Comparison

Qi Card Note vs CardMaker

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

Head to head
About

Qi Card Note

Transform text into visually appealing images for social media. Easily create quote cards, share long passages, and customize designs with various templates and styles. Perfect for enhancing your online presence with beautifully formatted content.

Highlights
  • Text to image conversion
  • Customizable card designs
  • Multiple stylish templates
  • Content splitting for social media
  • Content library for pre-editing
  • Automatic formatting
Features
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Turn your text into beautifully designed images. Create poetic quotes, showcase famous sayings, or share long passages in style. Customize cover images, display personal info, and tailor card designs—with tons of stylish templates to switch between. Perfect for sharing on all your favorite social platforms! [Main Features] - Input content and automatically format it to generate beautiful card images. - The content supports title, long text, cover image, time, word count, author, QR code, etc. - Long text supports splitting into multiple images in proportion, suitable for posting on various social media. - There are multiple card templates to choose from, and custom styles are supported, such as colors, spacing, decorations, backgrounds, shadow textures, material textures, etc. - The content library function allows pre-editing content for quick import into templates. [Automatic renewal service] 1. Service: Yearly VIP, Monthly VIP. 2. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renew within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user`s Account Settings after purchase. 3. as for Apple mobile phone users, you can manually open the Apple mobile phone Settings - > enter iTunes Store and App Store - > click Apple ID, select view Apple ID, enter the account settings page, click subscription, select 'Qi Card Note' continuous subscription, and cancel subscriptions to end it. 4. Privacy policy: http://sapp.qiqi1996.com/w/qi-card-note/agreement/privacy?locale=en 5. Service Agreement: http://sapp.qiqi1996.com/w/qi-card-note/agreement/service?locale=en 6. Terms of Use(EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

CardMaker

Features
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CardMaker(卡片工坊)把你的照片用在五类常用场景里:预览图、配色参考、裁切与拼接——界面简洁,导出可直接进相册。 【带壳截图】 多款机型相框,可调旋转、占比、背景(透明 / 纯色 / 模糊)与位置,快速生成适合商店截屏或分享的设备图。 【色卡提取】 从照片提取主色,查看 HEX 等信息,支持多种版式与导出长图或单独色卡(可按需在设置中调整)。 【宫格裁图】 将一张照片按 2×2、3×3、4×4 等规则裁成多张图并保存,适合九宫格朋友圈或素材拆分。 【模板拼图】 多种模板与画布比例,可排版多张图片并导出成品。 【长图拼接】 自动对齐重叠区域拼接长截图。 【CardMaker Pro(可选内购)】 一次性购买可解锁更高导出分辨率、更多色卡数量及水印相关高级选项。 —— 技术支持:https://cardmaker.byclemon.com/ 隐私政策:https://cardmaker.byclemon.com/privacy 用户协议:https://cardmaker.byclemon.com/terms

Screenshots

Qi Card Note4 screens
CardMaker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CardMaker at every 2 days against Qi Card Note's every 9 days. Qi Card Note's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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. Qi Card Note sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and CardMaker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Qi Card Note ships an update every 9 days, CardMaker every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Qi Card Note versus CardMaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQi Card NoteCardMaker
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB99 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developer奇奇 郭强 袁

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Qi Card Note

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly VIP7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Yearly VIP7 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime VIP$49.99
1 purchases

CardMaker

One-time1
  • CardMaker Pro 终身版$1.99

Questions

Is Qi Card Note free?
Qi Card Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CardMaker free?
CardMaker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Qi Card Note or CardMaker have ads?
Neither Qi Card Note nor CardMaker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Qi Card Note or CardMaker?
Qi Card Note ships an update every 9 days, and CardMaker every 2 days. Most recently, Qi Card Note was updated on September 30, 2026 and CardMaker on October 4, 2026.

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