It is relatively straightforward to get an Apple Wallet pass created for your business card. The recipe below ensure that your contact details are both readable to the person in front of you, as well as transferrable to another device via QR code.

We have experimented with using online contact information services (including Linktree) but these do not work if there is no signal.

Before you start, you will need four things on your iPhone:

• the Passbook app from the App Store
• a 700 x 700 pixel image of the logo/mark of your company (A) (Passbook can handle png files with transparent background.)
• a 1125 x 432 pixel image that will form the human readable portion of your business card (B)
  • we advise you do not use fonts smaller than 30 pixels to ensure things stay readable
• a QR code with your contact details added. (We tend to use qrcodemonkey, but other services are available.) (C)

Recipe:

1. Ensure you can access the three image files from your phone. If working on macOS, it’s quickest to drop these into the Photos app

2. Open the Passbook app and tap the blue ‘Create’ button, or the blue ‘plus’ icon in the top right hand corner.

   

3. Select the Apple template from the ‘Store’ section

   

4. Add your logo/mark (A) in the top left of the template. (You might need to re-crop in app to keep it square.)

5. Add (B) to the banner space. (Ignore the visual layout as it should look fine when the pass is created.)

6. Add your QR code (C) at the bottom. (Ignore the preview as the real QR will appear when the pass is created.)

   

7. We use the ‘Name’ and ‘Card No’ fields for email address and phone number, but feel free to use as convenient.

   1. Lastly, you will need to tap the palette icon in the bottom left corner.
      1. Set your Title, Value and Background colours as needed.
      2. Depending on your brand colours, you might need to tap the blue text next to the colour field and select ‘sRGB’.

1. Save and tap ‘Add to Apple Wallet’