CardBeat – Plot Your Story
Virtual Cork Board for Writers
How much does CardBeat – Plot Your Story cost?
Prices are current as of 1 Oct 2026.
1 one-time purchase from $19.99
In the United States, CardBeat – Plot Your Story has 1 one-time purchase priced $19.99.
| Product | Price |
|---|---|
| Pro Upgrade | $19.99 |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| Reviews | 130 | 3.5K | 2.7K | 2.4K | 2.4K | 1.9K | 820 | 174 | 113 | 86 | 52 |
| Released | 2020 | 2018 | 2017 | 2019 | 2014 | 2020 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2023 | 2022 |
| Monthly price | — | $3.99 | $1.99 | $1.99 | — | $7.49 | — | — | $1.99 | — | — |
| Annual price | — | $39.99 | $14.99 | — | — | $74.99 | — | — | $17.99 | — | — |
| One-time price | $19.99 | — | $39.99 | $0.49 | — | $199.99 | — | — | — | — | — |
The going rate for each plan in United States, in its own currency, shaded from the cheapest price on the row to the dearest.
CardBeat – Plot Your Story reviews
4.2 out of 5, based on 130 reviews.
What people like
- The interface is simple and clean
- No annoying subscription fees here
- Controls feel natural and easy to use
What they complain about
- It crashes and deletes your work
- You must pay to get more boards
- Text formatting options are very limited
Not perfect, but just right
I don’t usually write reviews for things, but this app deserves this. I have looked, and there isn’t any other app that does what this app does. It’s simple it’s easy, it’s going to help me SO much with writing in the future. And there isn’t an accursed subscription. Maybe I’m cheap, but I don’t like subscriptions. And as long as I limit myself to one to two projects at once, I shouldn’t have to spend a dime :) I was seriously about to go out and buy a cork board and a ton of notecards, and then I saw this app, and it really saved me, because I don’t have any room for a cork board. So thank you.
The app doesn’t work
The app has potential, unfortunately it doesn’t work. Yeah it’s pretty and everything but it keeps crashing on my iPad Pro. I mean how can I work if my work continuously get lost? Will update review if it gets better.
Upgrade needed
I hope we could add more elements in a card. Great app!
doesn't function at all on mac so
might've been good, - especially on iphone or ipad - but doesn't work at all on mac. as well as that, the 2 boards limit just seems silly and not in a good way. it's as if the app is torturing and annoying you into purchasing the full version rather than making the user love the app enough to purchase the full version knowing how reliable and useful the app is to them. It seems like it might've been good but it just doesn't function and with that, doesn't offer any info and way to help other than repeating the "purchase full version!!1!" again and again
I’m so frustrated
I spend ages working on something and then it kicks me out and deletes everything. 😤 other than that this app is ok.
A complete game-changer!
I write constantly. For years, my girlfriend has tolerated rows and rows of sticky notes covering our walls. This app does everything I need as a writer, and all while being quite privacy-conscious. This is a must-have for novelists, screenwriters, anyone passionate about storytelling!
One board, really??
Lovely I absolutely adore the app and it’s settings! I find it easy to use and quite helpful with the ability to rearrange things! Yet there are many, and I mean MANY setbacks. First of all, is there seriously only a singular board to go with? I would say atleast five is a small but good amount especially without buying, but ONE…? Really? Come on now. The nest is more of a personal preference. I feel you should be able to zoom in more to the cards. It’s just a small pet peeve of mine that I can deal with, but the one board is really something that I hate. Please consider adding more, even. If it’s just a couple I would be much happier.
Excellent UI, needs more bells and whistles.
The controls feel very natural in terms of taps and swipes compared to another similar app which felt very unnatural having the user go back and forth tapping with 1 finger or 2 fingers or dragging with 3 fingers, this one feels good to use. I think they need to revisit monetization maybe sell additional boards in bundles or singularly for a small fee. Also needs more features, would love if boards were on more of a grid we could have option to snap to just to keep everything more in line. I would also love to be able to put more information or a photo on the back of the card. Maybe a few words on the front then detailed explanation on back would be awesome.
Only 2 Boards
You can only have more boards if you pay an extra 23 dollars for it.
*Almost* great…
Love the interface, its beautiful simplicity is exactly what I was looking for to plot my story. I feel like a lot of the alternative apps are trying to hard to wow you with useless bells and whistles or, worse yet, AI nonsense. So CardBeat is my pick! Alas, it is also quite buggy. Sometimes I’ll spend several minutes writing a card, only for the program to crash and delete it. Of course, I can remember and re-write it, but it’s quite a disruption to the process. I’d consider going “pro” if I was more confident in the program, but until then…it’s good enough.
This is a very, very good app… but,
… it needs some more functionality with formatting, colours, backgrounds etc. and generally, a few more options. The MAIN thing is: it needs to be £12.99 one time purchase. It’s good at what it is, but what it is - is not a £22.99 app. Creating cards is all well and good, but that’s all it is. If it was, I don’t know, also a notes app with a calendar then, yeah £22.99, but no. I use the free one in the limited role from time to time and as I say, it’s excellent at what it does. If they give it some more ‘format’ functionality and half the price then, you’re on.
It deleted all my stuff
I’m very sad bc I spent a long time writing my stuff on here and it deleted it 😥. You can also only have two boards unless you pay which is kinda useless
This is great!
Really simple and clean. The only thing missing is the option to import images! Would be great to have it on in the future, especially when creating a visual board to avoid writing too much
Super Potential
I would love to storyboard content for so late media and lay out those projects over time. It would be awesome to add a feature where we can take photos with the phone for framing and maybe even audio for notes on that frame/ scene. It would make it easier to track the ideas and projects as they work from scrap to fruition. This app is an excellent start for blocking out ideas. If the developer gets the support I could see this App becoming an incredibly helpful tool.
hope to add chinese language
hope to add chinese language.
Beautiful App. That's it so far
I use cardflow+ currently because it has better functionality. I would become a raving fan if they added copy & paste image capability because $23/yr for the app currently available is not it. Update: Just found out you can't even copy and paste other cards? lol
Good app
I think that this app is pretty cool and was exactly what I needed. Very simple, but does its job very well and efficiently. I haven’t experienced any problems. One thing I think could be added is maybe a feature to insert photos or drawings, as this would mean I could put character designs I’ve done in different apps into my board. Great app!
Good enough, too minimal to justify pro upgrade at the moment
App works well enough. You can create notecards and drag them around a canvas easily, zoom in and out of the canvas, and easily delete/add new notecards. There aren’t many features, however. I question whether $23 for the pro version is worth the price just to unlock multiple cork boards. I’ll keep an eye out if more features are added and consider changing my review later. The app is much more geared towards drawing on the notecards than typing, which unfortunately isn’t my primary use case. Font and text formatting control is unfortunately lacking. Text autofits to notecards. I would love to see some snapping/grid spacing options for the cards, custom sizing of cards, text formatting controls, and different export options like plaintext or formatted text so that card contents can be copied and pasted to other documents, beat sheets, lists, etc. With these kinds of features, this could become an invaluable part of my process. The potential is there.
CardBeat – Plot Your Story price by country
A one-time purchase costs $17.60 in Canada and $29.67 in Colombia — 1.7× more for the same thing. Below is the going rate for each plan in every country that sells it — the middle price of what the app charges there, in the country's own currency with the dollar equivalent beneath it.
| Country | One-time |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | $19.99 |
| Albania | $22.99 |
| Algeria | $19.99 |
| Angola | $19.99 |
| Anguilla | $19.99 |
| Antigua And Barbuda | $19.99 |
| Argentina | $19.99 |
| Armenia | $22.99 |
| Australia | A$29.99$20.97 |
| Austria | €22.99$26.07 |
| Azerbaijan | $22.99 |
| Bahamas | $19.99 |
| Bahrain | $19.99 |
| Barbados | $22.99 |
| Belarus | $22.99 |
| Belgium | €22.99$26.07 |
| Belize | $19.99 |
| Benin | $22.99 |
| Bermuda | $19.99 |
| Bhutan | $19.99 |
| Bolivia | $19.99 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | €22.99$26.07 |
| Botswana | $19.99 |
| Brazil | R$129.90$24.89 |
| British Virgin Islands | $19.99 |
| Brunei Darussalam | $19.99 |
| Bulgaria | €22.99$26.07 |
| Burkina Faso | $19.99 |
| Cambodia | $19.99 |
| Cameroon | $22.99 |
| Canada | CA$24.99$17.60 |
| Cape Verde | $19.99 |
| Cayman Islands | $19.99 |
| Chad | $19.99 |
| Chile | CLP 22,990$23.77 |
| China | CN¥148.00$22.02 |
| Colombia | COP 99,900$29.67 |
| Congo | $22.99 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | $19.99 |
| Costa Rica | $19.99 |
| Cote Divoire | $22.99 |
| Croatia | €22.99$26.07 |
| Cyprus | €22.99$26.07 |
| Czech Republic | CZK 499.00$23.18 |
| Denmark | DKK 179.00$27.16 |
| Dominica | $19.99 |
| Dominican Republic | $19.99 |
| Ecuador | $19.99 |
| Egypt | EGP 999.99$19.20 |
| El Salvador | $19.99 |
| Estonia | €22.99$26.07 |
| Fiji | $19.99 |
| Finland | €22.99$26.07 |
| France | €22.99$26.07 |
| Gabon | $19.99 |
| Gambia | $19.99 |
| Georgia | $22.99 |
| Germany | €22.99$26.07 |
| Ghana | $22.99 |
| Greece | €22.99$26.07 |
| Grenada | $19.99 |
| Guatemala | $19.99 |
| Guinea-bissau | $19.99 |
| Guyana | $19.99 |
| Honduras | $19.99 |
| Hong Kong | HK$148.00$18.85 |
| Hungary | HUF 8,990$27.79 |
| Iceland | $22.99 |
| India | ₹1,999.00$20.81 |
| Indonesia | IDR 399,000$22.23 |
| Iraq | $19.99 |
| Ireland | €22.99$26.07 |
| Israel | ₪59.90$19.51 |
| Italy | €22.99$26.07 |
| Jamaica | $19.99 |
| Japan | ¥3,000$19.06 |
| Jordan | $19.99 |
| Kazakhstan | KZT 11,990.00$27.28 |
| Kenya | $22.99 |
| Kosovo | €22.99$26.07 |
| Kuwait | $19.99 |
| Kyrgyzstan | $19.99 |
| Lao Peoples Democratic Republic | $19.99 |
| Latvia | €22.99$26.07 |
| Lebanon | $19.99 |
| Liberia | $19.99 |
| Libya | $19.99 |
| Lithuania | €22.99$26.07 |
| Luxembourg | €22.99$26.07 |
| Macao | $19.99 |
| Macedonia | $19.99 |
| Madagascar | $19.99 |
| Malawi | $19.99 |
| Malaysia | MYR 99.90$24.49 |
| Maldives | $19.99 |
| Mali | $19.99 |
| Malta | €22.99$26.07 |
| Mauritania | $19.99 |
| Mauritius | $22.99 |
| Mexico | MX$399.00$22.14 |
| Micronesia | $19.99 |
| Moldova | $22.99 |
| Mongolia | $19.99 |
| Montenegro | €19.99$22.66 |
| Montserrat | $19.99 |
| Morocco | $22.99 |
| Mozambique | $19.99 |
| Myanmar | $19.99 |
| Namibia | $19.99 |
| Nauru | $19.99 |
| Nepal | $22.99 |
| Netherlands | €22.99$26.07 |
| New Zealand | NZ$39.99$22.59 |
| Nicaragua | $19.99 |
| Niger | $19.99 |
| Nigeria | NGN 29,900.00$22.53 |
| Norway | NOK 249.00$25.94 |
| Oman | $19.99 |
| Pakistan | PKR 4,900$17.70 |
| Palau | $19.99 |
| Panama | $19.99 |
| Papua New Guinea | $19.99 |
| Paraguay | $19.99 |
| Peru | PEN 89.90$26.13 |
| Philippines | ₱1,290.00$20.61 |
| Poland | PLN 99.99$25.97 |
| Portugal | €22.99$26.07 |
| Qatar | QAR 69.99$19.23 |
| Romania | RON 99.99$21.50 |
| Russia | RUB 1,790.00$21.29 |
| Rwanda | $19.99 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | $19.99 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAR 89.99$24.00 |
| Senegal | $22.99 |
| Serbia | €22.99$26.07 |
| Seychelles | $19.99 |
| Sierra Leone | $19.99 |
| Singapore | SGD 29.98$23.42 |
| Slovakia | €22.99$26.07 |
| Slovenia | €22.99$26.07 |
| Solomon Islands | $19.99 |
| South Africa | ZAR 399.99$24.37 |
| South Korea | ₩33,000$24.38 |
| Spain | €22.99$26.07 |
| Sri Lanka | $19.99 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | $19.99 |
| St. Lucia | $19.99 |
| St. Vincent & The Grenadines | $19.99 |
| Suriname | $19.99 |
| Swaziland | $19.99 |
| Sweden | SEK 249.00$24.92 |
| Switzerland | CHF 18.00$21.58 |
| Taiwan | NT$690.00$21.67 |
| Tajikistan | $19.99 |
| Tanzania | TZS 59,900.00$22.90 |
| Thailand | THB 699.00$20.82 |
| Tonga | $19.99 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $19.99 |
| Tunisia | $19.99 |
| Turkey | TRY 999.99$20.40 |
| Turkmenistan | $19.99 |
| Turks and Caicos | $19.99 |
| Uganda | $22.99 |
| Ukraine | $22.99 |
| United Arab Emirates | AED 79.99$21.80 |
| United Kingdom | £19.99$26.44 |
| United States | $19.99 |
| Uruguay | $19.99 |
| Uzbekistan | $19.99 |
| Vanuatu | $19.99 |
| Venezuela | $19.99 |
| Vietnam | ₫599,000$23.10 |
| Yemen | $19.99 |
| Zambia | $22.99 |
| Zimbabwe | $22.99 |
CardBeat – Plot Your Story FAQ
- Is CardBeat – Plot Your Story free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 175 countries it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $19.99 (US), across 1 one-time purchase.
- Does CardBeat – Plot Your Story have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- Where is CardBeat – Plot Your Story cheapest?
- A one-time purchase costs CA$24.99 (≈$17.60) in Canada and COP 99,900 (≈$29.67) in Colombia, its cheapest and dearest countries.
- What are the best alternatives to CardBeat – Plot Your Story?
- MyStory.today: Write a Book (4.5 from 3,451 reviews, premium from $2.49), Corkulous - Your Ideas (4.4 from 2,709 reviews, premium from $1.99) and Story Plotter - idea to plot - (4.5 from 2,400 reviews, premium from $0.49).
CardBeat – Plot Your Story download
Last updated 2 months ago.
CardBeat – Plot Your Story sells in 175 countries. It was released 5 years and 11 months ago, on 2 Nov 2020. It holds a 4.2 rating from 130 reviews.
Supports 2 languages: English, German.
How much does CardBeat – Plot Your Story make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.
Revenue by plan
- One-time 100%
Revenue by country
- United States 37%
- Germany 19%
- Canada 7%
- Australia 6%