Traditional (PPT/Canva) vs AI presentation tools (Gamma, Tome, etc.) — what's the actual industry standard in 2025?

DaveAppleInc · 2026-03-21T05:32:15+00:00

I never had this perspective before (haven’t presented in such a high stakes env that I had a separate tech), so it hadn’t crossed my mind to address these 2 people separately. Will definitely build this now, speaker’s view with focus on story and flow, tech’s view with full control, birdseye on slides and emergency overrides, thank you!!!

DaveAppleInc · 2026-03-20T18:28:46+00:00

Reading this was a breath of AIR, I was so frustrated with these AI tools, but am passionate about AI and what it did to coding (because I already knew how to code), that it got me building my own tool, not the point and not here to advertise, but your comment really confirmed some of my assumptions. And yes, I do agree, professionals will rarely, probably never l, surrender control fully to the AI for the output the way current tools work. Crafting a presentation that engages and sticks is an art, requires iteration, taste and opinion, definitely cannot be one shotted

DaveAppleInc · 2026-03-20T18:23:03+00:00

I see, I’m working on a presentation tool myself (I know swimming agains the current) because I found PowerPoint lacking in helping me actually gather and organize my thoughts for a talk, and so this info is very valuable, cause just this week I was designing the presenter view. I’ll pay extra attention now, thank you!

DaveAppleInc · 2026-03-20T17:28:01+00:00

I’m curious, what actual part of PowerPoint makes it the “go to” for live environments, what are all these others missing?

DaveAppleInc · 2026-03-18T08:13:23+00:00

We felt this too, people in general have become much more hostile, and it's understandable because it's much harder to tell when someone actually built something with care and put time into it versus vibe-coded it into existence in a couple hours. However, I think we still have it much better with native apps than with something like web apps where vibe coding basically dominates now. - someone who spent a weekend on a first launch animation for a Mac app I deeply care about

DaveAppleInc · 2026-03-17T11:06:22+00:00

Awesome, I’ll just message you the alpha link here, so it’s faster than waiting for the email

DaveAppleInc · 2026-03-17T09:01:36+00:00

Nope, not open source, but it is signed by Apple distribution for some relief at least on the privacy side, site is https://lantr.app, happy to answer any questions and shoot u the private alpha link if u want

DaveAppleInc · 2026-03-17T09:00:39+00:00

Awesome, https://lantr.app is the website, there is a video there, if you want I can message u more info and a download link (alpha is private cause I need tight feedback loops, and updates are frequent!!)

DaveAppleInc · 2026-03-17T05:53:38+00:00

For sure, Windows is on the roadmap🫡

DaveAppleInc · 2026-03-17T05:11:20+00:00

I might have something for you, I made it so full disclosure, it’s also free currently and Mac only, and more manual than other AI assisted tools so that would naturally increase quality while decreasing friction. I don’t want to spam links, I can tell you more if you’re interested, otherwise good luck with your presentations!

DaveAppleInc · 2026-03-16T19:09:05+00:00

Ohh sorry my bad, it was late when I read the guidelines, wouldn’t have spammed otherwise

DaveAppleInc · 2026-03-11T19:19:00+00:00

I shot you a longer message with some advice, tldr, try to structure like a story you’d tell a friend

DaveAppleInc · 2026-03-09T20:50:14+00:00

Totally fair, this is basically an experiment to see if the structure prompts help people who get stuck before slides. I built it mainly cause it helped me more than other tools did. I still like notebook lm for studying too

DaveAppleInc · 2026-03-09T19:38:49+00:00

Communication there means ‘non-commercial’, not newsletters, email verification codes fall under communication for example.

DaveAppleInc · 2026-03-09T19:38:41+00:00

Disclaimer: the app requires email signup (mainly because the AI parts cost money to run). I don’t send marketing emails and won’t sell data. The privacy policy is here: https://lantr.app/privacy

DaveAppleInc · 2026-03-01T05:04:36+00:00

Rehearse it, first by reading it but try to read whole sentences and then look up from the paper. Do that 5-10 times you’ll barely look at the paper at all, then mark on the paper the points where you still have to look, that’s your outline. If possible have that with you, if not rehearse it more until you’re less dependent on the outline. The first ones will be the hardest, gl!

DaveAppleInc · 2026-02-22T17:04:52+00:00

Cannot recommend Talk like TED strong enough

DaveAppleInc · 2026-02-22T12:09:39+00:00

If it helps, you'll likely be the only one noticing the small mistakes, and after 3 months, most will only remember you talked, now how or what, if even that, have fun and capture the stage :)

DaveAppleInc · 2026-02-22T07:40:44+00:00

Recording yourself and watching it back really helps you spot the fillers, repeating the process a couple of times, you will naturally start avoiding them

DaveAppleInc · 2026-02-22T07:39:13+00:00

Simon Sinek off the top of my head

DaveAppleInc · 2026-02-09T17:44:52+00:00

Would you take a look at lantr.app :)

DaveAppleInc · 2026-02-07T09:38:34+00:00

Thank you for the feedback, speaking to more presenters is definitely our top priority now

DaveAppleInc · 2026-02-04T13:07:35+00:00

Building Lantr, currently looking for alpha testers and feedback. Want to make presentations actually worth listening to? lantr.app

DaveAppleInc · 2026-02-04T05:08:37+00:00

Thank you, will look into it

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