Comparison

Haystack vs Scene Cards

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

Head to head
About

Haystack

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Haystack is an all-in-one production solution for revolutionising and improving efficiency and workflow across the film and TV industry. Currently operating across Costume, Hair and Make-Up, we ensure teams can work together to create seamless notes, photos and detailed tracking of garments and kit across the whole production process. With an automated sync, teams can work online or on remote location without interruption. Also offering detailed seamless solutions to speed up and simplify prep and wrap, Haystack ensures nothing is ever lost across productions as garments and kit can be easily identified and located using our revolutionary new system. Having been used on several productions so far, we ensure time-saving tech to help find that needle in a Haystack quicker and more efficiently. Haystack is a great resource and tool for you departments on your next production.

About

Scene Cards

Features
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Scene Cards turns your screenplay into a visual production reference tool. Import a PDF or Final Draft script and your scenes will appear instantly as cards on a wall โ€” ready to sort, annotate, and plan. Whether you're a writer breaking story, a director prepping a shoot, or any department you are working in, Scene Cards gives you the big picture and the fine detail at the same time. Wall View See your entire film at a glance. Scenes display as cards showing slug line, synopsis, and reference images. Drag to reorder, gap-close, or renumber with a tap. Print and pin it to the wall or use on your desktop or tablet. Script Panel Click open the side panel and read the script pages of the scene you select (no more waiting for sides on set) characters may be colour annotated for clarity. Inspector Panel Dive into any scene โ€” attach reference images, video, audio ,or folders, Each Scene Card can hold any amount of information about it's scene. Create a folder for your own department then share with others. Edit its synopsis, move it anywhere in the grid, mark it omitted, or insert a new scene after it. Three Modes Switch between Script, Locations, and Schedule views. Script is imported from any PDF or Final Draft Locations all scenes organised in location order (think recces and fast access to all scene information) Schedule import your one liner pdf and see all scene cards in shoot day order Designed for macOS and iPhone/iPad A single document works across all your devices. The macOS layout shows everything at once; iOS keeps it clean with sheets and popovers. Scene Cards saves in an open document format โ€” your data is always yours. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Haystack4 screens
Scene Cards2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Haystack at none against Scene Cards's 1. Scene Cards's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Scene Cards sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Haystack asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Haystack ships an update every 5 weeks, Scene Cards every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Haystack versus Scene Cards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHaystackScene Cards
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better16.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size42 MB32 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAnother Haystack Ltd.Keith Tunney

In-app purchases

None

Haystack

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Scene Cards

Subscriptions1
  • Scene Cards Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Haystack free?
Haystack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scene Cards free?
Scene Cards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Haystack or Scene Cards have ads?
Neither Haystack nor Scene Cards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Haystack or Scene Cards?
Haystack ships an update every 5 weeks, and Scene Cards every 4 days. Most recently, Haystack was updated on October 8, 2026 and Scene Cards on October 3, 2026.

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