Drafts

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1. [R22] 5/5 · US I use this for everything because it's so easy: This is my scratchpad for everything. It is so easy to start taking notes or pasting something before you decide what to do with it. There are powerful action and organization tools you can use if you need them, but they don't get in your way at the basic level of writing and rewriting your text. I'm updating this review because I keep finding more
2. [R34] 5/5 · US A+, use it every day: By far the most-used and most-functional app on my phone, and makes the rest of them even better. Biggest benefit for me is being able to dictate/write an idea in Drafts while it is on the tip of my tongue and THEN use that text in another app, without the worry I’ll lose my train of thought (or have it stolen from me by a flashy pop-up or feed!). I wrote this review in Draf
3. [R35] 5/5 · US Best quick not app EVER BEST BEST: Drafts is the best quick note app on the market, hands down. And I have tried them all. It’s clean, clean, fast and sinks effortlessly across devices. The draft app is spectacular. For me there has been a little bit of a learning curve, but that’s actually fun you can make to do lists. You can write quick notes, longer notes, even essays, and they will all be se
4. [R88] 5/5 · US Quickest for saving text on iOS: Least friction to get text saved on mobile. Good for later transfer to Obsidian, Evernote, or just keeping it in Drafts. All kinds of flexible options.
5. [R8] 5/5 · US In a class of its own❤️: No other app comes close to this app. I type up most of my notes and documents in this app because the combination of markdown and the actions save me tons of writing time. Then I can move them to wherever I need to if applicable. The workplace are also hugely helpful. Makes my life less stressful.
6. [R10] 5/5 · US Tagging and work spaces: I love the powerful tagging and quick retrieval of tagged information through dedicated queries called workspaces.
7. [R14] 5/5 · US Sharp Interface: This app is a powerful editor, or assistant, or exporter, or coding engine? I'm quickly finding many uses for this app. One could have been crossing off checklists thru my iOS watch, but it appears they only show in preview mode. This program is still the best out there.
8. [R39] 5/5 · US The place where text begins in iOS: Dress has grown from a simple markdown editor to and incredibly intuitive tool for working with text and inserting it into dozens of applications with scores of actions. Try it. You’ll wonder how you lived without it. after I settled into Drafts, notes, Obsidian, notion, now anytype come in go. All my words are in My Vault
9. [R7] 5/5 · US Nothing Better Than Drafts: I try so many writing apps, but I haven’t found one that surpasses this one. The integration across my Apple devices is flawless. Highly recommend signing up for the Pro version, and you’ll see it at its best.
10. [R11] 5/5 · US Shortcuts integration 🫆: I been using it for bout a month or so I like it I use it to store quick notes or any text and use it wit shortcuts
11. [R30] 5/5 · US Where text and ideas start: I have used Drafts for many years and use a small fraction of the features that the the author has developed, but it is completely ingrained as the first place I go to put down any ideas, notes, or anything that involves text. The bulletproof cross-device syncing insures notes are always available everywhere. The numerous ways to process text is invaluable for linking t
12. [R37] 5/5 · US It’s where to start: I had been having issues deciding where to go when it comes to my writing. I’m lucky to have multiple devices but transitioning between them used to have a lot of friction. A thought here, a fragment there, free time would be wasted because I didn’t want to deal with having to handle merge conflicts. But this application is fast and reliable. I can rest easy knowing I can
13. [R6] 5/5 · US Amazing app: I’m a standup comic. Another standup recommended this app as an alternative and even as a replacement for my pocket notebook. He was right. I can’t believe I haven’t stumbled onto Drafts before. It is simple and yet effective and allows me to search multiple tags at once. I can locate a note on any topic with ease. The dictation feature is second to none. It has now replaced my phys
14. [R15] 5/5 · US My go to app for writing: Whether I taking notes, responding to emails or writing a text message. It all starts in drafts.
15. [R23] 5/5 · US Every Day Worth Every Penny: I’ve used it for years from simple notes to complex automation and scripts. Try the free version then level up with pro.
16. [R32] 5/5 · US Top 5 apps in my life: This app is one of my most used apps on my iPhone, iPad and MacBook. Its versatility is unmatched. There are more power tools built into this app than you’ll ever know what to do with. I consider Drafts an indispensable part of my digital life.
17. [R59] 5/5 · US Great app, and a subscription I would not give up.: I’ve been a Drafts Pro subscriber for several years, it’s a no-brainer to keep renewing... Greg keeps adding amazing features and hooks to other apps (can’t keep up!) and the sync is stellar. Thanks, Greg!
18. [R68] 5/5 · US This is a GREAT APP!: Looks simple at first but then you start to use it and realize how great it is. Love all the interactions available, workspaces are great. Development of the app is continuous and has always been updated and the developer offers great support. I share the subscription with some family and at first they were not onboard. However, after sitting down and showing them it’s cap
19. [R80] 5/5 · US Amazing: This app is just fantastic. Always up to date on every iOS feature.
20. [R82] 5/5 · US All time great app: If I had one app on my phone, it would be drafts. It's been to center piece of how I use my phone for years. It's hard to understate how useful and powerful it is. For anyone complaining about subscription pricing, I encourage you to get over it. 20 bucks a year for this app is an absolute steal. Much gratitude to the dev for sustained stable development for so many years.
21. [R40] 1/5 · US update ruined it: app update removed my actions configuration. why? editing actions prompts for a fee now. app was perfect before this. major loss. going back to drafts 4.
22. [R86] 1/5 · US Subscriptionware: No lifetime purchase option; greedy and expensive.
23. [R96] 1/5 · US Sigh.. another subscription app: Why does every app nowadays require a subscription? This is a notes app… What happened to the days of one-time purchases to own things. Because this app has adopted the trend of milking customers each month, I’m giving 1-star.
24. [R133] 3/5 · US Lots of features, but bugs and bad subscription model: I love how this app manages to appear minimalistic while still having so many different features available in it. I use this app whenever I’m writing blog posts or taking notes. However, there are several problems with the app that bother me. First is the pricing model. I don’t want to pay a subscription for an app if, for the most part, I’m
25. [R1] 2/5 · US Unusable interface: As much as I love the idea of this app, and as much as I’ve played with it over years, the interface is so ungodly horrid that I find it unusable. Instead of reducing stress, it just adds so much more than I’m done trying to figure out how it works. Basically I was interested in workspaces and no matter how much I try to figure it out or how much I use AI to try to figure it ou
26. [R42] 2/5 · US Powerful but organizing action can be tricky: Powerful but awkward Just where did I put that action. What do those icon do, some are clear others are not. I recommend adding actions slowly. I believe that recent releases have made it easier to manage actions, but I need to check that out. Recently, it would not allow me to scroll through the note and was snap back to the original location.
27. [R53] 1/5 · US Messy menu system: I’ve used this app for around a year or more and I still can’t make sense of how the menu system works
28. [R100] 2/5 · US Incredibly hard to use: I use complex apps and a UI designer. Drafts is one of the most useful and powerful apps limited by its poor UI design. The typography, information architecture and discoverability is totally off. This app needs good UI design but I don’t see that happening because there is nothing else like it and it has rave reviews. Too bad I can’t use a great app just because of the UI.
29. [R17] 1/5 · US Update Buries Undo Feature: Updating the app caused the edit undo button to be buried in the keyboard. I made the mistake of hitting enter while a block of text was highlighted, deleting the text… by the time I found the “undo” button buried in the keyboard settings, I could not recover that deleted block of notes. Frustration worthy of a one star review.
30. [R55] 3/5 · US New bug in v40 can’t placed cursor: I love this app. It’s my go-to when other apps aren’t letting me type out my ideas because of poorly designed interfaces or character restrictions. I can get just what I want here, then copy and paste where I need it. And until today it was 100% reliable. Now I can’t place the cursor back in my text where I want it. If I touch where I want it, it lands 5-6 l
31. [R57] 1/5 · US New update makes it impossible to select text on mobile: Try it on your device and see for yourself. The mobile app went from rock solid to totally unusable. Right now my review is 1 star. If they fix this and make it so I can easily copy and paste text without the app suddenly jumping to a new place, then I’ll change my review to five stars.
32. [R90] 4/5 · US Excellent App. Just 1 Bug.: This app is REALLY convenient! I can compose scraps of content for email, messages, my blog or whatever as ideas flow into my head. I can clean them up later and use them in the appropriate place. Just one problem, a bug that should be fixable. I find it impossible to select a portion of text on my iPhone 11 Pro (newest iOS) without Drafts wanting to expand wildly bac
33. [R66] 1/5 · US Help: Have used this app happily for a long time.. but lost ALL when I got a new phone and had to reinstall😳 and later.. does the paid version let you add imagines/photos to a draft??
34. [R195] 1/5 · GB Lost all my Drafts 4 notes: UPDATE: It is reasonable to expect that when you install a new version of a note-making app on a new device, you should be able to have access to your notes that you have created on an older version of the app without further ado. I have spent literally hundreds of hour making notes about different topics, all on Drafts 4. When I open Drafts Version 7 on my new device I
35. [R89] 5/5 · US HEAR👏ME👏OUT👏: Hi developers! I’m just a student who is in love with this app, I love everything that you are making here,good job. I just beg for a web version on Windows please, your app has helped me a lot throughout my student life, but I would like to have the privilege of being able to use it on my computer, thank you very much for reading! P.S.: LISTEN TO HARRYS HOUSE ON YOUTUBE
36. [R94] 3/5 · US Good app but lacks non-iOS compatibility: Overall I really like this app and want to use it more but the lack of support for a Windows version or Web version that could be accessed from a Windows PC is the main drawback. Hopefully the developers will add this functionality so the app could become even more of a core piece to my productivity stack.
37. [R5] 4/5 · US My most used app; PLEASE I’m BEGGING for a passcode option: I adore this app, and I’ve used it for years. For everything. I am begging for the option to just put a simple passcode lock on the application. I use the app for many purposes but one of them is for just jotting quick personal thoughts/ideas, and I would love for those in particular to have the safety of simple passcode protection. If th
38. [R45] 3/5 · US Decent. But no camera support.: Have been using this app for a couple of months, and it's pretty decent. However the Apple Notes app does the much the same thing. Drafts does not allow to you to take pictures (e.g., of sticky notes, real estate signs, etc.). That would be very helpful since I would love to have just one inbox for quick notes, thoughts, snapshots, and other information. Without th
39. [R52] 3/5 · US Some handy features.: Some handy features… However, if you been using Drafts and not checked out the default Apple Notes for sometime, it’s worth checking out. The new Apple Notes is greatly improved and negates any reason to subscribe to Drafts. The ability to add photos with your default Apple Notes as one great example! The subscription and rating process is broken... App is free, so it allow
40. [R26] 5/5 · US I love this app: I’m a productivity nerd and I’ve tried them all. The speed, simplicity and breadth of features make it a game changer
41. [R16] 5/5 · US Maybe the best app ever created for Apple ecosystem: I consider myself a Drafts power user. I’ve come to realize this app does so much if you know how to use it. It is not simply a note taking app. Far more powerful.
42. [R2] 4/5 · US user has limited control: I like a lot about this app, but it's setup is too rigid and cannot be adapted to the user's needs. Example: every time it gets send to background the current note is closed, and a news one is opened .... this is very annoying, and it cannot be changed in settings preferences. Also don't like the fact that one cannot customize the main (center) toolbar (where cop and past
43. [R83] 5/5 · US Complaining About An App That Costs $20 Per YEAR Is Wild: I cannot believe how many people are complaining about the cost of this app. $20/year (~$1.66/month) or $1.99/month is insanely cheap for how much value this app creates. It is truly the only app of its kind and indispensable to me. It’s blazing fast, reliable, and extremely flexible. It’s easily worth double the price or more.
44. [R226] 1/5 · AU Another app to jump on the subscription train...: I have been buying different versions of this app for years, and I'm fine with that. I think I have bought three of the four different versions, all for between $8-$10. Now the new one comes out and costs as much as buying three of the previous apps PER YEAR. $28 a year may not be much in the scheme of things, but when every app under the sun is do
45. [R76] 4/5 · US Useful, but big learning curve: Takes a while to learn what it can do, and not everything is intuitive. But it’s got a whole lot of functionality. Wish they had training courses for it. .
46. [R175] 3/5 · GB A bit too ‘amazing’ for simple needs??: There’s no disguising that a lot of work has gone into Drafts, so why, you might ask, am I dissatisfied? I’ve tried to get my head round the jargon and numerous control panels but unless I’m missing something I still find myself frustrated and turning to a simpler text editor. It syncs well, and is nicer to use for text documents that Apple’s Notes, which