Comparison

Card Decks vs Daily Planner

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
Read full description

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

Daily Planner

This app offers a calm approach to task management, using task cards and a growing garden to visualize progress. It helps users focus on what matters today without rigid scheduling or pressure, with options for focus sessions and organizing future tasks.

Highlights
  • Task cards for daily view
  • Progress-tracking garden
  • Later list for future tasks
  • Optional focus sessions
  • Flexible priorities
  • Widgets and reminders
Read full description

Taskpad is a card-based daily planner. **Build your day with cards** Tasks and habits come together as cards, giving you a clear view of your day. Drag to reorder them and decide what matters most. Simple, flexible, and easy to follow. **Not ready? Move it to Later** Not everything belongs today. Drag it to Later — it won't get lost, and it won't keep nagging you. **Focus when you need it** Swipe a card to start a focus timer. Helps you settle into one thing, without turning your whole day into a countdown. Search, reminders, and widgets are there, quietly supporting you in the background. Taskpad isn't about finishing everything. It's about finishing what matters today. Most of Taskpad is available for free. Taskpad Pro is optional, with monthly, annual, or lifetime plans for those who want a little more. Terms of Use: https://taskpad.webflow.io Privacy Policy: https://taskpad.webflow.io/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Card Decks4 screens
Daily Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Daily Planner at 5.0 against Card Decks's 4.5. Daily Planner also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 78%). Card Decks's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads and iOS requirement 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. Daily Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Card Decks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Daily Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Card Decks's written reviews are positive against 100% of Daily Planner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Card Decks ships an update every 5 months, Daily Planner every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Card Decks versus Daily Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCard DecksDaily Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArne HarrenJingxian Gao

Customer experience

Card Decks

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

Daily Planner

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Card Decks

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Daily Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Taskpad Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Taskpad Pro Yearly$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Taskpad Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Card Decks free?
Card Decks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Daily Planner free?
Daily Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Card Decks or Daily Planner?
Daily Planner is rated higher. Card Decks averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Daily Planner averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Card Decks or Daily Planner have ads?
Neither Card Decks nor Daily Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Card Decks or Daily Planner?
Card Decks ships an update every 5 months, and Daily Planner every 5 days. Most recently, Card Decks was updated on October 3, 2026 and Daily Planner on October 12, 2026.

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