Fundamental Feature Missing on iOS
Zoom lock. It’s there on windows but not on iOS. Can this be solved? Very fundamental.
Ee2m0a0n2
Best PDF for cross platform
Ever since I gave away and bought a windows laptop for work and university. I was looking for an app that supported cross platform. My new windows laptop has stylus support and I use an iPad for taking notes. I used to use goodnotes before and although it was good, it didn’t allow me to edit with a pen on my laptop. Drawboard solved that problem for me and I’ve been using it 100% of the time ever since I switched. It really is practical to be able to modify something on my ipad and see it update live on my laptop. On top of that with their student discount this was a NO-BRAINER. Awesome app.
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CCedric_97j
Great tool!
This is a great BB Alternative for ipad and phone. Has a lot of markup options great for field use
CCheportj
Insane.
I have never, ever written a software review. But this app is so good. I was breathless using it for the first time - SO MUCH BETTER THAN ACROBAT or PREVIEW. It’s extremely precise and fast to work with. I am working on heavy architectural plans and there is zero lag, I can print or export my pdfs with little to no rasterization even on small text. This is a dream. Thank you dev!
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NCNisus Construction
Good, but far from perfect on Mac.
There are a ton of things this software does right, and a bunch of details that it misses the bar on.
For example: 1).The measurement feature, it took me quite some time to finally figure out the order of operations to set the drawing scale. It’s not intuitive at all, and I think it’s overly complicated. The only thing you should have to do is enter the correct measurement after taking the calibration measurement and possibly the units. Doing a unit conversion at the same makes things twice as complicated. 2).Next would be the lack of consistency between the windows and mac versions. I shouldn’t pay for a subscription and have two different sets of features depending on what type of machine i am working on. 3).The biggest one for me is on Mac, the window size memory is non-existent. Every time i open a window it’s the same small size, and there is no way to reset this. Not even using the window memory trick on MacOS, as well as the document zoom. Since it’s always a small window, I make the window the correct size and then have to zoom in the document to be able to read it. It’s CUMBERSOME. 4).Text formatting in a text box could use some work as well. I should be able to have different formatting between different words or letters in a text box. For example, if you use bold the entire paragraph is bold, not just a few select words. 5).Tabbed windows, It has the ability, but should have a way to set this as the default behavior for new windows. This would help with the window size management. 6).Text recognition and selection could use some work but I can’t completely fault Drawboard for that. Some documents especially that have been scanned just are hard to read. I love the app, but the few things add up when you are opening many documents throughout the day. I hate Adobe as it’s slow and buggy, and Drawboard is the app I am drawn to due to it’s feature set.
For example: 1).The measurement feature, it took me quite some time to finally figure out the order of operations to set the drawing scale. It’s not intuitive at all, and I think it’s overly complicated. The only thing you should have to do is enter the correct measurement after taking the calibration measurement and possibly the units. Doing a unit conversion at the same makes things twice as complicated. 2).Next would be the lack of consistency between the windows and mac versions. I shouldn’t pay for a subscription and have two different sets of features depending on what type of machine i am working on. 3).The biggest one for me is on Mac, the window size memory is non-existent. Every time i open a window it’s the same small size, and there is no way to reset this. Not even using the window memory trick on MacOS, as well as the document zoom. Since it’s always a small window, I make the window the correct size and then have to zoom in the document to be able to read it. It’s CUMBERSOME. 4).Text formatting in a text box could use some work as well. I should be able to have different formatting between different words or letters in a text box. For example, if you use bold the entire paragraph is bold, not just a few select words. 5).Tabbed windows, It has the ability, but should have a way to set this as the default behavior for new windows. This would help with the window size management. 6).Text recognition and selection could use some work but I can’t completely fault Drawboard for that. Some documents especially that have been scanned just are hard to read. I love the app, but the few things add up when you are opening many documents throughout the day. I hate Adobe as it’s slow and buggy, and Drawboard is the app I am drawn to due to it’s feature set.
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SSery0us
Response from developer
Hi there, thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback, this is exactly the kind of input that helps us improve. You've raised some really valid points, particularly around the measurement workflow, window size memory, and feature consistency between Mac and Windows. We hear you. We'd love to dig into these with you further and make sure your experience is as smooth as possible. Please reach out to our support team directly at https://support.drawboard.com/hc/requests/new so we can follow up on the specifics. We're glad Drawboard is your go-to over Adobe, and we want to make sure it stays that way!
