Comparison

Writer Assistant (Wassi) vs CardBeat

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Writer Assistant (Wassi)

This app helps writers develop characters, locations, and entire story worlds. It provides guided questions for in-depth creation and allows for outlining plots and scenes. Export your developed worlds and stories to PDF.

Highlights
  • Create separate projects for story universes
  • Develop characters and locations with guided questions
  • Add photos to characters and locations
  • Describe worlds with races, flora, and fauna
  • Outline stories, plots, and scenes
  • Export projects to PDF
Features
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Writer Assistant (Wassi) is an application created specifically for inventors! We all constantly invent new characters for our stories, be it a comic, a novel, a script, a play, or a game. And so that our characters are alive and riveted the attention, they need to be developed a lot! That is what the Writer Assistant was created for! Plus, with Wassi you can easily outline your stories on the go. Let's check it! With Wassi support, you can: - create separate projects for each of your universes - create characters and locations - develop characters and locations using leading questions in the program - add photos to the characters and locations - create worlds where your story happen - describe every millimeter of the world by filling races, flora, animals of the world and more - create stories with your characters - outline stories - create stories plots and scenes and connect them - export created projects to PDF-documents Free version limitations: - 3 projects - 3 characters, 3 locations, 3 stories, 3 worlds per project - 3 plots, 3 scenes per story - watermark and link to the app's AppStore webpage in the exported document - saving and restoring backups not available To remove all limitations you can upgrade to the Pro version by clicking the "Upgrade to Pro" menu item and purchasing Pro version license. You can share one license between all your iOS devices. In the next update: - ability to add items - more details about constituents of the world - ability to add connections between characters - ability to set up characters and location of the scene - export to the DOCX format

About

CardBeat

This app provides a digital cork board for writers to plot novels, screenplays, or short stories. It allows users to break down stories into acts, sequences, and scenes, and rearrange them freely. Users can customize cards with colors, lines, or grids, and choose from various drawing tools or keyboard input.

Highlights
  • Digital cork board for story plotting
  • Structure stories into acts, sequences, and scenes
  • Rearrange plot elements freely
  • Customizable cards with colors and backgrounds
  • Multiple drawing tools and keyboard input
  • Export boards as PDF
  • iCloud syncing
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A digital corkboard for plotting your novel, screenplay or short story. CardBeat keeps all the fun things about index cards – and gets rid of all the rest. Break your story into acts, sequences and scenes. Put each beat on a card, pin it to the board and shuffle until the structure works – without wasting ink or paper. WRITE YOUR WAY - Handwrite with Apple Pencil or just your finger – pens, pencils, markers and brushes in any color. - Prefer typing? Every card takes keyboard input, too. - Choose blank, lined, dotted or grid cards in different colors to track characters, subplots or timelines. SEE THE WHOLE STORY - Place cards anywhere on the board – no rows, columns or table cells. Turn on snap-to-grid when you want things tidy. - Zoom out for the big picture, zoom in to work on a single scene. - Working in a writers' room? Connect a TV, monitor or projector and show a clean view of the board while you plot. SHARE AND SYNC - Your boards stay in sync across iPhone and iPad with iCloud – or turn sync off with a single switch. - Export a board as a PDF for feedback, or as a CardBeat file your co-writer can import and keep working on. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, no third-party analytics. CardBeat doesn't collect any data. FREE TO START Plot up to two boards for free. Unlock unlimited boards with a one-time purchase – no subscription.

Screenshots

Writer Assistant (Wassi)4 screens
CardBeat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Writer Assistant (Wassi) at 72% against CardBeat's 46%. Writer Assistant (Wassi) also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.5) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Writer Assistant (Wassi) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CardBeat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Writer Assistant (Wassi) holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 81 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Writer Assistant (Wassi)'s written reviews are positive against 46% of CardBeat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Writer Assistant (Wassi) ships an update monthly, CardBeat every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Writer Assistant (Wassi) versus CardBeat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriter Assistant (Wassi)CardBeat
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (81 ratings) — better3.5 (33 ratings)
Positive reviews71.6% of reviews — better45.8% of reviews
Number of ratings81 — better33
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitry NovikovStefan Stuckmann

Customer experience

Writer Assistant (Wassi)

All ratings80 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive71.6%
Neutral11.9%
Negative16.4%

CardBeat

All ratings33 ratings
Positive60.6%
Neutral12.1%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive45.8%
Neutral29.2%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Writer Assistant (Wassi)

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Notes not saved after iCloud sign-in on new phone
  • Pictures assigned to wrong characters across projects
  • Pictures assigned to new characters in different projects
  • Duplicate photos when changing profile pictures
  • Typing cursor jumps randomly
Show 3 more
  • Blurry character images
  • Airdrop issue for saving/backing up
  • App not accessible with Apple Voiceover

Requested features

20 requests
  • Unlimited characters for free
  • Ability to delete projects
  • Copy/paste support
  • Desktop or web version
  • Customizable fields for prompts
Show 15 more
  • Examples for character attributes
  • Revert profile picture to default
  • Remove photo button
  • Ability to write the actual story
  • Folders for organizing characters/locations
  • Better subsections for world/culture
  • More in-depth story planning (connections)
  • Ability to discriminate between major/minor characters
  • Residents tab for locations
  • Option to add own tabs/text boxes
  • Ability to tag characters
  • Towns/cities tab
  • Dark mode option
  • Family account sharing for pro
  • Syncing across devices

CardBeat

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Writer Assistant (Wassi)

One-time1
  • Unlock of the pro version$2.99
1 purchases

CardBeat

One-time1
  • Unlimited Story Boards$19.99

Questions

Is Writer Assistant (Wassi) free?
Writer Assistant (Wassi) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CardBeat free?
CardBeat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Writer Assistant (Wassi) or CardBeat?
Writer Assistant (Wassi) is rated higher. Writer Assistant (Wassi) averages 3.8 out of 5 from 81 ratings, while CardBeat averages 3.5 from 33 ratings.
Do Writer Assistant (Wassi) or CardBeat have ads?
Neither Writer Assistant (Wassi) nor CardBeat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Writer Assistant (Wassi) or CardBeat?
Writer Assistant (Wassi) ships an update monthly, and CardBeat every 2 months. Most recently, Writer Assistant (Wassi) was updated on October 21, 2026 and CardBeat on October 25, 2026.

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