Chockstone and Cardboard
Cardboard describes an agentic editor for Chrome and Apple Silicon Macs. Chockstone edits on your phone, shows the plan, then posts and shows what worked.
Checked November 9, 2026, from Cardboard’s own pages. Read on 9 November 2026.
Pick Cardboard if
- You edit at a computer. Its home page lists a browser version and a Mac app, and exports to Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro or DaVinci Resolve.
- You want generation and a bring-your-own agent: it lists generated video, images, music and sound effects, and “Connect Claude Code or Codex through the desktop app.”
Pick Chockstone if
- You film and edit on your phone, and want the plan shown before the edit.
- You want posting, comments and DMs, a link page and results in the same app.
Side by side
| Feature | Chockstone | Cardboard |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An iPhone and web app that edits your own clips, posts them, answers comments and DMs, and shows what worked. | Home page: “an agentic video editor”. |
| Where it runs | iPhone and web. | Home page: “Any computer with Chrome”, a Mac app for Apple Silicon, and “Phones and tablets aren’t supported yet.” Its terms also mention “the Cardboard mobile software applications”. |
| Price | Starter $0 · Creator $19 a month ($190 a year) · Studio $79 a month ($790 a year). | Pricing page: Lite $5 first month then $8/month on the web (listed $10 to $8) and free in the Mac app with a “Made with Cardboard” watermark; Starter $9 first month, listed $40 to $29, 400 generative credits; Creator $30 first month, listed $100 to $59, 1,500 credits; Pro $89 first month, listed $250 to $175, 5,000 credits. The page does not label which figure in each range is monthly or yearly. |
| Edits your own footage | Yes, on your phone from your own clips: Make cuts them, See the plan shows the cuts before it edits, Tell me what to change takes a sentence. | Yes, on a computer: “Phone clips, camera files, or hours of footage.” Desktop page: review the plan before edits, undo changes, edit on the timeline. |
| Posts to networks | Ten networks. TikTok is sent to your TikTok inbox to finish. The Features page has the list. | Exports MP4 and MOV and sends timelines to Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro or DaVinci Resolve. Posting to networks: not on the pages read. |
| Inbox and DM automation | Comments and Instagram DMs in one inbox, with DM automations and a follow check that asks Instagram. | Not on the pages read |
| Link page | Yes. A/B tests (Creator and Studio) and an email signup block. | Not on the pages read |
| Results | Yes. Results show what worked, and ideas suggest what to film next. | Not on the pages read |
| Works with your assistant (MCP) | Yes. Works with Claude and ChatGPT over MCP. | Home page: any agent can drive Cardboard “through its CLI or MCP server”. |
| What the privacy page says about training | Our privacy page says: “We do not sell it, use it for advertising, share it with data brokers, or use it to train AI models.” | Privacy policy (last updated February 2026): lists “Train, test, and improve technology, such as machine learning models and algorithms”. An opt-out by email is described for EU or EEA users. “Once an effect that uses face or body information has been applied to your User Content, that information is deleted and not retained.” |
Where Cardboard is better
- It exports timelines to Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro or DaVinci Resolve. Chockstone does not.
- It lists generated video, images, music, sound effects and voice cloning. Chockstone does not generate video, music or voices.
- It lists a Mac app and a browser editor for long footage, and a Claude plugin.
Where Chockstone is better
- Chockstone edits on your phone, where the clips already are.
- Posting, comments and DMs, a link page and results are in the same app. The Cardboard pages read on this date describe none of them.
What we read
Read on 9 November 2026.
- Cardboard home page (www.cardboard.ai/)
- Cardboard pricing (www.cardboard.ai/pricing)
- Cardboard for Mac (www.cardboard.ai/desktop)
- Cardboard privacy policy (www.cardboard.ai/privacy)
- Cardboard terms (www.cardboard.ai/terms)
We make Chockstone, so we are not neutral. This page states what Cardboard’s own pages said on the day we read them and makes no claim about how well it works. Where a page said something we could not confirm, we quote it. If something here is wrong or out of date, email hello@chockstonelabs.com and we will fix it.
Questions
Is Chockstone a Cardboard alternative?
They overlap on editing your footage with the plan shown before the edit. Cardboard’s home page says phones and tablets aren’t supported yet; Chockstone’s editor runs on your phone, and Chockstone also posts, answers comments and DMs and shows results.
Does Chockstone train on my videos?
No. Our privacy page says: “We do not sell it, use it for advertising, share it with data brokers, or use it to train AI models.”
Can I move from Cardboard?
You do not have to leave. Starter is free with no card, so you can try Chockstone on one brand while you keep Cardboard.
How much is Chockstone?
Starter is free. Creator is $19 a month or $190 a year. Studio is $79 a month or $790 a year.
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Starter is free for one brand. Creator is $19 a month and Studio is $79. Questions? Email hello@chockstonelabs.com.