Introduce Myself — Support

01Getting started

Do I need an account?

No. There is no sign-up and no sign-in — you open the app and start.

What do I need to run it?

An iPhone or iPad running iOS or iPadOS 17.6 or later.

Does it cost anything?

Introduce Myself contains no advertising. Check the App Store listing for current pricing.

Does it work without an internet connection?

The app is built to work offline. Creating your Main Profile and Cards, generating QR codes and PDFs, and viewing everything you have stored all work with no connection, and the app does not upload your profile or Card data to a server we operate.

Sharing is where a connection may come in — not because of the app, but because of where you send things. If you hand an export to Mail or Messages through the iOS share sheet, that destination may need a network connection of its own. AirDrop depends on the nearby device and how both devices are configured.

How do I set up my Main Profile?

Your Main Profile comes first — Cards are built from it, so Add card stays unavailable until it exists.

1. Open the My Cards tab.
2. Tap the person icon in the top-left corner.
3. Tap Create Main Profile.
4. Add your name and the contact details you might want to share.
5. Tap Save.

You can also start from the prompt on the empty My Cards screen: Set Up Your Profile.

Can I fill in my profile from a contact I already have?

Yes. In the Main Profile editor, tap Import From Contacts and choose someone from Apple Contacts. This fills in the form so you can review and adjust it — nothing is saved until you tap Save.

How do I create my first Card?

1. Go to My Cards and tap +.
2. Give the Card a name you will recognize.
3. Choose a card type — Personal, Work, Minimal, or Custom.
4. Tick the Main Profile details this Card should include.
5. Tap Save.

A new Card starts from a small selection — your name, plus a primary phone or email depending on the type. Everything beyond that is something you deliberately turn on.

02Main Profile and Cards

What's the difference between my Main Profile and a Card?

Your Main Profile is where your information actually lives — your one source of truth. A Card is a filtered view of it. Cards don't hold their own copy of your details; they point back at your Main Profile and show only the items you selected.

That is why the app separates Edit Main Profile (changing your information) from Edit Card (changing which information a Card shows).

If I update my Main Profile, do my Cards change?

Yes — inside the app. Change a phone number once, and every Card stored in Introduce Myself that includes that phone number shows the new one from then on.

What an update does not reach is anything you have already sent. A QR code someone scanned, a PDF you emailed, a contact file you shared, an entry saved into Apple Contacts, a screenshot — those are snapshots, created at the moment you shared them. They keep the details they had at the time. If something important changes, share your Card again so the other person has the current version.

What if I edit my details from inside the Card editor?

The app asks first. You will see Update Main Profile? with a note that this updates your Main Profile and every Card that uses that detail. Confirm and the change applies across your Cards; cancel and nothing moves.

How do I control which details a Card includes?

Open the Card and tap edit. Each Main Profile detail is listed with a checkmark control — checked means included on this Card, unchecked means it is not shared by that Card. The state is shown with a checkmark, not just a color, so it stays clear for everyone.

I added a new phone number. Why doesn't my Card show it?

That is deliberate. New information you add to your Main Profile is not added to existing Cards automatically — otherwise a Card you set up carefully could start sharing more than you meant. To include it, edit the Card and tick it.

What happens if I remove a detail from my Main Profile?

Cards that included it stop showing it. Exports you already shared are not changed.

What does the default Card do?

Touch and hold a Card in My Cards and choose Set as Default. Your default Card is pinned to the top of the list and is the one the app reaches for first when you open or share a Card — so your go-to Card is one tap away.

03Sharing and exporting

How do I share a Card with a QR code?

Fastest route: in My Cards, tap the QR icon on any Card row. The code appears immediately, without opening the Card first. You can also open a Card and choose Share via QR.

The code holds a standard contact card rather than an app-specific format, so the other person doesn't need Introduce Myself installed in order to read it. What their device then offers to do with it depends on their phone and on the app they scan with. They can also scan it with Introduce Myself, which saves it into their Received list.

What can a QR code carry?

Your name, job title and company, phone numbers, emails, addresses, social links, and birthday — limited to what that Card includes.

What does a QR code leave out?

• Your photo. QR codes in this app are text only; a photo makes the code too dense to scan reliably. Share the Card as a contact file or PDF if you want your picture to travel with your details.
• Your bio and notes. These are not added to a code.
• Gender. Standard contact sharing has no field for it.

If a Card includes one of these, the QR screen tells you so underneath the code. Everything else the Card selected is carried.

Can I share less than the Card normally shares, just this once?

Yes. On the QR screen, tap Included and switch off individual details. That affects only the code you are showing right now — your saved Card doesn't change. Tap Reset to card to put everything back.

Someone is having trouble scanning my code

Tap Show Fullscreen for a large, bright version made for someone else's camera. Then: tilt the screen a little to cut glare, hold both phones steady, and let the code fill about a third to a half of their camera's view. If it won't focus, wipe their camera lens and move slightly closer or further away.

I see “Too much to fit”

The Card is trying to pack more information than a single QR code can hold. Tap Included and switch off a few details — extra addresses and social links are usually the heaviest — and the code will generate. If you need everything to go across, share the Card as a contact file or a PDF instead.

How do I send a Card as a file?

Open the Card and go to Export & Share:

• Send Full Card creates a contact file for the Card and opens the standard iOS share sheet. The destinations available there depend on your device and how it is configured.
• Preview & Share PDF creates a printable card from the details you selected. Preview it, then share or print.
• Add to Contacts saves the Card into your own Contacts. This is a local save, not a share.

Why does what I shared show fewer fields than my Main Profile?

Because that is what a Card is. Every export — QR, PDF, contact file, Add to Contacts — is built from that Card's selection, not from your Main Profile. Before you share, the share screen shows a They will receive summary with an exact count of the details about to leave your device.

What about my photo, and my medical details?

• Emergency and medical information is kept separate from your shareable Cards and is not included in your QR codes, exported files, or any Card you share.
• Your photo is off by default. QR codes don't include it. A PDF or contact-file export includes it only when that Card's selection includes the photo, and you can turn it off again at any time by editing the Card.

04Scanning and received contacts

How do I save someone else's Card?

Tap the scan icon in the top bar of My Cards, or open the Received tab and choose Scan QR. Point your camera at their code, review what was read, then save it.

You can also bring people in without scanning: Import vCard reads a contact file, and Import Contact pulls someone in from Apple Contacts. If you open a .vcf file from Files, Mail, or AirDrop, the app opens on the Received tab with the import ready for you to review.

Does the app ask for camera access?

Yes, the first time you open the scanner. If access is off, the scanner tells you so and offers an Open Settings button; from iOS Settings you can turn Camera access back on for Introduce Myself.

Do I get to check the details before anything is saved?

Scanning shows you every detail that was read and waits for you to confirm. Nothing is written until you say so, and cancelling saves nothing.

Where do scanned Cards go?

Into the Received tab, which is a separate list of people you have received cards from. You will see a confirmation such as “Saved Alex Rivera to Received.”

Can a scanned Card change my own information?

No. Cards you receive are kept separate from your Main Profile and from your own Cards, so scanning someone doesn't alter your own details.

I scanned someone I already have

The app tells you: Card Already Exists. You choose Merge Details to fold the new information into the existing entry, Add as New to keep both, or Cancel — nothing is changed until you pick. The app treats two entries as the same person only when the first and last name match and they share a phone number or email, so two different people with the same name are not merged.

The code wouldn't read

• Not a card code means the code isn't contact information the app can read — a website link or a Wi-Fi code, for example.
• Update needed means the code came from a newer version of the app. Update Introduce Myself and scan again.
• Couldn't Read vCard means a contact file couldn't be parsed. Nothing was saved.

Can I tidy up my Received list?

Yes — you can search it, mark people as favorites, edit their details, save them into Apple Contacts, or delete them. Editing or deleting a received contact doesn't touch your Main Profile or your Cards.

05Emergency Information and the widget

What is Emergency Information?

A separate, safety-focused record on your Main Profile, reached from the row at the very bottom of it. It holds things like blood type, allergies, conditions, medications, additional notes, organ-donor status, and your emergency contacts.

It is not a Card. It is kept separate from your shareable Cards, and its job is to populate the Emergency widget on your own device.

This information is provided by you for your own convenience. It is not a medical record and is not a substitute for professional medical care.

How do I set it up?

1. Open your Main Profile from the person icon on My Cards.
2. Open Emergency Information at the bottom.
3. Add your details and at least one emergency contact, then save.

What can appear in the Emergency widget?

Only emergency-relevant information: your name, blood type, allergies, conditions, medications, your additional notes, organ-donor status, and up to two emergency contacts. Other parts of your profile — your bio, your social links, your addresses — are not shown there.

How do I add the widget?

Touch and hold the Lock Screen, tap Customize, choose the Lock Screen, then tap Add Widgets and find this app's widgets in the gallery. The same widget is also available on the Home Screen, added the way you add any Home Screen widget.

Please read this before putting it on your Lock Screen

Lock Screen widgets can be seen without unlocking the device. That is exactly what makes an emergency widget useful — and it also means anyone holding your phone can read it. Only put information there that you are comfortable being visible to whoever picks up your phone.

When does the widget update?

Whenever you save a change to your Emergency Information. iOS decides the precise moment it redraws, so give it a short while; opening the app and saving again nudges it.

My Emergency widget is empty

It shows No Emergency Information until there is something to display. Open your Main Profile → Emergency Information and add at least one emergency contact or one medical detail, then save.

What is the Profile QR widget?

A second widget that puts one Card's QR code on your Home Screen for quick in-person sharing. Choose which Card it uses: edit the Card and turn on Use for Widget Sharing. Only one Card can be used at a time — picking a new one replaces the previous. If it shows No Widget Card Selected, open the app and turn that setting on for the Card you want. This widget is designed for the Home Screen.

06Permissions

The app asks for access in connection with the feature that needs it, and any access is used on your device to provide that feature.

• Camera — used when you open the QR scanner, so you can scan someone else's Card. If access is off, the scanner tells you and offers a way through to iOS Settings.
• Contacts — involved when you use Add to Contacts, Save to Contacts, or Import Contact. These run through the standard iOS contact screens, and iOS manages access for them.
• Photos — choosing a profile photo uses the standard iOS photo picker, and saving a QR code image writes to your photo library.

You can grant or revoke these permissions at any time in the iOS Settings app.

07Deleting information

• Delete a Card — swipe the Card in My Cards, or touch and hold it, and choose Delete. You will be asked to confirm. This removes only that Card; your Main Profile and your other Cards are untouched.
• Remove a detail from your Main Profile — edit your Main Profile, remove the item, and save. Cards that included it stop showing it from then on.
• Delete your Emergency Information — in the Emergency Information editor, choose Delete Emergency Information. The widget returns to its empty state. Your Main Profile name, your other details, and your Cards are not affected.
• Delete someone from Received — open the received contact and delete it. This removes it from this device and doesn't affect your Main Profile or your Cards.
• Remove everything from a device — delete the app. That removes the data the app stored locally, subject to any device backups you have separately created.

Can I undo a deletion?

There is no undo or trash inside the app. Your information is stored on your device and we operate no server that receives it, so we hold no copy to restore.

What about things I already shared or saved?

Deleting something inside Introduce Myself doesn't reach copies that already left it. PDFs and contact files you sent or saved, entries you added to Apple Contacts, and screenshots you took are separate items that live outside the app. If you want those gone, delete them where they are.

08Privacy

Introduce Myself does not require an account, and the app contains no advertising, no analytics or tracking tools, and no third-party SDKs that collect data. Your Main Profile, Cards, Emergency Information, and received contacts are stored on your device using Apple's on-device storage. The app has no backend server, and we operate no service that receives your information.

Information leaves the app only through an action you start — letting someone scan a QR code you display, sharing an export, saving to Contacts, opening an external link, or emailing support.

What about emails I send to support?

Anything you choose to include in an email to [email protected] is received by us and used to answer your question. That is separate from the app, so please send only what is needed to describe the problem.

Full details are in the Privacy Policy.