# Whiteboard - Widget Messaging — user reviews > 46 indexed App Store user reviews of Whiteboard by Ample Software LLC, rated 4.20/5 from 465 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whiteboard-widget-messaging/id1544528796/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whiteboard-widget-messaging/id1544528796.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 312 · 4★ 61 · 3★ 24 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 54 ## What do users think of Whiteboard? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 💡 Fun and creative drawing app for couples and friends - 📱 Widget feature for home screen display - ✉️ Easy message sharing between contacts - 🎨 Drawing tools and color wheel functionality - 📧 Email-based authentication (no phone number required) - 🏆 Drawing contest feature - 👥 Multi-user support for groups and friends **Cons** - 🐛 Widget consistently fails to display messages - 🐛 App crashes frequently, especially after recent updates - 🐛 Drawing features broken (undo, zoom, color selection) - ⚠️ Recent update significantly degraded functionality - 💸 Hidden charges not clearly disclosed - 🐛 Messages and drawings fail to send - ⚠️ App appears abandoned with no active maintenance - 🐛 Bucket tool erases drawings instead of filling - 🐛 Zoom feature causes glitches and data loss - ⚠️ Widget requires app to be open to update **Commonly reported bugs** - Widget displays blank or grey, doesn't show messages - App freezes and crashes when zooming in on drawings - Undo function causes drawings to disappear or app to crash - Color selection doesn't apply to drawings - Zoom feature removed in recent update, breaking functionality - Eyedropper tool doesn't work properly after update - Erase option missing after update - Messages fail to send to friends and groups - Drawings get deleted when attempting to send - Group chat rooms don't appear on widget - Bucket tool erases entire drawing instead of filling - Recent chats won't load - Widget impossible to add on some devices - Drafts significantly lower drawing quality with white line artifacts - Zoom glitch makes zoomed section become full drawing - Loading popup gets stuck and won't stop - Doodles display as blank white space **Most requested features** - Zoom in/out functionality for detailed drawing - Eyedropper/color picker tool - Layer support for complex drawings - Ability to delete drawings from profile - Ability to delete groups - Custom color saving - Nicknames for contacts (like Snapchat) - Better bucket fill tool (non-destructive) - Multiple widgets for different contacts - Separate tabs for friends vs recommendations when sending - Widget dark line removal/redesign - More brush textures and colors - Automatic widget updates without opening app - Color code input option - Better color wheel functionality ## Newest reviews (15 of 46) ### 2/5 — Recent update is terrible *2024-11-11* I can’t zoom in on my drawings anymore so drawing details is impossible. And I can’t seem to figure out how you’re supposed to use the dropper tool now? It doesn’t let me leave the colour selection tab with the dropper. I can’t select anything from the drawing because it doesn’t let me go back to the drawing when i equip the dropper so it’s basically rendered useless. The app was fine before this update. ### 4/5 — Don't know *2024-03-23, version 2.4.16* Yea ### 2/5 — Cool if it worked. *2023-07-03* Got this app because the premis was cool but i could not get the widget to work. It would just be grey and would not show the message i was sent despite me following the directions in app of how to set up the friends widget. ### 3/5 — Cant delete groups *2023-05-26* i cant delete thw groups that i messed up making ### 3/5 — good app but… *2023-03-06, version 2.4.14* it works well, great app. the only problem i have is that the widget does not update unless the app is open. please fix this. ### 2/5 — Paid money for nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *2022-10-14* It is good but for Doodle of the Day,my mom paid 0.99 for being at the top of the list and my drawing became lost and I cannot do anything!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very weird **Developer response:** Hello, When you boost your Doodle to the top, it does not guarantee that you will win the Doodle of the Day, but it does move your doodle to the top, making it more likely that people will see it. If you have any other questions or concerns, don't hesitate to reach out to us: support@amplesftwr.com Thanks! ### 3/5 — Plsss do better *2022-10-05* Good but none of my friends want to get it **Developer response:** Thanks for the positive review! We hope that you are able to get your friends to use it, perhaps you could mention the AirPods contest we are currently running. Thanks, Ben ### 2/5 — Hopefully could be better *2022-06-23* My friends and I really like this app BUT drawings get deleted when attempted to send so they never go through and group chat rooms don’t appear so the messages don’t even show up on the widget **Developer response:** I am sorry to hear that you are having issues with sending messages. Please send us an email so we can help you further: support@amplesftwr.com ### 4/5 — Fun app that could use some updates *2022-06-01* I enjoy this app a lot! My friends and I enjoy sending drawings as well as entering the drawing of the day contest. The drawing area could use some work like layers or a better bucket that wasn’t just for the background but other than those things it’s a great app! **Developer response:** Thank you for your positive feedback! We will be working on improving the drawing area in future updates 😀 ### 4/5 — fun app w room for improvement *2022-05-24* hello! i see that you are listening to users recommendations and actively fixing any problems. i think that’s really good. the app is rly nice and i recommend it. it’s better than noteit, has more options and is more fun to doodle on. me and my bf use this app to send ea other cute notes and stuff, it’s fun. some requests for changes i have: - can you get rid of that dark line in the widget? the one that the name is on top of. i think maybe giving the name a drop shadow so it can be seen at the corner still, but not have the whole bottom blocked off w that dark line. it would give it a better look and not cover the doodle. - nicknames should be a thing! i think when we’re friends w someone, maybe we can change their name? kind of like snapchat. would be good for couples! or just friends w fun nicknames. - when i’m ready to send a doodle, my friends are on top, then at the bottom are recommendations. i think maybe it should be on two different tabs? or something to where we don’t accidentally send the doodle to some random person or group 😂 i would really happy if these could eventually happen, besides that i’m happy w the app. i like the contest aspect and then the personal aspect of a friend or a group of friends. keep it up! **Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for all of the positive feedback and the suggestions! We will work on removing the dark line on the widget. In the meantime, you could hide the sender completely (via the settings page of the app). I think nicknames would be a great addition which we will add in the near future! Regarding the order of friends, groups, and public users on the send screen, you are definitely right in saying that the page needs more separation. We will also be updating this in a future update. If you think of anything else, feel free to reach out to us: support@amplesftwr.com Thanks! ### 3/5 — Suggestion *2022-04-25, version 2.3.4* PLEASEEEE GODDDD ADD A EYEDROP TOOL I JUST WANT MY EXACT COLORRRRRR BACKKK ### 1/5 — No pls *2022-04-25, version 2.3.4* Ur frogs. My dogs ### 1/5 — charges you *2022-04-24, version 2.3.4* i bought this app with the primary function of sending doodles to my friends home screen. what this app does not tell you is that it charges you to do so. it doesn’t mention this in the app description, anywhere clearly on the app, or before you send a photo. didn’t know it was charging me until i checked. ### 1/5 — What the freak! *2022-04-19, version 2.3.4* I sent a drawing to my friends and it never sent 😡 frick this frickin app 👎🏿 ### 4/5 — group chats *2022-04-19, version 2.3.4* how do you send a doodle to a group chat? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-02-08, version 3.0.7* This app sucks it won't show my messages on my widget and everytime it starts loading and won't stop ### 1/5 — App is broken *2025-12-04, version 3.0.7* The apps been abandoned for a while now. Now it’s completely unusable. None of the tools work :( ### 1/5 — Update made it worse *2024-12-25* This new update made a perfectly good app unusable. My boyfriend and I use this app for goodnight doodles and it was working fine until they updated it. It has the following issues: if you press undo it makes it so your doodle doesn’t show up 2. Sometimes when you press undo the app crashes 3. when you select a color it doesn’t show up half the time 4. You cannot zoom in anymore 5. The erase option is gone. This “update” destroyed the app and we will be using another one ### 1/5 — Does not update on bf’s iphone 15 pro max *2024-12-23* It kinda defeats the purpose of the app to not have the notes show on his home screen. We did try deleting the widget itself and reinstalling but it didn’t work. Please advise how to update it! ### 1/5 — New update *2024-11-11* The new update basically made it 10x harder to make a nice drawing by removing the ability to zoom in on the drawing and the eyedropper not being being applied to the drawing itself. Makes it much harder to make anything of use. ### 1/5 — Widget Feature Doesn't Work *2023-07-13* Widget is consistently blank and never displays and drawings despite being connected to a group and/or friend. ### 1/5 — Can’t troubleshoot *2023-04-11, version 2.4.14* Every doodle is a blank white space. Can’t final any troubleshoot to fix either ### 1/5 — Add layers *2022-05-31* I don’t really like the app because the bucket tool erases my drawings every time I use it. I think you should make it like the bucket in ibis paint. (I forgot the name so idk if that’s right) also add layers please. ### 1/5 — Widget impossible to add *2022-05-07, version 2.3.4* I can’t add the widget on my phone… ### 1/5 — Chats *2022-05-06, version 2.3.4* My recent chats won’t work ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — ITS Like tik tok *2022-06-29, version 2.4* But for kids and drawing ✍️ it’s awesome 😎 for my kids 🤩🥳😜 ### 5/5 — good stuff *2022-06-17* The new zoom feature is super nice!! overall a very fun app maybe more brush textures and colors could be added in the future :) **Developer response:** Thank you for the positive feedback 😀. We will be working on adding more brush textures. You can select more colors by tapping the plus button in the color section. If you need further assistance with selecting custom colors, feel free to send us an email: support@amplesftwr.com ### 5/5 — Ofc this is great *2022-04-26* Amazing all the other apps like this I have to have a phone number which I don’t I on,y have a email and me and my friend love this so. Much thank you for making this! **Developer response:** I'm glad to hear that you are loving the app! We appreciate your support 😀 ### 5/5 — rly nice and fun *2022-04-11, version 2.3.3* only think i dislike is the widgets don't rly load when my friends send it to me. Everything else is fine. ### 5/5 — Very good *2022-04-09* Does everything it says it does ### 5/5 — Review *2022-04-08, version 2.3.3* This app is really fun if you could Maybie make the colours and tools more realistic ### 5/5 — HELP OFMFGOGM *2022-03-22, version 2.2.3* PLEASE MAKE IT SO YOU CAN DELETE DRAWINGS??? NOT THE ONES YOUVE SENT JUST BEING ABLE TO DELETE ONES DISPLAYED ON YOUR PROFILE PLEASE OMG ### 5/5 — Happy brothday deae grandpa *2022-02-13, version 1.8.5* I love this app! I like to draw freddy fazbear nsfw and send it to my friends homscreens, i find it amusing ### 5/5 — Very cool *2022-02-02* I got it so my son can send drawing to dad while hes at work. Its official. It works ### 5/5 — 👍 *2022-02-02* I really like this app although the loading pop-up is kinda annoying- but I love the drawing. Some suggestions: It would be really cool to be able to change who’s drawing message is displayed on each widget, so that we can have multiple widgets that each have a different contact’s drawing! Also, it would be nice to have the option to save the custom colors that we make. **Developer response:** Hello! thank you for the positive feedback. Since you left your review we have improved the loading popup to be less intrusive. We are also working on adding the features you suggested in the near future. We hope you enjoy them once they are available! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-23.*