Bits vs Jokesmith

Bits is an app for professional stand-up comedians. It’s designed to keep your writing process fast and organized so you can focus on your comedy instead of the tools. Here's what it offers: *WRITE BITS* Whenever a funny thought pops into your brain, you can quickly add it to your infinite bits list. Just open the app, hit that plus button, and start writing. All your bits are saved securely*, instantly, and automatically so you won’t have to worry about that. *ADD NOTES* Writing the perfect bit comes with lots of experimentation and small details to remember. To help you with the ongoing process of adjustments, each bit has its section of notes. Bits and notes always come together so you won’t be able to lose important notes you’ve written to yourself. *BUILD SETS* We all wish for the perfect set. The set will catch the crowd on its first bit and finish with resounding laughter. This glory set is the easiest to build and manage. You can add bits to existing sets or create a new set and add bits to it. Simply drag & drop to reorder the bits and have them ready one by one. Move jokes up and down, remove and add until you find that perfect balance of laughs. *ON STAGE MODE* The old days of paper pages on a stool are over! When you’re up there on stage, you can switch to the on-stage mode and have your set ready for your performance. The screen will remain turned on and all black. While you perform, you can swipe right or left to indicate if the joke did well or not so you can come back to it later and reshape it the way you think best. *ORGANIZE WITH LABELS* Planning a Christmas set? And how about those airport bits? Or where did you put all of your funny bits about your dad? Oh, they’re all labeled! Label each bit with any label(s) you want. Either apply labels from the bit screen or add bits to an existing label from the labels screen. Access by bit the themes you think are most suitable for your next set. *SET STATUSES* Writing a bit is a process. It starts with a thought and moves up the ladder until it’s done. Draft, done, or gold - these are predefined statuses for your bits which will help you plan ahead and easily see which bits need more work, which can be performed and get laughs, and which are so good that you can close and get max cheers from your crowd. *TIME YOUR BITS* You got only 5 minutes, 5:10 at most. Which bits can be squeezed in to fit that time limitation? Oh, that’s easy. Each bit is generated with an approximate time it’ll take you to perform it, but you can always tweak it and make sure you can plan every bit to fit perfectly into its time slot. ---- --- *Please note that material backup, bit feedback, and custom icons are available to paid subscribers only. ---- --- I’d love to answer your questions or just hear what you think about Bits. Find me online at: amitay@thebits.club Twitter: @standUpBitsApp ---- --- Privacy Policy: https://www.thebits.club/privacy-policy Terms & Conditions: https://www.thebits.club/termsnconditions

Write stronger jokes, build tighter sets, and learn what landed—without scattering your material across Notes, voice memos, and spreadsheets. Now with Jokesmith for Web, so you can write at a real keyboard too. Jokesmith is the performance analytics platform built for stand-up comedians who want to sharpen their material after every set. WRITE, ORGANIZE, AND BUILD SETS Keep your material in one searchable joke library. Add tags, estimate timing, save revision notes, and track every version of a bit. Build set lists with drag-and-drop ordering while your run time updates automatically. RECORD EVERY PERFORMANCE Record your set, transcribe it, and detect audience laughter in real time—from light chuckles to roaring laughs. Each reaction is matched to your transcript, so you see exactly what you said when the room responded. TURN REACTIONS INTO INSIGHTS • Performance heatmaps show where energy peaked • Spot slow sections and dead air • Measure laughs per minute • Review joke-by-joke results • Compare performances side by side to see if a rewrite worked NEW: JOKESMITH FOR WEB With Pro, open jokesmith.fouledanchorsafety.com and sign in with the Apple Account you use for iCloud. • Write and edit jokes with a full keyboard • Build sets by hand and watch the running time add up • Changes sync both ways with the app through your private iCloud Start in the app: the web works with the library Jokesmith has synced. AI features stay in the app. PUNCH-UP NOTES Open any joke for an optional, AI-assisted punch-up: a quick room read, what's already working, and a few new directions to explore. It supports your writing—it doesn't replace your voice. BUILD THE RIGHT SET FOR THE ROOM StageIntel uses your performance history to predict how jokes may land at clubs, bars, open mics, and corporate events, with confidence scores to help you pick material that fits the room. TAKE IT WITH YOU With Pro, sync your library across your devices with iCloud. Export performance transcripts as PDF reports with color-coded laugh overlays, and explore a directory of 100+ US comedy venues with capacity, booking contacts, open-mic schedules, and recording policies. JOKESMITH PRO FEATURES • Live laugh detection with confidence scoring • Real-time transcription • Heatmaps and intensity timelines • StageIntel venue predictions • Side-by-side comparisons • PDF performance reports • Unlimited jokes and sets • iCloud sync and Jokesmith for Web • Expanded Punch-Up Notes Created by a veteran and working comedian. PRIVACY FIRST Your jokes, recordings, and performance data stay on your devices and in your private iCloud, in the app and on the web. The only exception is Punch-Up Notes: when you request one, that joke's text is sent securely through Jokesmith's proxy. No third-party analytics. Privacy Policy: https://fouledanchorsafety.com/comedy/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/