Comparison

Deck Garden vs Verba

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

Head to head
About

Deck Garden

This app offers daily affirmations, mindfulness reflections, and guided meditations to foster a positive mindset and encourage intentional living. It combines law of attraction principles with self-care practices to help users cultivate gratitude, self-love, and emotional balance through illustrated cards and soothing musical meditations.

Highlights
  • Daily affirmation card draws
  • 60 illustrated affirmation cards
  • Random inspiration reminders
  • Musical meditations with spoken affirmations
  • Card spreads for self-reflection
  • Supports 25 languages
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Create, discover, and enjoy beautiful card decks for reflection, mindfulness, journaling, creativity, coaching, and personal growth. One app. Two journeys. Explore inspiring decks for your own daily practice, or create and publish a deck of your own using the built-in no-code creator tools. Whether you’re seeking quiet moments of reflection or bringing your ideas to life, Deck Garden grows with you. ------ EXPLORE BEAUTIFUL DECKS Browse a growing marketplace of decks created by artists, coaches, writers, educators, mindfulness practitioners, and independent creators from around the world. Discover decks across many themes, including: - Mindfulness - Personal Growth - Creativity - Affirmations - Coaching - Wellness - Relationships - Meditation - Reflection Try any deck free for 2 days before deciding if it’s right for you. ------ A DAILY REFLECTION PRACTICE Use Deck Garden as part of your daily mindfulness routine. - Draw a Daily Card for inspiration and encouragement - Explore beautifully designed creator-made decks - Use guided 3-card and 5-card spreads for deeper reflection - Journal your thoughts with guided moods and prompts - Listen to optional audio reflections and relaxing meditations - Receive daily or hourly card reminders from your favorite decks - Enjoy calming slideshow mode for quiet moments Deck Garden is designed to encourage self-reflection, creativity, gratitude, emotional awareness, and intentional living. ------ CREATE YOUR OWN DECK Turn your ideas into beautiful interactive card decks - no programming required. Using the built-in creator tools, you can: - Design your own cards - Add artwork, titles, affirmations, reflections, or journaling prompts - Record or upload optional audio - Customize colors, fonts, backgrounds, layouts, and themes - Create member-only content - Publish your deck to the marketplace - Reach a worldwide audience - Track views, downloads, purchases, and subscriptions in your creator dashboard - Receive monthly payouts for eligible sales and subscriptions Build entirely within the app or continue in the browser-based Pack Builder whenever you prefer. ------ FEATURES - Daily Card - Creator Marketplace - No-Code Deck Builder - Guided Card Spreads - Reflection Journal - Audio Meditations - Card Reminders - Slideshow Mode - Multi-language Support - Free to begin with optional upgrades ------ A TOOL FOR REFLECTION Deck Garden is designed to support mindfulness, creativity, journaling, self-reflection, and personal growth. The content is intended for reflection and entertainment. It should not be considered medical, psychological, financial, legal, or other professional advice. ------ Privacy Policy: https://deckgarden.app/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Verba

Manage content for a smart ePaper display device. Create or download collections of cards featuring quotes, affirmations, jokes, and poems to be shown on the device. Customize display settings like fonts and cycle times.

Highlights
  • Manage Verba device content
  • Create custom content decks
  • Download pre-made content decks
  • Push content to Verba display
  • Customize fonts and layout
  • Adjust display cycle time
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Verba's mission is to inspire positive transformation through the power of words. We aim to enhance daily lives by delivering meaningful content on our beautifully designed ePaper display. Verba seeks to foster a sense of motivation, reflection, and connection, empowering individuals to embrace the profound impact words can have on personal growth! This app is used to manage content on the Verba device. The Verba uses decks, which are a collection of cards that hold content - such as quotes, affirmations, jokes, poems, etc. Decks can be downloaded in the app or created manually. These decks can then be pushed to the Verba for display. Users can change the Verba fonts, cycle time, layout, and more!

Screenshots

Deck Garden4 screens
Verba4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Verba at none against Deck Garden's 10. Verba also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Deck Garden's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Deck Garden sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Verba asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Deck Garden against 5.0 for Verba. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deck Garden ships an update every 10 days, Verba monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Deck Garden versus Verba: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeck GardenVerba
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (10 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB31 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSkylove SoleiBURBANK TECHNOLOGIES, INCORPORATED

Customer experience

Deck Garden

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Verba

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Deck Garden

Subscriptions3
  • Inner Circle (C2)$7.991 Month
  • Inner Circle (C3)$9.991 Month
  • Inner Circle (C4)$14.991 Month
One-time7
  • Add more Cards$5.99
  • UNLOCK NOW$6.99
  • Deck Unlock$9.99
Show 4 more
  • Deck Unlock$11.99
  • Garden - Unlock Full Creative Suite$19.99
  • Annual Deck Hosting Fee$19.99
  • Deck Translation$39.99
None

Verba

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Deck Garden free?
Deck Garden is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Verba free?
Verba is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Deck Garden or Verba?
Verba is rated higher. Deck Garden averages 4.9 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Verba averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Deck Garden or Verba have ads?
Neither Deck Garden nor Verba shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deck Garden or Verba?
Deck Garden ships an update every 10 days, and Verba monthly. Most recently, Deck Garden was updated on November 7, 2026 and Verba on October 30, 2026.

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