CardBeat vs deeter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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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CardBeat is a simple yet powerful tool for plotting your novel, screenplay or short story. It's a digital cork board that keeps all the fun things about working with index cards – and gets rid of all the rest. - Easily break your story into acts, sequences and scenes, structure your plots and shuffle them around as much as you like – all without wasting ink or paper. - Use cards in different colors, with lines or grids printed on them. - Choose between three different kinds of pencils in various sizes and an almost infinite amount of colors. - Don't have an Apple Pencil? CardBeat lets you draw just as easily with you finger. - Don't like your handwriting or prefer a cleaner look? CardBeat takes keyboard input, too! - Move your cards around freely in any dimension, without the limits of grids or table cells. - Need feedback from a colleague? Export your board as a PDF for easy sharing. - Want to use CardBeat in a Writers' Room? Connect any screen or projector to your iPad or iPhone and get a crisp overview of the board you're working on. CardBeat also has world-class privacy, with no third-party analytics or ad trackers and a simple off switch for iCloud synching.
deeter
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deeter is a software platform that helps real estate developers manage the completion process of their projects and improve customer service. We focus on the core features that make a difference for your customers and your team. No unnecessary bells and whistles. Customers may: - Change the naming and branding of reports that are sent to your customers. - Control access to your team to ensure everyone has the right permissions. - Upload and bulk import all of your communities units' in one go. - Track the room, category, and status of all issues with easy to use tools. - Create and send reports to your homeowners and save them for later reference. - Easily generate punchlists for your trades people to use when completing work. - Track multiple issues and reports offline and sync them when you have an internet connection. - Change account settings like your report legal details or homeowner notifications to suit your needs and preferences.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: deeter at none against CardBeat's 1. deeter also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). CardBeat's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. CardBeat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. deeter asks for nothing beyond the download.
CardBeat ships an update every 2 months, deeter every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CardBeat | deeter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (33 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 45.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stefan Stuckmann | D. Richard Consulting Ltd |
In-app purchases
CardBeat
- Pro Upgrade$19.99
deeter
No in-app purchases









