Carta: Poetry & Philosophy

Daily Literature & Quotes

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

A quiet place for literature, poetry, and philosophy. Most apps compete for your attention. Carta is designed to give it back. Swipe through enduring passages from history’s greatest writers, including Marcus Aurelius, Emily Dickinson, Fernando Pessoa, Virginia Woolf, Rainer Maria Rilke, and hundreds more. Save the lines that move you, build your own anthology, and enjoy a few unhurried minutes with words that matter. No subscriptions. No ads. Just pure literature on clean, paper-toned canvases. READ AT YOUR OWN PACE Swipe right to save a passage into your library; swipe left to pass. Long poems and essays scroll naturally, so line breaks and verses are never cut short. DESIGNED LIKE A FINE BOOK Read on distraction-free paper textures inspired by classical bookbinding. Choose from heritage serif typefaces like Baskerville, Georgia, Palatino, and Times, with ten color palettes that adjust gracefully from dawn to midnight. SUBTLE AMBIENCE & HAPTICS Focus your mind with gentle background audio like rain on glass, a quiet hearth, a silent library, or evening wind, paired with soft, tactile page-turn haptics. MORNING & EVENING REFLECTIONS Set a calm rhythm for your day with fresh, non-repeating verse delivered quietly at dawn (7:30 AM) and dusk (8:00 PM). YOUR PERSONAL ANTHOLOGY Organize saved passages into custom decks like Solitude, Love, or Epiphanies. Search by author or theme with complete offline access. EXPORT & PRINT Turn meaningful quotes into clean image cards to share, or compile your saved library into a printable, multi-page PDF booklet. HOME & LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS Keep your favorite passage or daily reflection close at hand with widgets that match your chosen color palette. An honest reading companion for anyone who still loves the written word.

Ratings & Reviews

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    1 Ratings

- Updated main page category selection with a sleeker pill box. - Added more specific deck categories. - Added ambient sound option. - Added more export options. - Other UI changes. - Bug Fixes.

Version 3.0

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    Information

    Seller
    • Otoniel Torres Bernal
    Size
    • 7.1 MB
    Category
    • Books
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    13+
    • 13+
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    • Infrequent
      Profanity or Crude Humor
      Mature or Suggestive Themes
      Horror/Fear Themes
      Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References

      Contains
      Advertising
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    • Nordic Slate Canvas $0.99
    • Carta Premium Pass $2.99
    • Red Velvet Canvas $0.99
    • Renaissance Ink Canvas $0.99
    • Sage Botanical Canvas $0.99
    • Imperial Velvet Canvas $0.99
    • Obsidian Starlight Canvas $0.99
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    Copyright
    • © 2026 Otoniel Torres Bernal
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