# Carousel Atelier — Swipe-worthy carousel builder

> Swipe-worthy carousel builder (iPhone/iPad app by Robert Corbin.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/carousel-atelier/id6771378848 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Robert Corbin](https://appshunter.io/developer/1890247992)
- Category: Graphics & Design
- Price: $3.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 32 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-05-21
- Data updated: 2026-09-07
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/carousel-atelier/id6771378848/reviews.md

## What is Carousel Atelier?

Carousel Atelier is a local-first carousel design studio for creators, educators, consultants, and small teams who publish multi-slide social posts.

Design slide decks from templates, edit text on a visual canvas, build a brand kit, check accessibility basics, plan hashtags, export PNG slides, create PDF document carousels, and prepare a publish kit with captions and alt-text drafts.

NEW IN 2.2: STORYBOARD LAB
Storyboard Lab maps each slide to a narrative role (hook, context, value, proof, contrast, action), checks visual rhythm and safe zones, and flags a missing final action. It is distinct from Launch Readiness.

NEW IN 2.1: LAUNCH READINESS
The new Launch Readiness tab combines the app's cover hook analyzer, slide pacing, swipe-through structure, visual consistency, readability basics, and export preparation into one pre-export report. It gives the deck a launch score, highlights weak areas, and lists the top fixes before export.

PRO CAROUSEL TOOLS
- Visual slide editor with templates, layouts, backgrounds, and text blocks
- Launch Readiness score with priority fixes
- Swipe-Through Score for structure, slide count, slide 3 contrast, layout variety, and final action
- Pacing Analyzer for one-idea-per-slide density
- Accessibility checks for contrast, font size, and safe margins
- Brand Kit with palette and font pairings
- Hook Analyzer for cover-slide headlines
- Hashtag Strategy with niche banks and platform guidance
- Copywriting Coach with narrative-stage prompts
- Publish Kit with caption and per-slide alt-text drafts
- PNG export to Photos or share controls
- PDF export for document-style carousel posting

Carousel Atelier runs on device with SwiftData. Projects, slides, text, brand kits, and settings stay local unless the user chooses to export or share them through standard iOS controls.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.2 — 2026-08-19

Storyboard Lab maps each slide to a narrative role, checks visual rhythm and safe zones, and flags a missing final action before export. Open the Storyboard tab or the Projects card. Launch Readiness is unchanged.

### 2.1 — 2026-06-28

Carousel Atelier 2.1 adds Launch Readiness, a new pre-export scoring screen that combines cover hook, slide pacing, swipe structure, visual consistency, readability, and export prep into one practical launch checklist. It also adds priority fixes and new test coverage for launch scoring.

### 2.0.1 — 2026-06-23

This update sharpens the interface: the iPad layout now uses a centered, comfortable reading width instead of stretching edge to edge, so every screen reads as a clean column. iPhone is unchanged; still fully on-device.

### 2.0 — 2026-06-21

Carousel Atelier 2.0 — a pro upgrade for finished, on-brand, accessible carousels, still 100% offline.

• WCAG readability & accessibility engine: real contrast math for every text block against its slide background, with min-font-size and safe-margin checks and a 0–100 score.
• One-tap contrast auto-fix that finds the minimal AA-compliant text color (and a Fix All).
• Live AA/AAA/Fail badges in the color picker, plus your brand colors as quick-picks.
• Consistency checker for unintended font, color, and margin drift.
• Content pacing analyzer (one-idea-per-slide) with live grade.
• Caption + per-slide alt-text companion built from your own slide text.
• Dominant-color brand extraction from a photo, Core Image photo filters per slide, an export watermark toggle, and Duplicate-as-version.

Platform-agnostic and private — no account, no network. Everything stays on your device.

### 1.4 — 2026-06-15

v1.4 - PDF Export, Swipe-Through Score, Hashtag Strategy

Export PDF - Export your entire carousel as a single multi-page PDF, one page per slide, ready to upload to LinkedIn as a Document Carousel post. Each page renders at full canvas resolution (10801350 for 4:5, 10801080 for square, 10801920 for Stories). Swipe indicators are omitted - the PDF contains only your design. Shared via the iOS sheet: AirDrop to a Mac, email it, or open directly in LinkedIn.

Swipe-Through Score - Select any carousel in the Pro tab and get an algorithm readiness analysis: 6 criteria scored 0-100 - slide count (the 8-10 sweet spot earns 3.5 dwell time), slide 3 contrast (Instagram's re-serving checkpoint), background variety, layout variety, CTA on the last slide, and a text hook on slide 1. Each criterion shows a research note and an actionable fix. The composite score produces a letter grade from A+ through F.

Hashtag Strategy - 16 offline niche banks with 160+ curated tags covering all 13 carousel types plus Content Marketing, Solopreneur/Coach, and Tech/B2B. Each tag is classified by tier (Broad / Mid / Niche / Micro / Community). Pick your niche and target platform (Instagram Feed, Stories, LinkedIn, Threads) to get a balanced recommended set in the right count range - one tap copies it to clipboard. No network, no account, no limit.

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v1.3 - Hook Analyzer, Platform Specs, Slide Count Coach

Hook Analyzer - Paste your first-slide hook text and get an instant score (A+ through F) across five criteria: word count, specificity, curiosity gap, pain/value signal, and filler detection. Each criterion shows a pass/fail flag plus a one-line improvement tip. The highest-impact tip is surfaced at the top.

Platform Spec Guide - Pixel dimensions, safe-zone padding, minimum font size, optimal slide count, export format, and sourced notes for Instagram 4:5, Instagram Square, Instagram Stories, LinkedIn Document, and Threads. All offline, no network needed.

Slide Count Coach - Every project card in the list now shows a color-coded badge (Optimal / Good / Short / Too Short / Long) based on 2026 dwell-time data. Tap the badge for a plain-English explanation and the research context (8-10 slides = 3.5 more dwell time).

Pro Tools tab - The Pro tab is now a five-section workspace: Hook Analyzer, Copywriting Coach, Platform Specs, QA Lab (sequence scoring + checklists), and the Research Pack with source citations.

Bug fixes and polish throughout.

## More apps by Robert Corbin

- [Daily Word Journey](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daily-word-journey/id6761548266)
- [Hush Secret Text](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hush-secret-text/id6761658175)
- [Renew Guard](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/renew-guard/id6761755447)
- [Receipt to PDF](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/receipt-to-pdf/id6761782025)
- [Route Your Pay](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/route-your-pay/id6761783719)
- [Tip Arbiter](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tip-arbiter/id6761786879)

All apps by Robert Corbin: https://appshunter.io/developer/1890247992

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