Card Decks vs Gather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Configurable colored text cards
- Group cards into decks
- Create custom card sets
- Timer and countdown functionality
- Share decks via email/messages
- Open source
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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.
Gather
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- Link Saving and Organization: Users can easily save website addresses (URLs) in the app. This facilitates easy access to these websites later, enabling users to quickly find the information they need. - Custom Organization by Folders: Users can categorize and organize URLs into various folders based on their needs and preferences. For example, they can create folders like 'Work', 'Personal Hobbies', or 'Research Materials' to effectively manage related URLs. - Tag-based Search Functionality: Users can assign specific tags to each URL, which allows for fast and efficient searches based on these tags. This simplifies and streamlines the information search process. - Detailed URL Description Input: Users can add descriptions to each URL, which helps in remembering what the URL is about when revisiting it later. This is particularly useful when dealing with a large volume of information. - Cloud-based Synchronization and Backup: The app provides functionality to upload and download data to the cloud, ensuring that user data is safely backed up and can be synchronized across multiple devices. - Powerful Search Capabilities: With strong search features based on tags, folders, and URL descriptions, users can quickly locate the information they need. This app is suitable for researchers, students, professionals, and general web users alike, aiding in efficiently searching and saving information, thus saving time and enhancing productivity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Card Decks at none against Gather's shown. Gather's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Card Decks ships an update every 5 months, Gather every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Card Decks | Gather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arne Harren | Chanwoo Kim |
In-app purchases
Card Decks
No in-app purchases
Gather
No in-app purchases









