Comparison

Card Decks vs Project Runner

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

Head to head
About

Card Decks

Create and share custom card decks for various uses, from team meetings and planning to personal expression and task management. Configure individual cards with display times for timers or reminders, and easily share decks via email or messages.

Highlights
  • Configurable colored text cards
  • Group cards into decks
  • Create custom card sets
  • Timer and countdown functionality
  • Share decks via email/messages
  • Open source
Features
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Card Decks is a small utility application for your iPhone and iPad which brings you simple, configurable, colored, multi-line text cards that are grouped into card decks. A card deck can be used to show your vote or estimation on a certain topic in a meeting, e.g. in a planning meeting used in agile software development methods like Scrum or Extreme Programming. If the pre-configured cards don't fit your needs, just extend the existing cards or build your own set of cards, e.g. including special estimation numbers like "Pi" or "?". Or, if you are the chair of a session on a conference, you can use a card deck to remind a speaker of the remaining time for the presentation. Or, as a speaker, use a timer card deck to track the remaining minutes. Or, just use your cards to show your opinion, argument, or mood, in a simple, non-verbal way. Or, use the shuffle feature to randomly select a task from a card deck with tasks, or randomly assign tasks to students, team members, etc. Card Decks contains some pre-configured card decks with voting cards, simple colored cards, cards with numbers, colored cards which show remaining minutes, and some timers. Individual card decks can be created with the built-in editor. Each card in a card deck can be configured with a display time. This way, you can build your own countdown timer with individual numbers, texts, reminders, etc. Example timers for 15 and 60 minutes are pre-configured. Additionally, Card Decks supports sending and receiving card decks via e-mail, messages, etc. for sharing your card decks with your friends or colleagues. Either as an URL, or via a JSON-based document. Found a bug? Missing a feature? Drop a line to carddecks@0xc0.de, or open an issue in the project on GitHub. Card Decks is open source and licensed under the terms of the MIT license. Its source code is hosted on GitHub.

About

Project Runner

Manage projects and tasks with a user-friendly interface. This app simplifies project tracking, offering a streamlined alternative to overly complex management tools. Get started quickly with minimal instruction.

Highlights
  • Project tracking
  • Task management
  • Easy to use interface
  • Minimal tutorials
  • Streamlined workflow
Features
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Easily track your project and tasks. Maybe you are using 'TODO' apps since other project management apps are too complicate to use. But do you think it is enough to manage your project? We made Project Runner to solve this kind of problem. 'Easy to use' Any instruction is needed. Just few tutorials we offer are enough to master Project Runner. Keep it simple and make it more. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/project-runner-pp/ Terms and Conditions: https://sites.google.com/view/project-runner-terms/

Screenshots

Card Decks4 screens
Project Runner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Project Runner at 5.0 against Card Decks's 4.5. Project Runner also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months). Card Decks's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Project Runner sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. Card Decks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Project Runner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Card Decks ships an update every 5 months, Project Runner every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Card Decks versus Project Runner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCard DecksProject Runner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArne HarrenWonyoung Jang

Customer experience

Card Decks

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

Project Runner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Card Decks

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Project Runner

Subscriptions1
  • Project Runner Annual7 Days trial$4.991 Year

Questions

Is Card Decks free?
Card Decks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Project Runner free?
Project Runner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Card Decks or Project Runner?
Project Runner is rated higher. Card Decks averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Project Runner averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Card Decks or Project Runner have ads?
Neither Card Decks nor Project Runner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Card Decks or Project Runner?
Card Decks ships an update every 5 months, and Project Runner every 3 days. Most recently, Card Decks was updated on October 23, 2026 and Project Runner on October 16, 2026.

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