Comparison

Card Decks vs PlotWeaver RPG

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

PlotWeaver RPG

Features
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Weave complex stories. Connect the dots. Master your campaigns. PlotWeaver is the ultimate visual campaign manager and mind-mapping tool designed specifically for Dungeon Masters, Game Masters, and storytellers. Whether you are running a high-fantasy medieval sandbox, a gritty cyberpunk heist, or a sanity-shattering cosmic horror investigation, PlotWeaver helps you map out your world, connect your ideas, and track your plots effortlessly. Stop losing track of your lore in endless text documents. With PlotWeaver, your campaign is a living, interactive canvas. VISUAL STORY MAPPING MADE SIMPLE Create interactive notes for NPCs, Locations, Clues, and Factions. Drag, drop, and link them using custom color-coded threads. Instantly visualize how a rogue noble connects to a burnt letter, or how a corporate data leak links back to a backalley netrunner. FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE IMMERSIVE THEMES Match the visual interface of your board to the genre of your game with standalone thematic designs: - Classic Fantasy: A candle-lit medieval tavern aesthetic featuring weathered parchment and ink-brushed lines. - Cyberpunk Sci-Fi: A slick, dark digital grid with glowing neon borders, scanlines, and laser network pulses. - 1920s Noir / Horror: A realistic detective corkboard with vintage typewriter fonts and the classic red yarn threads. - Minimalist Clean: A modern, distraction-free flat interface for ultimate productivity. BATTERY-SAVING PERFORMANCE Built from the ground up for mobile devices. With our smart On-Demand Rendering engine, PlotWeaver reduces hardware strain and saves your battery during long, multi-hour tabletop sessions by lowering processing power when the screen is static—without compromising on fluid visuals when you interact.

Screenshots

Card Decks4 screens
PlotWeaver RPG4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Card Decks at none against PlotWeaver RPG's shown. PlotWeaver RPG's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Card Decks ships an update every 5 months, PlotWeaver RPG every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Card Decks versus PlotWeaver RPG: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCard DecksPlotWeaver RPG
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArne HarrenCarlos Vlchez Domnguez

In-app purchases

None

Card Decks

No in-app purchases

None

PlotWeaver RPG

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Card Decks free?
Card Decks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PlotWeaver RPG free?
PlotWeaver RPG is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Card Decks or PlotWeaver RPG have ads?
PlotWeaver RPG shows ads; Card Decks does not.
Which is updated more often, Card Decks or PlotWeaver RPG?
Card Decks ships an update every 5 months, and PlotWeaver RPG every 3 months. Most recently, Card Decks was updated on October 3, 2026 and PlotWeaver RPG on October 9, 2026.

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