Not everyone uses Deeta. If someone sends you a contact from another app — a digital business card, or a contact file — you can bring it into Deeta rather than retyping it.
Contact files (.vcf)
The standard way contacts travel between apps. You'll get one by email, message or AirDrop.
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Tap the file.
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Choose Deeta from the share options.
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The share sheet closes straight away.
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Open Deeta. It shows you the details it found — Review deets for [name] — before saving anything. Tap Save.
If you already have someone with that name, Deeta adds the details to that contact, and the review screen shows who before you save. If more than one contact has that name, Deeta asks which one, or lets you create a new contact.
A file with several contacts works too. Deeta takes the first 10 and asks you to review each one.
Cards from other digital-card apps
Some digital business-card services — Blinq, HiHello and Popl — send a link rather than a file. Open it, use the share button and choose Deeta, tap Review & import as deets, then open Deeta to review what it found.
Troubleshooting
Deeta isn't in the share options. Scroll to the end of the row of apps, open the full list, and turn Deeta on. If Deeta appears but says saving from the share sheet is off, turn it back on in Settings → Capture Sources.
The contact came in but some details are missing. Deeta saves what the file contains. If the sender didn't include something, there's nothing to bring across — add it yourself afterwards.
The link isn't one Deeta recognises. Open it in your browser and save the contact from there, or add the person by hand in the Contacts tab.
I got a duplicate. Go to Settings → Organisation → Find Duplicates to merge them.
The file wouldn't open. Some apps send contacts in unusual formats. Ask the sender for a standard contact file (.vcf), or add the details by hand.
Questions
Is this as good as receiving a Deeta card? Not quite. You get the details, but not the richer information Deeta cards carry, and it can't stay up to date if the person changes something. See Live Updates.
Does this send anything to the cloud? A contact file is read entirely on your phone. For a card link, Deeta fetches the card's page from your phone and reads it there. If the page doesn't hold the details in a standard form, Deeta's AI reads it — on your phone if it can, otherwise in the cloud. This one case uses the cloud even when Private Mode is on.
Does the sender need Deeta? No — that's the point. This is how you bring in details from people who don't use it.
Can I import a whole address book this way? No. Deeta already works with the contacts on your iPhone and stays in sync with them both ways.
Can I turn text from another app into deets instead? Yes, that's a different route — share the text into Deeta and pick who it's about. See Turning what you say into deets.