Drawboard Projects vs vJournal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drawboard Projects
Streamline design review workflows with a real-time, collaborative workspace. This app allows teams to mark up drawings instantly, discuss changes directly on the design, and sync updates in seconds. It integrates with existing tools to enhance project efficiency.
- Real-time markups on the go
- Cloud-based team collaboration
- Pressure-sensitive ink with Apple Pencil
- Instant issue management
- Workflow integrations
- Contextual discussion threads
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Your collaborative and real-time workspace for design review. Drawboard Projects helps architecture, engineering and construction teams globally save valuable project time by streamlining workflows in the design review lifecycle. - Mark up on the move: Forget pen and paper with fast and accurate markups - Cloud collaboration: Collaborate with your team in one location and from any location, with markups synced within seconds. - Best-in-class ink: With Apple Pencil compatibility, write your notes and feel the tactility of a pen pressed to paper with pressure-sensitive ink - Instant co-ordination: Manage and mitigate issues with real-time drawing coordination - Fits your flow: App integrations to connect and improve your existing design workflow. - Discuss changes: Keep all discussions right on the drawing so that everyone can see the context behind the decisions that were made. A Projects account is required to use this application.
vJournal
Effortlessly capture thoughts and memories using your voice. This app allows instant audio recording from your locked phone, making journaling as simple as speaking.
- Voice recording
- Instant capture from lock screen
- Action Button integration
- No typing required
- Memory preservation
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Journaling just got easier and more natural. In her essay On Keeping a Notebook, Joan Didion reflects on how journals preserve the small moments and fleeting thoughts that later become rich memories. Voice Journal makes capturing those moments effortless. With quick access from your locked phone through the Action Button, you can instantly record ideas, observations, or memories the moment they come to mind. Simply speak, and your thoughts are saved—no typing required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: vJournal at 5.0 against Drawboard Projects's 3.3. Drawboard Projects's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 1) and device support. On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
vJournal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drawboard Projects has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Drawboard Projects | vJournal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drawboard Pty Ltd | THOMAS JOSHUA CHUNG |
In-app purchases
Drawboard Projects
No in-app purchases
vJournal
No in-app purchases









