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✨ Key Features

The Curious Souls Café web app is a digital tool and a companion for our global community, now available for all to spark meaningful conversations, foster genuine connection, and support personal growth.

Conversation Decks

Access collections of curated questions designed to guide soul-searching discussions on diverse themes.

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Dice Roller

A fun tool to decide who starts, break ties, or engage in meaningful challenges.

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Action Prompts

Spark gratitude, kindness, and inspiration with randomly presented creative tasks.

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Collect · Reflect

Save questions, organize with custom tags, and write your own entries. Log field notes and journal using tools like Zen Mode and focus timers.

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Deck Builder

Turn ideas into an instant conversation game. Paste or generate questions with AI, then share a QR code with friends to play, or print cards.

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Live Board For Facilitators

Join via code to crowdsource an agenda, or create Offline Local Boards to play private, custom decks and pass the device around the table.

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💡 Pro Tip: The Deck Builder is best for prepared topics (when you have a set list), while the Interactive Live Board is best for crowdsourcing questions live from your participants on the fly.

🚀 Getting Started

Step into meaningful conversations with ease! Here's how to use the app:

  1. Launch the Web App
    Open the app in your browser: app.curioussouls.cafe.

  2. Invite Others
    Share the QR code or link on the main page so everyone can join instantly.

  3. Start the Conversation
    Choose a conversation deck that resonates with your group, tap "Next Question" inside, and take turns answering.

  4. Add Extras
    Use the Virtual Dice to pick who starts or to add playful actions to the mix.

What is Curious Souls Café?

Curious Souls Café is a "third place" away from home and work, founded to counter the isolation of modern life. Our philosophy is centered on the power of face-to-face conversations to build deeper bonds in a safe, non-judgmental environment. To learn more about the initiative, check out our main website.

Pro Tip:
- Check out the About page for an overview of our meetup.
- Explore our Event Structure Guide for facilitation tips.

📚 Topics from Our Conversation Decks

Explore over 30 decks designed to guide soul-searching discussions. Each of these has been developed for and real-world tested in our events. Use the search bar to filter by keyword.

Self-Discovery & Growth
  • Adulthood: Explore the holistic journey of adulting—personal growth, authenticity, and connection.
  • Authenticity: Align your actions with your values and embrace your true self.
  • Beginner's Mind New: Cultivate curiosity, embrace 'not knowing,' and see the world with fresh eyes again.
  • Happiness : Explore your personal definition and journey with happiness.
  • Inner Child: Reconnect with your playful younger self and nurture creativity.
  • Languages We Live: Dive into the curious space where our words, thoughts, and identities meet.
  • Reflection: Explore how reflection transforms memories into meaning.
  • Reimagine: Explore evolving perspectives and reimagine life’s narratives.
  • Resilience: Explore how you adapt and find meaning when life tests your limits.
  • Solitude: Distinguish healthy alone time from loneliness.
  • The Mind Speaks: Reflect on thoughts, feelings, mindfulness, and personal well-being.
  • Transitions: Navigate life’s changes with prompts that foster reflection.
Relationships & Connection
  • Friendship : Deepen connection and explore the many facets of meaningful friendships.
  • Interdependence: Explore the invisible threads that sustain our relationships and communities.
  • Love Relationships : Reflect on the dynamics of love and intimacy.
  • Parenting: Inspire reflection on the joys, challenges, and growth in raising children.
  • Why We Love: A deep dive into the motivations behind our relationships.
Work & Career
  • Entrepreneurship: Ignite self-leadership and entrepreneurial thinking.
  • Flow: A journey to sharpening your focus and mastering the art of effortless engagement.
  • Focus: How we find, lose, and design focus.
  • Synergy: True collaboration and adaptive team dynamics.
  • Work that Resonates : Explore your evolving relationship with work and fulfillment.
Meaning & Purpose
  • Clarity: Cutting through noise with values, self-awareness, and insight.
  • Flourishing : Spark deep dialogue on purpose, virtue, and resilience.
  • Legacy: Reflect on the impact you make and transform values into legacy.
  • Purpose: Explore meaning and the journey toward a fulfilling life.
  • True Wealth: Explore what it means to live a truly rich life beyond material wealth.
Actions
  • Action Prompts: Spark gratitude, kindness, and inspiration with creative tasks.
General
  • All in One PRO: For authenticated Power Users or Facilitators to spark meaningful conversations across all topics. (Includes a "Topic Mixer" to select specific categories!)
  • Deep Talk : A reflection on modern life’s complexities—discussed and made in Seoul.
  • Icebreaker : A playful, low-pressure warm-up deck on relatable preferences, daily habits, and micro-joys.
  • Global Curiosities : Questions written by participants from our events around the world. (Toggle "Location Mode" to browse by city!)
  • Smaller Talk Beginner’s Pack: Spark lighthearted, meaningful, and heart-warming conversations.

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💖 We express our heartfelt gratitude to our Singaporean facilitator for creating the question sets for The Mind Speaks, and co-developing Happiness and Love Relationships, our Seoul facilitator and participants for Deep Talk (also known as 'Seoul Vibe'), and all participants who contributed to the Global Curiosities deck.

✨ App Features & Tools

Designed for seamless facilitation, the app includes:

Conversation Decks

Browse and select from dozens of themed question decks to guide your conversations.

Daily Spark & Streaks

Build a daily habit of reflection. Keep your spark streak alive, track your all-time best, and easily save daily prompts directly to your Collection.

Dice Roller

Use the floating dice icon to randomly select a color-coded team to start the discussion.

Action Prompts

Engage in meaningful bonding actions, often used with the dice roller's "challenge" feature.

Build a Deck

Paste or generate questions (perfect for social events or professional, HR-approved team building), then print cards or make a QR code to scan.

Smart AI Generation

Cure blank-page syndrome with curated topic suggestions, auto-tagging for conversational depth, and translation in 12+ global languages.

Live Crowdsourcing

Facilitators can launch a "Write-Your-Own" session where the group populates the board with questions live.

Presenter / TV Mode New

Project a beautiful, distraction-free display to your audience while secretly managing the board from your private device.

Offline Local Boards New

No internet? No problem. Create a local board saved only on your device, and instantly import/export custom question decks using .txt files.

Session History & Saves

Participants can revisit past session boards and access their personally saved questions and notes.

Manage Saved Items & Tags

A dedicated page to organize questions with custom tags, search your collection, and backup your notes.

Get Random Questions

Select the number of questions to display from any deck.

Favorite Topics

Tap the star icon next to a topic to pin it to the top of your list for quick access.

Search and Filter

Search topics on the main page, specific questions within a topic, or your saved items.

Take Notes & Export

Add personal notes to any saved question, then export your session plan to a file.

Thinking Toolkit

Stuck? Insert mental models like "5 Whys," "S.T.A.R. Method," or "Gratitude Check" directly into your notes.

Zen Writer

A distraction-free fullscreen writing mode with a built-in 5-minute sprint timer, mood picker, and in-flow tag editor.

Backup & Restore (Lab)

Enable experimental features to save your entire collection to a JSON file and restore it on other devices.

Light & Deep

Filter questions by difficulty levels: 🌱 (light), ☕ (middle), and 🌀 (deep).

Custom Sub-Categories

Add bracketed tags (e.g., [Food]) to your cards to automatically generate dynamic pill filters in digital play, or custom titles when printing.

Go to Question Number

Quickly jump to a specific question (e.g., "5") or multiple ones using the "Go to" feature.

Copy, Share, & Translate

Select a question to copy text, share a direct link, or translate it instantly using DeepL.

Interactive Sessions

Join a live session using a code to submit questions to a shared board for group discussion.

Global Host Timer Host

Facilitators get a persistent, draggable countdown timer that floats above the app to keep discussions perfectly on schedule across all pages.

Optimized for Mobile

The entire experience is designed to work seamlessly on smartphones and tablets.

Privacy-First & Offline

No login required. The app works offline (PWA) and keeps your saved data private on your device.

🔑 Access & Tiers

Curious Souls Café tools are free to use. You can also unlock additional, powerful features to manage collections, craft custom decks, or host live events. Our tools are designed to serve everyone, from casual participants to official event hosts:

💡 How to unlock tiers for free: While the core tools are free for everyone by default (i.e., Guests, 'The Explorer' tier), you can unlock Pro ('The Power User' tier) features by asking your local facilitator for the passcode after attending an offline meetup anywhere in the world. The Host ('The Facilitator' tier) passcode is reserved for official event facilitators.

  • Guest ('The Explorer' tier): Completely free with no login required. Gives you full access to all curated conversation decks, action prompts, the dice roller, the ability to join live boards, save favorite questions, and basic access to the Deck Builder (including bulk import, previewing custom decks, and limited AI generation).
  • Pro ('The Power User' tier): Free for our community members, or participants who have attended at least one official Curious Souls Café meetup. Unlocks advanced personal and sharing tools. This includes the ability to journal and log notes, back up your data, and unlocks advanced Deck Builder features to create instant game QR codes and print cards.
  • Host ('The Facilitator' tier): Free for official meetup facilitators. Unlocks advanced Live Board moderation tools like hiding inappropriate cards, managing facilitator tools, and launching session requests.
Feature / Tool Guest Pro Host
Core Decks
Standard Decks ✅ ✅ ✅
Action Prompts ✅ ✅ ✅
All-in-One Deck ❌ ✅ ✅
Common Features
Daily Spark ✅ ✅ ✅
Save Favorites ✅ ✅ ✅
Focus Mode ✅ ✅ ✅
Random Pick ✅ ✅ ✅
Category Filters ✅ ✅ ✅
Search & Translate ✅ ✅ ✅
Notes ❌ ✅ ✅
Global Host Timer ❌ ❌ ✅
Dice Roller
Challenges (Stripes) ✅ ✅ ✅
Customize Dice ✅ ✅ ✅
Create Presets ❌ ✅ ✅
Share Presets (QR/Link) ❌ ✅ ✅
Collect · Reflect
Manage Saved Items ✅ ✅ ✅
Custom Entries & Tags ✅ ✅ ✅
Log & Journal (Notes) ❌ ✅ ✅
Zen & Thinking Toolkit ❌ ✅ ✅
Backup & Restore ❌ ✅ ✅
Print / Export Items ✅ ✅ ✅
Print / Export Notes ❌ ✅ ✅
Deck Builder
AI Generator & Remixer ✅ ✅ ✅
Extra Empathy ❌ ✅ ✅
Language Translation ❌ ✅ ✅
Load Curated Decks ❌ ✅ ✅
Bulk Import (File/URL) ✅ ✅ ✅
Shuffle Items ✅ ✅ ✅
Local Play Custom Decks ✅ ✅ ✅
Share via QR (Direct) ❌ ✅ ✅
Share via QR (Hosted) ❌ ✅ ✅
Export Text ✅ ✅ ✅
Print & Export to PDF ❌ ✅ ✅
Live Board
Join & Revisit Sessions ✅ ✅ ✅
Offline Local Boards ✅ ✅ ✅
Submit & View Questions ✅ ✅ ✅
Request Sessions ❌ ❌ ✅
Approve/Remove Items ❌ ❌ ✅
Broadcast to Room ❌ ❌ ✅
Presenter / TV Mode ❌ ❌ ✅
Shuffle Questions ❌ ❌ ✅
Vote on Questions ✅ ✅ ✅
Manage Voting Tools ❌ ❌ ✅

💡 Tips for Using the App

Unlock the full potential of the app with these features, organized to help you facilitate better conversations.

🎤 Enhance Engagement

  • Maximize Visibility: Tap the Expand icon on any selected (highlighted) card to enter Focus Mode. This displays the text in large, high-contrast type. (Hosts can even broadcast this view to everyone's devices simultaneously!)
  • Gamify Turn-Taking: Use the floating Dice button to randomly select a speaker. The colors on the dice match the border colors of the cards to help assign teams or individuals easily.
  • Overcome Decision Paralysis: If the group can't decide on a topic, use the Pick Random button to let the app instantly select a question for you.

🧘 Reflection & Journaling

  • Create & Organize: Use the New Entry button to write your own custom thoughts or use the 🪄 Draw Prompt tool to pull a random card. Click the icon on any item to group them with custom tags!
  • Track Your Journey: The Collect · Reflect tool includes a progress bar. Switch filters between "To Do" and "Done" to see how many saved questions you have left to reflect on.
  • Privacy Mode: Journaling in a public space? Toggle the Privacy Blur feature to obscure your text from prying eyes while you think.
  • Need a Spark?: If you are stuck on a question in Zen Mode, use the Spark button to get a random prompt (e.g., "How would you answer this 5 years ago?") to unblock your writing.

🛠️ Facilitator Power Tools

  • Synchronize the Room: When you open a question in Focus Mode as an unlocked Host, tap Broadcast to Room to instantly push that question to every participant's screen. This is perfect for anchoring the group's attention during deep discussions.
  • Send Question to Session: Found a great question in a static Deck but want to vote on it? Use the Paste in Session button (located under Copy) to instantly send it to your Live Board.
  • Control the Flow: Toggle Facilitator Tools on the Live Board to unlock administrative controls. This allows you to permanently delete inappropriate cards, use Shuffle to mix up the board, or manually track hand-raises if Global Voting is disabled.
  • Moderate Submissions: For events with a moderation queue, unlocking Facilitator Tools reveals a Moderate button. Tap it to jump straight to your dashboard or spreadsheet to approve questions before they go live!
  • Highlight & Action: Tap any question card to highlight it for the group. This unlocks the "Focus Mode' (the Expand icon ), "Look Up / Translate" and "Copy" buttons at the bottom right.
  • Pace the Session: As an unlocked Host, you have access to a Global Host Timer. This draggable widget survives page reloads and follows you between the Live Board, Question Decks, and more features. Hover over it to reveal quick-add buttons (+1m, +3m, +5m) to seamlessly time hot-seat answers or breakout groups.

📲 Technical Shortcuts

  • Go Native: For the best experience, tap "Share" (iOS) or the menu (Android) and select Add to Home Screen. This turns the website into a fullscreen app that works more like a native app.
  • Share Direct Links: Every topic has a unique URL (e.g., .../topics/icebreaker/). Copy and share these links to send participants directly to a specific deck.
  • Quick Navigation: Use the sticky "Top" button at the bottom-right to quickly return to the top of any page.

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Thank you for visiting the Curious Souls Café! We hope it sparks many interesting conversations. 😊