HintApp vs Qards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HintApp
This app transforms your speech into easy-to-read cue cards, perfect for presentations. It features large, high-contrast text, a built-in stopwatch, and cross-device syncing via iCloud. Speak with confidence, knowing your key points are always visible.
- Speech to cue cards
- Large, high-contrast text
- Integrated stopwatch
- Cross-device syncing (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch)
- Customizable text and stopwatch size
- Simple tap and swipe gestures
- Export and import speeches
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Never lose your place on stage. Hintapp turns your speech into simple cue cards, one clear idea at a time. Write your talk on your iPhone, iPad or Mac, then present from big, high-contrast cards with a stopwatch in the corner to keep you on schedule. Perfect for wedding toasts, business pitches, school presentations, conference talks and any moment when you want to speak with confidence. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a set of cards. Write your whole speech, or just the key phrases. 2. Present. Tap or swipe to move from card to card. 3. Keep an eye on the stopwatch to finish on time. MADE FOR THE STAGE • Large, high-contrast text on a dark background, easy to read from a distance • Choose the text size and the stopwatch size in Settings • The screen stays awake while you present • Stopwatch and card counter show where you are and how long you have been talking • Color your cards (red, blue, green or yellow) • Simple gestures: tap or swipe for the next or previous card, pinch to exit, long-press to hide the stopwatch and controls • Optional double-tap to advance, so a stray touch never skips a card • Landscape, portrait or automatic orientation YOUR CARDS, ON ALL YOUR DEVICES • Create and edit cards on iPhone, iPad or Mac • Apple Watch: read your cards from your wrist (cards from your iPhone appear automatically) • iCloud: save your sets of cards to iCloud and bring them to your other devices • Share a speech as a file: export and import cards with friends or colleagues SIMPLE AND PRIVATE • Clean, minimal design that keeps the focus on your words • Light and Dark Mode support • No account or sign-up needed. Your cards stay on your device or in your own iCloud. TIPS • Write the whole speech as a series of short cards and read it card by card, or jot down only short hints to stay on your key ideas. • Reorder cards by drag and drop, and swipe to edit or delete. • Want web links or text selection while presenting? Turn them on in Settings > Hintapp.
Qards
Organize your thoughts and prepare for presentations with digital note cards. Create, edit, and arrange cards within decks, then swipe through them in full-screen. Your notes sync automatically across all your devices.
- Create and edit decks of note cards
- Arrange note cards within decks
- Full-screen card swiping
- Automatic cross-device syncing
- Organize everyday thoughts
- Prepare for speeches and presentations
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Create Note Cards for your everyday thoughts, or write down keywords and cues for your next speech. Structure your Note Cards in decks and swipe through them in full-screen. Qards is the perfect tool when you want to make notes for your next speech or presentation! With Qards you can: - Create and edit decks of Note Cards. - Edit and order a deck's Note Cards as you please. - Swipe through a deck of Note Cards in full-screen. And all your Note Cards are of course automatically synced and made available across your devices!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Qards at Free against HintApp's $2.99. Qards also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 64%). HintApp's advantage is device support (5 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Qards is free to download; HintApp costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Qards holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of HintApp's written reviews are positive against 100% of Qards's.
HintApp ships an update every 3 months, Qards every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HintApp | Qards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (6 ratings) | 4.6 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fedor Guryanov | Thomas Asheim Smedmann |
Customer experience
HintApp
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In-app purchases
HintApp
No in-app purchases
Qards
No in-app purchases









