Qards vs Sartre
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Sartre
This app helps you manage daily tasks, assignments, and long-term projects to improve productivity and balance. It also includes features for relaxation, reflection, and habit building to support mental well-being.
- Daily task management with prioritized goals
- Long-term project breakdown into achievable steps
- Assignment tracking with due dates and categories
- Daily reflection on happiness and productivity
- Fun activities, quotes, and media recommendations
- Habit building support
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From daily tasks, to assignments from school or work, to long-term projects, Sartre is there to support you, keep you on track, and maximize your fulfillment – ensuring your life is balanced, productive, and happy. It’s also built to help you have fun, reflect on each day, and build long-term habits. Sartre protects your mental health and personal data, keeps you one step ahead, and helps you be yourself – free to explore, create, relax, discover, and learn. Start using the app today! --SARTRE INCLUDES-- DASHBOARD Your go-to operations center for managing each day. Instead of a looming and overwhelming list of tasks, this page is split into the following sections to maximize productivity: 1) Today’s Main Goal – the most important thing you want to achieve that day 2) Three important tasks – additional vital things you want to get done 3) Something that gives me joy – an activity that will de-stress and relax you, preventing you from getting overwhelmed 4) Tasks and activities – everything else you want to get done You can categorize your tasks and activities, and simply tick them off once complete! FUN SECTION This page is purpose-built to help you relax and have fun. You can add your favorite fun activities from a pre-built list, or create your own, and then add these to your daily activities section with ease. The page also contains a Quote of the day, and a riddle to get your brain moving. It even includes recommendations for Books, Movies, and TV Shows which updates regularly! PROJECTS SECTION Here, you’ll be able to manage all the long-term projects you want to get done – from reorganizing your room, to learning to code, to getting great exam grades! Simply split each project into achievable steps, and tick them off as you go along – moving projects into the Completed section. ASSIGNMENTS SECTION Whether for work or school, stay on top of your assignments with this page. Give each assignment a description, a due date, and a category, and see it through to completion. REFLECTION SECTION At the end of each day, it’s vital to take a moment to reflect. With Sartre, you can rate each day from 1-10 in terms of Happiness, Productivity, Personal Development & Learning, Family & Relationships, and Overall. You can then fill in the best and worst things about that day, and what you’re grateful for, before writing a journal entry as short or long as you would like.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sartre at every 4 weeks against Qards's every 4 months. Sartre also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Qards ships an update every 4 months, Sartre every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Qards | Sartre |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (14 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Asheim Smedmann | Aliya Khan |
Customer experience
Qards
Sartre
In-app purchases
Qards
No in-app purchases
Sartre
No in-app purchases









