Gottman Card Decks

Jordan Garcia

2 years ago

The app itself doesn't have any issues. My main complaint is that most of these cards rather than being questions are prompts to action. I like the ideas, but the ability to share or send those cards to your SO would make this much more interesting.

muddy wolf paws

2 years ago

Wonderful. Easy and approachable to navigate as it opens up discussion topics for you and your partner. We only used it a few times and we already decided to use it together daily. After only a few days, we noticed that it is easier to communicate and we feel closer already.

A Google user

6 years ago

Fun, easy to use. My partner of 2.5 years and I will read a couple questions from the Love Maps deck while we're waiting for a movie to start. There are many questions and activities available in the various decks in the app. We've really enjoyed using it.

A Google user

6 years ago

Awesome app containing relationship themed cards from the Gottman Institute research. Best of all, it's free. I have Drs. Gottman's book, and I was going to print some of the exercises so I could work through them with my husband. I looked on Amazon for a workbook, but didn't find anything, so I was pleasantly surprised to learn there is an app.

Benjamin Farmer

2 years ago

Great way to keep conversations interesting and bring depth to the way you interact with your partner(s). Not all of them have to be for just romantic partners too, many of the cards (not peppers of course) could be good for friends, family, children. Highly recommend.

A Google user

5 years ago

Love the decks, but can't see many of the cards in their entirety; the app cross them and I haven't found a way to select or otherwise change the view. Update: appeared to be a problem with my phone, but on the new phone the decks don't shuffle.

A Google user

6 years ago

I wish the feeling cards were more easily accessible. There are too many to swipe thru. It would be nice if there was a list or checklist option to use that made the deck more accessible.

Joyce Tang

5 years ago

If you've gone to a Gottman conference, this is a great app! It allows you to always have access to their great content without bringing the paper cards. I wish there was an option to shuffle the cards, on top of the current favoriting feature.

Mairead McHugh

4 years ago

Really cute app for question ideas on any sorts of topic🥰. It's a lovely way to connect. Just wished that there was a way to swipe through the deck or mark which ones have been seen before/ randomize option. It can be a bit tedious scrolling through them to find ones you haven't seen yet!

A Google user

6 years ago

This is probably one of the best apps that I've installed since a long time. If you don't know what to do during an evening, try this app instead of watching the 1000th movie. This has led to do many meaningful conversations with my wife and really helped us to connect so far. I love the categories, I love that it's free! Cool stuff!

Elizabeth Salinas

3 years ago

I love this app for it's deep questions, and that it doesn't try to charge you for each subject like other apps do. I can't wait to use some of these prompts to help me communicate with my person, and maybe encourage him to use some as well, as he struggles sometimes to express himself or find the right words.

Avi Smith

2 years ago

The Gottman Institute makes a big deal on its website about how it wants to include queer and marginalized relationships in its work, so we kinky trans folks were disappointed and felt left out by the outdated, unnecessarily gendered wording and laughably tame "hot salsa" cards, though the prompts are solid otherwise. It would be nice to have buttons to shuffle the cards and display random ones; both features are currently missing.

A Google user

6 years ago

After watching a dozen videos, webinars and read a multitude of articles published by the Gotman Institute I decided to try to use the app in my daily life and practice. It's simple to use and clients love it. It's a reminder of all the small things that many forget. Build your love maps with a little bit of help of this app. I truly recommend it.

A Google user

5 years ago

Really, a lovely app. I'm a cards kind of person. I find them helpful for distilling the things I know I ought to do into a small & handy little interface. I like that this app offers convo starters. It also has a deck w great little phrases that I've ended up memorizing, like ways to indicate you're listening or good questions to help you learn more. It's hard sometimes to remember the right thing to say. I find this app useful for that. I use in it all my relationships, depending on the deck.

ilyas khamis

2 years ago

The prompts/questions are great, but the UI is lacking. Adding a shuffle/randomization button would improve the long-term usability of this app by light years. Other users' comments of scrolling lag are valid, but I wouldn't care so much if after the first time I use a deck I don't have to scroll for 5+ minutes each subsequent time to get a new card. I do also like that there isn't an extra charge and that there aren't any ads though (which might explain why it feels like an incomplete UI).

A Google user

5 years ago

A great idea, but much of it is unusable because the text on the cards is cut off on the bottom. I believe it needs to be updated for the latest Android version. When I first started the app on my Android phone, the phone warned me that it was built for an older version of the operating system and that it might not work properly. I'm running Android 10 on a new Samsung Galaxy S10+

Tyiff Peijc

2 years ago

Going through the cards is tedious because there are many of them but no filters to get to applicable choices quickly. There is an option to "favorite" cards so it's quicker to get what you need next time, but the decks will randomly lose favorites so you're back at square one, tediously going through each card.. This app really needs to fix the "favorites" function and implement a keyword search, subjects, or some sort of filer option to the decks.