Add a Business Card to Apple Wallet on iPhone: Step by Step

What is an Apple Wallet business card?

Apple Wallet is not only for boarding passes and loyalty cards. It can also hold a pass for your business card: a compact card on your iPhone showing your name, job title, email address and phone number, with your company and department on the back.

The pass is a quick-reference version of your card. Your full digital profile — photo, company, social links, location and portfolio — still lives online, and that is what people see when they tap your NFC card or scan your QR code. Wallet simply keeps your essentials one swipe away.

What do you need?

• An iPhone with the Wallet app, which comes built in.
• A digital business card from a provider that issues Apple Wallet passes — Koroot does on every plan.
• About five minutes.

How do you add your Koroot card to Apple Wallet?

1. 1

   Sign in to Koroot

   Open the Koroot portal in Safari on your iPhone and sign in with your email, Google or LinkedIn.

2. 2

   Create your card

   Upload a photo of your paper card or describe yourself in a sentence, and let AI fill in your details in English and Arabic. Check them and save.

3. 3

   Activate a plan

   Choose a plan so your card goes live. Plans start at OMR 1 (AED 9.55) a month — see all plans.

4. 4

   Choose Add to Wallet

   In your list of cards, open the card's menu and choose Add to Wallet. Your iPhone downloads the pass and shows a preview.

5. 5

   Tap Add

   Tap Add at the top of the preview. Your card now appears in the Wallet app.

Can you add a business card to Apple Wallet without an app?

Yes. There is nothing extra to install on your iPhone itself: Wallet is already built in. What you need is a digital card provider that issues Wallet passes — with Koroot that happens from the portal, which opens in Safari like any website, not a separate app you download first.

Does it work on Android or Google Wallet?

Apple Wallet only runs on iPhone, and Koroot issues Apple Wallet passes, not Google Wallet passes. None of that changes how your card is shared, though: on Android, or for anyone without Apple Wallet, your card still opens the same way — by NFC tap, QR code or link, straight in the browser.

What is a .pkpass file?

A .pkpass file is the format Apple Wallet uses for every pass, from boarding passes to business cards. You can't make one by photographing a paper card: it has to be issued and signed by a service registered with Apple. That is why adding a business card to Apple Wallet starts with a digital card provider such as Koroot, which creates the .pkpass for you when you choose Add to Wallet.

How do you share your card once it is in Wallet?

The Wallet pass is for you. To give your details to someone else, use whichever of these suits the moment:

• Tap your physical NFC card on the back of their phone — included with every plan in Oman, and with bulk team orders elsewhere in the Gulf.
• Show them your card's QR code to scan with their camera.
• Send your card link by WhatsApp, email or LinkedIn.

Whichever route they take, they see your full profile and can save you to their contacts in one tap. No app — and no Apple Wallet — is needed on their side.

How do you keep the Wallet pass up to date?

Your online profile updates the moment you edit it, so everyone who taps or scans your card always sees the latest version. The Wallet pass is a snapshot of your essentials: if your job title, email or phone number changes, edit your card in Koroot and add it to Wallet again to refresh the pass.

What about Android?

Apple Wallet only runs on iPhone. People you meet who use Android still receive your card the same way — by NFC tap, QR code or link — and it opens in their browser. If you use Android yourself, save your card's link to your home screen for quick access.

Networking in the UAE or Saudi Arabia? Read our guides to digital business cards in the UAE and NFC business cards in Saudi Arabia.

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