Card Buddy - Index Cards

Card Buddy - Index Cards

Organize with index cards

38 ratings
56 reviews
Free
In-App Purchases

Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • April 24, 2023
  • June 3, 2026

Features

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About

This app helps writers and content creators organize their thoughts and ideas on a digital canvas using index cards. It supports spatial organization, image integration, and text formatting to facilitate narrative development and brainstorming.

✓Digital index cards
✓Spatial organization on canvas
✓Image integration
✓Markdown text formatting
✓Auto-styling for text
✓Storyboarding and planning
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What users say about Card Buddy

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What's New in Card Buddy

1.4.13

June 3, 2026

- Fixed layout issues with text sometimes getting cut off in the card - Improved text readability when zooming out of canvas - Improved quality of images rendered in cards - Improved speed of loading Kanban documents with many images. Previously the app would stall on these files but it should now load immediately.

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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

$19.99

Non-expiring License

Non-expiring license

User reviews

Pro license required to save changes

So you don’t even get to try it for a week or month or whatever to see if it fits your work flow, unless you’re willing to re-input everything everyday.

No Subscription

I will forever love this app, a one-time £20 payment that takes away the harsh commitment of a subscription.

Excellent, Neat & Simple (Perfect for ASD folks)

Love it. It’s so neat and refined and easy to use and I have been looking for something like this to help me organise my writing.

As an autistic person, I struggle a lot with technology and the internet as it is, so, finding such a simple app as this is a blessing. Thank you.

I’d love to be able to see a time-lining aspect added to this or… the storyboarding app you seem to have abandoned but are hopefully still working on.

Great work and well done.
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Exactly What I Needed for a Digital Holiday Index Card Writing Reference System!

I have been trying to create a digital reference system based on the Holiday index card system and there really are not a lot of apps out there designed for that purpose. This works perfectly and the files are localized on my own workstation instead of a cloud based web app I would love to be able to tag individual cards but other than that this is exactly what I needed.
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For Writing - My Go-to

For fiction writing, this has become my go-to, and I’ve tried a bunch of others (Scapple, Scrivener, Final Draft 12, etc).

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User experience

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Reported Bugs

3 issues

Trial mode does not allow saving

Bug

Images not displaying adequately

Bug

Double-tap zoom out feature interrupts text selection

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Requested Features

19 requests

Tagging individual cards

Feature

Apple Pencil support

Feature

More keyboard shortcuts

Feature

Support for multiple canvases within a single document

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More customized options for text formatting, fonts, and colors

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Auto update to cloud option

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Form of auto version number on save

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Dropping small video clips

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Templates

Feature

Fit to window view

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Grab function for moving the board

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Linking notes

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Basic formatting (Bold, Italics, underline, highlight, color)

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Share outline with others for editing

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iPhone version

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Duplicating boards

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Duplicating cards

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Disabling double-tap zoom out feature or making it customizable

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Adding back previous document type options (Storyboard, Kanban, etc.)

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FAQ

What does Card Buddy do?

Card Buddy is a writing companion app that helps users research, collect, and organize ideas on a digital canvas using index cards. It's designed to facilitate narrative development, brainstorming, and planning.

What are the key features of Card Buddy?

Key features include jotting down ideas on index cards, organizing them spatially on a canvas, adding images to spur creativity, and formatting text with markdown or auto-style. It's useful for script-writing, storyboarding, and task workflows.

Is Card Buddy free to use?

The application is free to download and use, with the option for in-app purchases. Specific details about what is included in the in-app purchases are not provided in the description.

What can I use Card Buddy for?

Card Buddy is versatile and can be used for script-writing, storyboarding, brainstorming, planning projects, managing task workflows, and even creating digital flashcards for studying.