Bits - Stand up Comedy Writing

I really loved all the editions and updates the app was making at first. I used the app often when I would think of bits to structure them, time them, etc and go to do open mics. But I had a year long stint of not using it and I just came back to the app and now there is a paywall up. The new editions including the open mics near me is nice and all but there is a lock over the add button and I can’t add new material. Idk if there’s a way to bypass this without doing the free trial but I don’t want to just use it for a month and then go back to not using it bc I’ll have to pay. I’m sorry but it was better when you had the freedom to add things without paying smh

I love this app. I’ve tried a bunch of different ones for joke organizing, but The Gag is the only one that was user friendly and up to date. When I had trouble downloading my material, I was helped immediately and was able to restore it. Can’t say enough good things about the app, definitely worth it to pay the $10/year or whatever it was. My only suggestion to make it better would be to allow viewing/editing of the gag contents when they’re in a set. Other than that, this is my favorite app on my phone.

I am enjoying tinkering with the app but have not yet had the opportunity to test run it in real performance scenario. So far, it is an excellent tool for organizing and building sets (which can be hard, love how each gag is given a basic time measurement tho I’m not yet sure how accurate that is in a real performance) that tries it best to be both powerful yet simple. Some thoughts on building the app: - I think the “showtime function” has a lot of potential to be improved on. The swipe function is cool for quickly going between gags and deeming the “worked or didn’t work” (tho oddly, shouldn’t swipe right be good? I think the app takes the opposite cardinality that people are normally used to). I think it would be nice if the show time view also had a timer with toggle-able visibility to fine tune sets according to “estimated time” vs “real time.” Also, an easier way to see either the actual text of the gag (maybe allow font sizing changes) or to access the notes on the gag, WHILE in the show mode. I know on stage, those precious milliseconds remembering how to transition from one joke to the next is crucial, and being able to see the gags during showtime in a easier format (since stage are often dark) - I think someone else already mentioned this but adding titles to the gags would make navigation/organization a bit more intuitive and to allow the text editor more freedom to format jokes (maybe implement color highlighting of words to emphasize inflection). Anyhow looking forward to seeing how this app gets improved