards. Popl does not say. On POC Card, the card goes to basic mode and keeps your name and a way to call you, and the lifetime plan means there is no renewal to forget.

You work in Spanish as well as English. POC Card’s buttons and account come in both. Blinq’s and Popl’s App Store listings name English only.

Before you choose any of them

• Open the card on a phone that has never seen the app, and save the contact. That is what your clients will do.
• Send yourself the contact form and see where the details land, and what it costs to export them.
• Find the page that says what happens when you stop paying. If there is none, ask before you print.
• Add up three years, not one month.

You can try a POC Card BIZ Card for 14 days without registering a payment card, and if you pay and change your mind, you have 30 days to ask for your money back.

Sources, read on October 31, 2026

• Blinq: Pricing
• Blinq: Free vs Premium: what’s included
• Blinq: Saving a Blinq card to your mobile contacts
• Popl: App Store listing (US)
• Popl: Pricing (read on October 18, 2026)
• Popl: The lead capture form
• Popl: How others save your information
• Popl: Mobile app walkthrough: digital business cards

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Learn and compare.

• ComparisonDigital business card prices compared (2026): what you pay over 3 years
• GuideDigital business card with no subscription: four ways to pay once, and what each one keeps
• ComparisonPOC Card vs Popl: features and prices compared
• ComparisonPOC Card vs Blinq: features and prices compared

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