How to read the cards

A card is the terms of a platform or service, set out in its own words and collected from its official pages: terms of use, help centre, pricing pages, documentation. Every statement has a document address — you can open it and check for yourself.

Where the text comes from

Everything on a card was read on the pages of the platform or service itself. Third-party reviews, round-ups and retellings do not count as a source: if the platform does not write about something, there is no line about it on the card. How the collection works and where its boundary runs is on the page about the sources and the method.

If the sources disagree

Sometimes two documents of a platform say different things — or the platform contradicts itself. Then the card gives both statements and names the discrepancy. We do not pick «the more plausible one»: a disagreement between sources is also information about the platform.

Whose number you are reading

Numbers in the catalogue come in two kinds, and this is always stated:

• the source's number — “up to 2000 characters”, “100 posts per 24 hours”. It has to be on the platform's page, and we verify that by reading it again;
• our own measurement — the length of the page text, the server response code, the number of links parsed. No such number is or can be on the page: it is a record of what we saw.

If the number is ours, a note says so. This is not a formality: our measurement changes with the page, while the source's number changes with the source's decision.

The order of the lists is ours as well. Objects with more verified lines in the base come first, then alphabetical order. This is a count of our own work, not a verdict: being first does not mean being better. Objects whose site did not answer when checked drop to the end of the list: a list is navigation, not an archive.

Until 18 August 2026 the lists of tools on platform cards ran alphabetically. The alphabet looks neutral but is not: it puts first those who were lucky with the first letter of their name.

On terms

Every kind of data has its own lifespan: a price lives weeks, an interface language — a year. What changes fast is worth checking against the platform's document before deciding.

What to do as a reader

1. Open the link if the decision is an expensive one. Every fact carries an address for exactly that purpose.
2. Check the fast-changing yourself. Prices and affiliate terms change more often than the rest — verify against the platform's document.
3. Read the country notes. Platform terms often differ by jurisdiction — there is a separate page on this which terms apply in your country.