# Cardzilla > App for displaying large, resizable text messages without scrolling. (iPhone/iPad app by Tim Kettering.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cardzilla/id623346823 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Tim Kettering](https://appshunter.io/developer/623346826) - Category: Utilities, Productivity - Price: Free - Rating: 4.60/5 from 76 App Store ratings · 56 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 13.0 · 3 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2013-05-03 - Data updated: 2026-09-01 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cardzilla/id623346823/reviews.md ## What is Cardzilla? A fast & simple way to display your messages in large text. Communicate across distances. Pass messages silently. Grab attention when sound isn't an option! CARDZILLA Features • Large & clear text, easy to read. • No scroll design, text automatically resizes as you type! • All cards are automatically saved, never lose anything. • Save favorite messages for quick access. • Quick navigation with swipe interface. • Shake to quickly save-and-erase! CARDZILLA is built for speed and ease of use. Just start typing as soon a blank card appears. Text will resize as you type, no scrolling ever! ## Key features - Large and clear text display - Automatic text resizing - No scroll design - Automatic card saving - Save favorite messages - Quick swipe navigation - Shake to save and erase ## Recent user reviews (10 of 56) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cardzilla/id623346823/reviews.md ### 4/5 — Even More Useful with… *2026-01-18, version 4.1* I’ve had this app for several years and I’ve shared it with lots of people who find it incredibly useful. Because I like this app so much, I’m writing to suggest a few features that would make it even more useful than it already is. As a person who has had laryngitis and throat surgery, being able to type out what I need to communicate is invaluable. I also use it to communicate in quiet settings or from across the room. Conversely, I also use it with transcription for communicating with people who are deaf, heard of hearing or visual processors. Subtitles, anyone? (1) [On-Screen Keyboard Visibility Toggle] It would be incredibly useful to have a toggle button on the screen that makes the keyboard slide out of the way and stay out of the way for times when you want to use transcription alone. This is handy for casual conversations that are slowed down by editing for spelling, grammar or punctuation. The size of the text gets smaller as you continue to speak (or type) so there is a lot of screen real estate wasted by the keyboard if you don’t really need it to make corrections while you’re engaged in a conversation. The text would stay larger for longer without the keyboard in the way. If you’re actively dictating and want to make corrections while transcription is live, then a toggle option would allow a choice for the keyboard to remain active. For example, I just now chose to correct “your” to “you’re” as I was dictating. This app hasn’t been updated for many years so maybe live transcription edits were not an available OS feature at the time. (2) [Adaptive Text] I’d like an app Settings option to: (A) reduce text size to accommodate quantity (current design) (B) set text size to ____ then overflow automatically to the next page as text reaches the edge while keeping dictation active (this way, you don’t have to keep tapping the microphone and you can keep speaking and dictating text while conversing with someone who is deaf. The ability to shake the screen to erase should remain. I really like that. I sincerely hope the developer hasn’t abandoned this app and that it will continue to work for future versions of OS updates. I am currently using iOS 26 as of the writing of this review and the app still seems solid so I doubt this app needs much continuing development to keep it compatible. The features I’m suggesting would really improve it and an update would make it look less like abandonware. Thank you very much for making this app and for your consideration! ### 3/5 — It’s okay *2026-01-06, version 4.1* I wish the app respond faster when a person speaks into it. I had to wait for it to generate a text while the person was waiting for me and wondering what’s up. I guess the tech is not up to that fast yet. And no language translator available. Like, if the person speaks Spanish it should be able to translate to English. The app has no setting to configure, like font size. ### 4/5 — One thing could be improved *2025-08-25, version 4.1* Works great. Love it as someone who is Deaf and can now speak but not hear anything. Only thing that could be improved is I wish the microphone would stay on until you turned it off or exited the app. It turns off too quick now. Sometimes there are pauses in conversations and then the person goes to speak again and the microphone button shuts off right before they speak and I have to hit button again and ask them to repeat that. ### 5/5 — I’d make text even larger when less text is typed *2025-06-18, version 4.1* If possible, thanks! ### 3/5 — Speech to text?!?! *2025-05-16, version 4.1* What happened to the speech to text option?!?! ### 5/5 — Exactly what I was looking for! *2024-11-29, version 4.1* Needed a simple text communication app, that would save common messages (like food orders, ‘please/thank you’, etc.) and display them in big, easily readable text with a click. Other AAC apps are great tools but most of their features, I don’t need or use. Many have large visual icons, which i personally don’t need & which take up lots of space. So they weren’t the right fit. But this one is! Thank you to the dev(s) for coding this— and even more for making it free :) ### 4/5 — Wish there was option to contact app developer / Tim Kettering? *2024-11-02, version 4.1* There is no reporting available through Apple, no reporting or contact on the app, nor website. Its “use as is”. Which is fine - but unfortunately the app may soon be irrelevant as other apps improve and innovate based on user needs. It would be nice to be able to make suggestions for app improvements or report problems. ### 5/5 — Text size *2024-09-09, version 4.1* Anyway to make the text size slightly smaller? ### 5/5 — erase button please *2023-07-13, version 4.1* shake to erase is not enough ### 5/5 — Champ *2023-01-03, version 4.1* This app helps me to communicate with hearing people through our conversations or order something, it helps us to read and write smoothly. Lol some people had hard time to read the note app but this app is helps at all. ## Frequently asked questions about Cardzilla ### What does Cardzilla do? Cardzilla is an application designed to display your messages in large, clear text. It allows you to communicate across distances, pass messages silently, and grab attention when sound is not an option. The app focuses on speed and ease of use for displaying text. ### What are the main features of Cardzilla? Key features include large and clear text that is easy to read, a no-scroll design where text automatically resizes as you type, automatic saving of all cards, the ability to save favorite messages for quick access, quick navigation with a swipe interface, and a shake-to-save-and-erase function. ### Is Cardzilla free to use? Yes, Cardzilla is a free application. Based on the provided information, there are no in-app purchases or advertisements, indicating it is completely free for users. ### How does the text resizing work? The app features a unique no-scroll design. As you type your message, the text automatically resizes to fit the display area, ensuring it remains large and legible without requiring you to scroll. This happens instantly as you input characters. ### When would I use Cardzilla? You can use Cardzilla in various scenarios, such as communicating with someone across a noisy room, passing a message silently in a meeting or library, or when you need to display information clearly from a distance. It's also useful for quickly showing a saved message without needing to type it again. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 4.1 — 2019-12-31 What's new in Cardzilla 4? • Dark Mode support • User selectable color settings • Disable shake-to-erase in settings • Key commands supported when keyboard is attached. • Enhanced Core Data layer. Operations for normal usage have been made faster. • More robust! All functions tested with over one million cards in the database. • Many bugs were fixed. • Full support for iPhone and iPad/iPad Pro All those cool new things also means the minimum version required is now iOS 13. Cardzilla 3.1 will still be downloadable for those using older versions than iOS 13. UPDATE: • Version 4.1 fixes a layout issue with Accessibility and Dynamic Text ### 4.0 — 2019-12-30 What's new in Cardzilla 4.0? • Dark Mode support • User selectable color settings • Disable shake-to-erase in settings • Key commands supported when keyboard is attached. • Enhanced Core Data layer. Operations for normal usage have been made faster. • More robust! All functions tested with over one million cards in the database. • Many bugs were fixed. • Full support for iPhone and iPad/iPad Pro All those cool new things also means the minimum version required is now iOS 13. Cardzilla 3.1 will still be downloadable for those using older versions than iOS 13. ### 3.1 — 2017-11-22 Fixes in Cardzilla 3.1 - fix for visual animation glitch that occurred when keyboard was hiding - fix for layout issues on iOS 10.x Introducing Cardzilla 3.0! - Modernized layout, including iPhone X. - Bulk delete of sections. - Bug fixes. ### 3.0 — 2017-11-21 - Modernized layout, including iPhone X. - Bulk delete of sections. - Bug fixes. ### 2.1.2 — 2014-10-08 - Previous update was linked to wrong version. Correcting in this update. - Updated to work better with iOS 8. - Bug fixes for landscape mode. - Works on iPad now! 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