Mark Draft vs Better Keep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mark Draft
Easily add numbered callouts, drawings, and text labels to screenshots and photos. Save your work as a draft to continue later, then share or copy the final image. Ideal for quick visual feedback and bug reporting.
- Numbered callouts with editable labels
- Drawing tools (pen, arrow, shapes)
- Adjustable stroke size and color
- On-device drafts for continuity
- Share Extension integration
- Undo/redo functionality
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Mark Draft helps you leave clear, numbered notes on screenshots and photos — then save a draft, pick up later, and share, copy, or save to Photos when you are ready. Open a photo from your library (or hand off from the Share Extension). Place numbered callouts, draw with pen or highlighter, add arrows and shapes, type text boxes, and edit short labels. Hold to peek the original under your markup. Everything stays on your device until you export it. FEATURES • Numbered callouts with editable labels • Pen, highlighter, arrow, rectangle, ellipse, text box, and eraser • Adjustable stroke size and color palette • Hold to peek the original photo under markup • On-device drafts — continue where you left off • Share Extension — send a screenshot into Mark Draft • Share, copy, or save the finished image to Photos • Undo / redo and clear markup (keeps your photo) • English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese • Optional one-time purchase to remove ads (not a subscription) Core markup, drafts, and sharing stay available without buying anything. Ads help keep Mark Draft free; remove them anytime with a single purchase tied to your Apple ID. Built for quick visual feedback — UI review, bugs, design notes — without a heavy editor.
Better Keep
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Capture a quick idea, plan your day, or give a longer note room to grow. Better Keep brings rich-text notes, checklists, photos, sketches, and voice recordings together in one private notes app. A PLACE FOR EVERYDAY IDEAS Write a journal entry, collect study notes, plan a project, or keep a shopping list handy. Add headings, lists, links, text colors, and highlights when a note needs more structure. Attach photos and sketches to keep the details together. FIND WHAT YOU NEED Organize notes with labels, folders, colors, and pinned cards. Search your collection, archive completed notes, and set reminders for things you want to return to. WRITE OFFLINE An account is required. After signing in, create, edit, search, and organize local notes without an internet connection. Core local note-taking is free. CONTINUE ON ANOTHER DEVICE WITH PRO Pro adds real-time, end-to-end encrypted cloud sync across your approved devices. Note titles, content, and supported attachments are encrypted on your device before syncing. Some operational metadata, such as labels and timestamps, remains outside the encrypted payload; see betterkeep.app/security for details. VOICE NOTES YOU CAN FIND AGAIN Record audio alongside your notes. On supported native devices, an on-device Whisper model can turn recordings into searchable text. A model download needs a connection, transcription accuracy varies, and voice transcription is not available on Web. FREE AND PRO Free includes unlimited local notes, rich-text editing, checklists, labels, folders, reminders, offline use after sign-in, and up to five PIN-locked notes. Pro adds encrypted cloud sync and unlimited locked notes. Check the current price and billing options in the app before subscribing. BRING YOUR EXISTING NOTES Import a supported Google Takeout archive on your device. Review the import report for skipped or unsupported items before moving your full collection. Use Better Keep on iPhone, iPad, and Mac and Web. Some features vary by platform. Source code is publicly available under CC BY-NC 4.0. Start with one note. Make room for the ideas you want to keep.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Better Keep at none against Mark Draft's shown. Better Keep also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and in-app purchases 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. Mark Draft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Better Keep sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mark Draft ships an update monthly, Better Keep every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mark Draft | Better Keep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (105 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 105 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 勇强 温 | Foxbiz Software Private Limited |
In-app purchases
Mark Draft
- Remove Ads$1.99
Better Keep
- Better Keep Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Better Keep Pro Yearly$20.991 Year









