CardBeat – Plot Your Story

I find that constantly I create a card only for the app to crash loosing anything I’ve drawn/written with no obvious way to save while editing. Its actually infuriating.

This app works really well! I mostly use it for plotting out my story ideas, and the features available work very well. There is some features I still would like to see though, including being able to have a set text size and being able to resize notes. This app is very functional and I much prefer it over many other apps. The only downside to this app is that the boards have a restricted size, and the free version only allows two boards! I’d buy the pro version but I can't see myself paying $40 AUD— which is a lot of money.

It’s been a year since someone suggested card snapping and still not implemented. No way to link cards together either as a group or with connection lines etc. This could be a really great app.. but seems it hasn’t received any love for a long time.

Seems pretty good, but I wish there were more boards available for the free version. 2 doesn’t seem to be enough.

The app is snappy, well designed, and ready for mind mapping. I hope it grows higher in App Store rankings. I’d use this over other note taking apps if it allowed: cards to snap to a grid, image import, and text/font tools. Looking forward to more updates and to support the app further.

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