CardBeat – Plot Your Story

I don’t usually write reviews for things, but this app deserves this. I have looked, and there isn’t any other app that does what this app does. It’s simple it’s easy, it’s going to help me SO much with writing in the future. And there isn’t an accursed subscription. Maybe I’m cheap, but I don’t like subscriptions. And as long as I limit myself to one to two projects at once, I shouldn’t have to spend a dime :) I was seriously about to go out and buy a cork board and a ton of notecards, and then I saw this app, and it really saved me, because I don’t have any room for a cork board. So thank you.

Love the interface, its beautiful simplicity is exactly what I was looking for to plot my story. I feel like a lot of the alternative apps are trying to hard to wow you with useless bells and whistles or, worse yet, AI nonsense. So CardBeat is my pick! Alas, it is also quite buggy. Sometimes I’ll spend several minutes writing a card, only for the program to crash and delete it. Of course, I can remember and re-write it, but it’s quite a disruption to the process. I’d consider going “pro” if I was more confident in the program, but until then…it’s good enough.

Lovely I absolutely adore the app and it’s settings! I find it easy to use and quite helpful with the ability to rearrange things! Yet there are many, and I mean MANY setbacks. First of all, is there seriously only a singular board to go with? I would say atleast five is a small but good amount especially without buying, but ONE…? Really? Come on now. The nest is more of a personal preference. I feel you should be able to zoom in more to the cards. It’s just a small pet peeve of mine that I can deal with, but the one board is really something that I hate. Please consider adding more, even. If it’s just a couple I would be much happier.

I write constantly. For years, my girlfriend has tolerated rows and rows of sticky notes covering our walls. This app does everything I need as a writer, and all while being quite privacy-conscious. This is a must-have for novelists, screenwriters, anyone passionate about storytelling!

I’m very sad bc I spent a long time writing my stuff on here and it deleted it 😥. You can also only have two boards unless you pay which is kinda useless

might've been good, - especially on iphone or ipad - but doesn't work at all on mac. as well as that, the 2 boards limit just seems silly and not in a good way. it's as if the app is torturing and annoying you into purchasing the full version rather than making the user love the app enough to purchase the full version knowing how reliable and useful the app is to them. It seems like it might've been good but it just doesn't function and with that, doesn't offer any info and way to help other than repeating the "purchase full version!!1!" again and again

The controls feel very natural in terms of taps and swipes compared to another similar app which felt very unnatural having the user go back and forth tapping with 1 finger or 2 fingers or dragging with 3 fingers, this one feels good to use. I think they need to revisit monetization maybe sell additional boards in bundles or singularly for a small fee. Also needs more features, would love if boards were on more of a grid we could have option to snap to just to keep everything more in line. I would also love to be able to put more information or a photo on the back of the card. Maybe a few words on the front then detailed explanation on back would be awesome.

You can only have more boards if you pay an extra 23 dollars for it.

hope to add chinese language.

I would love to storyboard content for so late media and lay out those projects over time. It would be awesome to add a feature where we can take photos with the phone for framing and maybe even audio for notes on that frame/ scene. It would make it easier to track the ideas and projects as they work from scrap to fruition. This app is an excellent start for blocking out ideas. If the developer gets the support I could see this App becoming an incredibly helpful tool.