Comparison

ExpressoCards vs Slate

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

Head to head
About

ExpressoCards

Features
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Some cards you never forget. Most cards you never see again. ExpressoCards is a greeting card you send from your phone, play with your hands, and keep forever. Pick a feeling. Write a line. Send something that feels like a gift — a card your friend opens like a real one: candles they blow out with a breath, a piñata they pull, foil they scratch away. It plays right inside the app, app to app, no clumsy link. And here's the part that matters: it doesn't disappear. Every card you send and receive is kept. Open it a year from now and the moment is still there — the animation, the message, the person. The keepsake that outlives the day. • Playable cards with real, native reveals • Send app to app — sealed, personal, no random link • Every card kept forever, ready to revisit • Reply with a text or a card — birthdays become conversations • A calendar of the dates that matter, with gentle reminders • Reconnect with the friends you keep meaning to text Fill someone's day with a little more care. Then keep it, together.

About

Slate

Record your thoughts and receive on-device reflections and weekly summaries. This private voice journal keeps all your data on your phone, with optional encrypted iCloud backups. It offers a space for personal reflection without any external servers or analytics.

Highlights
  • Voice recording and transcription
  • On-device reflection analysis
  • Weekly summary of thoughts
  • Encrypted iCloud backup option
  • Offline functionality
  • No server or network calls
Features
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Speak your mind. Slate keeps it. Nothing leaves the phone. Slate is a private voice journal. Press record and say what's on your mind. The transcript is made on your phone, filler out, paragraphs in, your words untouched underneath. Every entry gets a title, the sentence that says what happened, and the line that mattered, in your own words. Tags for what it was about, who was in it, and where you were. Tap a tag and every entry that carries it lines up. Search your journal by word, person or place. It is all here and it is all yours. On Sunday the week comes back to you. What repeated, what shifted, in your own words. And when the journal knows something, it says so plainly: the first time you mention someone in weeks, or how often a thing has come up this month. All on device. It never leaves the phone. There is no server, no account, no analytics, no network calls. The privacy label reads "Data Not Collected" because there is nothing to collect. Turn on airplane mode; everything still works. It always will. If you want a backup, optional encrypted iCloud backup is there in Settings. Off until you say so, private to your own account either way. No streaks. No scores. No chatbot. A private place to think. Slate is a subscription, monthly or yearly, after a one month free trial. A one-time lifetime purchase is also available. Prices are shown in the app before you pay. Terms: https://hsla0001.com/terms/slate Privacy: https://hsla0001.com/privacy/slate

Screenshots

ExpressoCards4 screens
Slate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ExpressoCards at 17.0 against Slate's 26.0. 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. ExpressoCards sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Slate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ExpressoCards versus Slate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpressoCardsSlate
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperASHISH MANUELhsla0001

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ExpressoCards

One-time3
  • 10 Credits$2.99
  • 30 Credits$6.99
  • 100 Credits$14.99
2 purchases

Slate

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Yearly1 Month trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is ExpressoCards free?
ExpressoCards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Slate free?
Slate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ExpressoCards or Slate have ads?
Neither ExpressoCards nor Slate shows ads.

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